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Nina Nelan
This week – in coordination with the National Education Association’s annual Read Across America Day, March 2 – Points of Light and…
Tiffany James
This week – in coordination with the National Education Association’s annual Read Across America Day, March 2 – Points of Light and…
Fidelity’s School Transformation Days Breathe New Life Into Schools
Nicky Niewinski's school was built in 1961 and looked like it. With about 83 percent of her students qualifying for free or…
Youth Turn Messages of Joy and Peace Into Action That Serves Others
Teaching children about giving requires some time and creativity, especially in communities where that may be all children have to give. Members…
Jeff Balek
Balek, right, follows along in braille whilehis student reads aloud. Jeff Balek may not know what a book looks like but that…
Traynor Family
In honor of Family Volunteer Day, Nov. 22, Points of Light and Disney are recognizing the exceptional work of volunteer families with…
Jonathan Schneck
It was on this day two years ago that Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboard, devastating many towns, including school…
Made in AmeriCorps
This post is by Mary Bruce and Ben Duda, co-executive directors of AmeriCorps Alums, the only national network that connects the nearly 900,000…
5 Days Left to Apply for Fall 2014 Civic Accelerator
Here are 5 reasons to apply to the Points of Light Civic Accelerator, which invests in and supports seed stage social ventures…
How I Choose to Spend My 9-to-5
This post is by Madeline S. Collazo, AmeriCorps VISTA program associate at the Jewish Coalition for Literacy in San Francisco. Collazo is serving through…
