National Mentoring Month 2013
It's National Mentoring Month. Thanks to everyone who mentors, you are making a real difference in individuals lives! Here are ways you can you make a difference this month or take action to become a mentor:
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30 Blogs With Family Themed Volunteer Ideas
Happy New Year! Thinking about what family volunteering projects you want to do this year? Find resources below, republished from findananny.net blog on December 20, 2012. Volunteering as a family not only helps to make a real difference in the world around you, but also teaches your children a sense of civic responsibility, compassion and a desire to help others. Figuring out the best family-friendly volunteer activities, however, can be a bit overwhelming if you’re just starting out in the socially-conscious realm of volunteering. These thirty blogs are filled with valuable information and ideas for volunteering as a family, on a local and global scale.
Friday Volunteer News Round Up
Happy Friday! With more holidays coming up right around the corner check out the HandsOn Blog for ways volunteering can help deal with holiday stress. Today's volunteer round up features stories from Giving Tuesday and more:
My Turning Points Inspired Me To Be A Positive Contributor To Society
The theme for this year's National Conference on Volunteering and Service is "Turning Point." At Points of Light, we are highlighting turning point stories about the moment or moments that inspired one's service to society.
Share Our Strength Celebrates National Volunteer Week
This week we are highlighting National Volunteer Week and celebrating the extraordinary impact volunteers have through service. Today we highlight Share Our Strength and their work to help fight childhood hunger.
Boys & Girls Club of America "Year of Service" Campaign
For National Volunteer Week, we're highlighting nonprofits that we've partnered with over the past year. Today's post comes from Romero Brown, Vice President, Program & Youth Development Services with Boys & Girls Club of America
The Great American Bake Sale
Today's guest post is written by Jessica Bomberg, the manager of Great American Bake Sale, involved in Grassroots Fundraising and Youth Engagement at Share Our Strength.
Apply for the generationOn Youth Advisory Council
Today's guest post is written by Rachel Shuster, a 10th-grader at Half Hollow Hills High School West in Dix Hills, N.Y, who is an inaugural member of the generationOn National Youth Advisory Council.
Volunteering Is A Reward Greater Than Money
Encouraging Kids to Volunteer
Today's guest post is written by Amanda Tradwick, a grant researcher and writer for CollegeGrants.org.
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