After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, Jackie Einstein Astrof began her career as a healthcare administrator in New York City and earned her MBA. Astrof worked in the nonprofit sector during the nationwide financial crisis of the . . .
As a high school teacher in Detroit’s troubled public schools, Norman Hurns saw a need to inspire and motivate youth growing up in a city hit hard by changing economics and the shrinking auto industry. But when Hurns transferred to . . .
For as long as she can remember, the act of volunteering has always been a passion for Nina Faulk-Knight. Growing up, watching her mother and grandmother give back to their local community, Nina realized then the power she had to . . .
When her niece confided to her in 2009 that a student she was mentoring wasn’t looking forward to summer because she had no books at home, Melaney Smith wanted to do something to correct the void. She founded Books for . . .
For many years, I had planned to become an AmeriCorps member, but it always came a close second after school, work, etc. The reason behind it was that it never seemed like the right time – until it was.
Dana Pounds, a marine biologist and co-founder of Nature’s Academy, brings science alive for many students and families in the Bradenton, FL area. Nature’s Academy is an experiential education non-profit that enhances classroom studies by engaging students in hands-on outdoor investigations. From sustainable . . .
Points of Light, with support from GE Volunteers and the Corporation for National and Community Service; and in partnership with nonprofits and hundreds of local volunteer action centers, will mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 18, by mobilizing more than . . .
Millions of Americans will come together during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, in a weekend of service and dialogue to honor his memory. The civil rights movement taught us that when Americans are united in lending a hand, helping . . .
There’s an old chinese proverb that says, “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Julianne Gassman couldn’t agree more. Her mission is to . . .
The opening plenary of the Conference on Volunteering and Service in Houston resonated with thoughts on how to think about service in new and innovative ways, as Points of Light CEO Tracy Hoover issued the call to “mobilize every person . . .