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Beginning today through April 30, generationOn, the youth division of Points of Light is calling on young people across the country to bring their ideas, creativity and passion to the table to help end child hunger.
There are nearly 17 million kids in the United States who encounter hunger at any given time throughout the year. More than 1 in 5 kids in America don't know where their next meal is coming from.
With Points of Light as its partner, Belk and its 23,000 employees will provide makeovers to hundreds of at-risk schools across the South
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – March 11, 2013 – Belk will celebrate its 125th anniversary with 125 days of service dedicated to improving conditions at 250 Title 1 schools in low-income communities in 16 states. The first event takes place in Charlotte on March 11, as more than 200 employees gather to makeover two area schools.
The 2013 Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, D.C. is not only the premiere event for service leaders, but is also designed with the whole family in mind.
Greetings from the Civic Accelerator, a social venture accelerator program focused on early stage "civic ventures" or enterprises that achieve a social mission by engaging people as part of the solution.
Our new year is off to a great start as we wrap up the inaugural cohort of the Civic Accelerator and begin preparations for the second cohort.
“It’s not normal to leave the warmth and comfort of your homes or to miss holidays and birthdays with your families so you can travel to a disaster to manage spontaneous volunteers,” said Tony Russell, Superintendent of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), as he welcomed 100 Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Executive Directors and Points of Light Affiliates to their first joint training conference. “So turn to each other and say, ‘I’m not normal.’ But in a disaster, we in government could never do what we do without what you do. Thank you for that.”
In conjunction with the 2013 Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC, Points of Light is pleased to offer the American Express Leadership Academy, which is developed and delivered by the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). This program offers 24 emerging leaders an opportunity to participate in a marquis leadership development training program that includes a feedback-intensive learning environment and hands-on activities to enhance the leadership capacity of all the attendees.
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Points of Light is in active communication with our local HandsOn Network affiliates and the Corporation for National and Community Service State Commission offices to assess the needs of communities affected by the winter storm in the Northeast and by the tornado in Hattiesburg, MS.
Please visit our website for continuing updates of new projects and opportunities to serve.
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Yesterday we received the sad news that friend and a committed Points of Light leader, Adele Hall, passed away on Saturday at the age of 81. Adele was Vice Chairman of the Points of Light Foundation and a pivotal member of the Points of Light family for many years. She co-chaired Points of Light’s Tribute to President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush at the Kennedy Center in 2011. We were the grateful recipients of her wisdom, counsel and friendship.
Points of Light announced today its 2013 Leadership Partners, companies whose social responsibility investments have and will continue to advance Points of Light’s mission – to mobilize millions of people to take action that is changing the world.
In the past year, Points of Light, with critical help from its Leadership Partners, engaged 4 million volunteers in 30 million hours of service.
Points of Light has joined with The Allstate Foundation and Target to launch Good & Ready, an initiative designed to help people prepare themselves, their families and their communities before disaster strikes.
London, December 10, 2012
It is a real privilege for me to join the distinguished members of this panel and this gathering. Let me start with a story that I think helps explain Points of Light and the efficacy and import of volunteer centers.
London, December 12, 2012
Thank you. It is really terrific to be here with colleagues and friends- new and long-standing.
The question of charity or social justice has long been with us. I know that, as service leaders, we all reflect and wrestle with this question. Many would say that there is a hierarchy of good, in which social justice trumps charity. But I see it more as a continuum. Often acts of charity lead us to acts of justice.