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Brian Leftwich is the Senior Manager of NICE for HandsOn Network. He is also a CrossFit coach, heirloom gardener, Colorado State Muay…
Katie Malone, the current Miss Tuscaloosa, is a 2012 Miss Alabama pageant contestant. After a tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala.,on April 27, 2011,…
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Today’s post is written by Chelsea Murphy, Communications Coordinator at Points of Light. We are back from Chicago with a renewed and…
As a national multi-sector coalition dedicated to increasing social impact through effective volunteer engagement, Reimagining Service continues to focus its efforts on…
Photo from the 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service Youth Summit Join forces to do good this summer. Your community needs…
More than 150 social entrepreneurs, impact investors and community partners came together as part of a Community Innovation Breakfast on June 19,…
Now, more than ever, businesses and corporations are embracing service programs, lending their most valuable assets – the time, talent, skills and…
A Billion + Change, a growing national campaign to mobilize billions of dollars of pro bono and skills-based volunteer (SBV) services from…
For the past two days, more than 150 staff and representatives from HandsOn Network affiliates came together to network, discuss important sector…
Good & Ready, led by Points of Light, is a collaborative emergency preparedness engagement initiative, online and on-the-ground, working to increase youth…
After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2006, Milena worked for several years as an investment banker at JPMorgan in New…
Rhode Island’s Cassandra Lin is the co-founder of Project TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel). Lin’s organization has turned 100 million gallons of…