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Less than seven months after challenging corporate America to deliver $1 billion in pro bono volunteering support for nonprofits, Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner hailed $280 million in new pledges that pushed the campaign tally past $406 million, announced new research spotlighting the untapped potential for pro-bono volunteers, and unveiled a new campaign brand, A Billion + Change. Pictured: Jean Case, Chair of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
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Less than seven months after challenging corporate America to deliver $1 billion in pro bono volunteering support for nonprofits, Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner hailed $280 million in new pledges that pushed the campaign tally past $406 million, announced new research spotlighting the untapped potential for pro-bono volunteers, and unveiled a new campaign brand, A Billion + Change. Pictured: Stan Soloway, Board Member, Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Less than seven months after challenging corporate America to deliver $1 billion in pro bono volunteering support for nonprofits, Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner hailed $280 million in new pledges that pushed the campaign tally past $406 million, announced new research spotlighting the untapped potential for pro-bono volunteers, and unveiled a new campaign brand, A Billion + Change. Pictured: Dr. Robert Grimm, Director of Research and Policy Development, Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Less than seven months after challenging corporate America to deliver $1 billion in pro bono volunteering support for nonprofits, Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner hailed $280 million in new pledges that pushed the campaign tally past $406 million, announced new research spotlighting the untapped potential for pro-bono volunteers, and unveiled a new campaign brand, A Billion + Change. Pictured at the podium: David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Less than seven months after challenging corporate America to deliver $1 billion in pro bono volunteering support for nonprofits, Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner hailed $280 million in new pledges that pushed the campaign tally past $406 million, announced new research spotlighting the untapped potential for pro-bono volunteers, and unveiled a new campaign brand, A Billion + Change. Pictured (L-R): Stan Soloway, Board Member, Corporation for National and Community Service; Jean Case, Chair of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation; David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and Jamie Hartman, Executive Director, Pro Bono Action Tank, Taproot Foundation.
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AmeriCorps members work alongside hundreds of Des Moines residents to fill and place sandbags to protect the city from raging floodwaters. National service participants are working across the Midwest to manage volunteers, pile sandbags, run shelters and hotlines, and assist evacuees.
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Genworth’s philosophy, "Think It Possible", extends its commitment to the community through volunteer efforts and outreach, which seeks to support individuals at key stages of life. Genworth’s programs help children prepare for their futures, enable access to affordable housing, and enrich seniors’ lives. Last year, nearly 40 percent of Genworth employees volunteered – logging more than 17,000 volunteer hours and completing close to 200 projects. On June 2nd, Genworth was recognized by Points of Light & Hands On Network and presented with the organization's Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs before thousands of attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta.
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In 2007, ChoicePoint Cares volunteers donated more than 6,000 volunteer hours at hundreds of community projects across the country. ChoicePoint is proud to offer low-cost volunteer background screening to youth-serving and other nonprofit organizations and to be the preferred background screening provider for the National Human Services Assembly, Little League International, Boy Scouts of America, National CASA and thousands of other nonprofits around the country that are diligently protecting the people they serve. On June 2nd, ChoicePoint was recognized by Points of Light & Hands On Network and presented with the organization's Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs before thousands of attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta.
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In 2007, Booz Allen volunteers donated more than 8,500 pro bono hours, valued at over $3.1 million dollars, to support 26 major nonprofit organizations worldwide. Volunteers worked on a wide range of projects, including strategic planning, technology infrastructure, and board development using the consulting firm’s intellectual capital to help these nonprofits fulfill their missions. On June 2nd, Booz Allen Hamilton was recognized by Points of Light & Hands On Network and presented with the organization's Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs before thousands of attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta.
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Disney Worldwide Outreach includes its employee VoluntEARS who generously share their magic to positively affect children, their communities and the environment. Last year, Disney donated more than $177 million in cash and in-kind support to various charities around the world and Disney VoluntEARS in over 42 countries contributed more than 466,000 hours of service, including the building of playgrounds, homes for families in need, and assisting with disaster relief efforts. On June 2nd, Disney Worldwide Outreach was recognized by Points of Light & Hands On Network and presented with the organization's Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs before thousands of attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Ben & Jerry’s with a Spirit of Service Corporate Award, which recognizes exceptional participants in each of its programs and outstanding corporate and foundation partners. Ben & Jerry’s was honored for its three year partnership with the DREAM program, a local youth mentoring organization. The DREAM program empowers children from affordable housing neighborhoods to create goals, make informed decision and achieve their dreams. Among other achievements, Ben & Jerry volunteers helped build a ropes course, construct a canoe rack and prepared an organic garden for participants of Camp DREAM, and have donated cash and in-kind support, including office space, to allow the nonprofit to double its staff when it became an AmeriCorps program in 2007.
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Rep. John Lewis of Georgia drew a standing ovation from the crowd following his stirring address at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta, June 2008.
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Rep. John Lewis of Georgia drew a standing ovation from the crowd following his stirring address at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Atlanta, June 2008.
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Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner delivers remarks at Opening Plenary of the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, held in Atlanta, GA.
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Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner delivers remarks at Opening Plenary of the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, held in Atlanta, GA.
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AmeriCorps alum David Karst spent five years as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the AIDS Service Association of Pinellas County in Florida. Towards the end of his service, he began exploring how he could get HIV testing into the community. He sought funding for his dream of having a community health center and found private foundations willing to support his concept. The Suncoast Resort Project opened in May 2002. Knowing this was a unique concept in the prevention field, he decided to apply for funding to expand the program. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is funding the project for five years. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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AmeriCorps member Antonio Almeida serves with YouthBuild in Fall River, Mass., where he contributes to his community by building or rehabilitating low-income housing while working toward a GED. His great personal accomplishments in the program, his involvement in promoting the program to other young people, and his focus on addressing mental health issues in his community, make him a role model for his peers. He has gone from homelessness and receiving mental health services to becoming an active citizen who addresses issues within his community. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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Blue Four, a team based at the AmeriCorps NCCC Western Region campus near Sacramento, traveled to New Orleans for its first project with the Recovery School District immediately after completing training in Denver. Team members focused on their assignment, the physical rehabilitation of schools, while undertaking a variety of additional projects to leave a lasting mark on the school district and the community. Members brainstormed creative ways to increase interaction with students, teachers, and the community in general. They helped create a more pleasing environment at modular schools by painting signs and murals, using discarded tires and other materials to landscape gardens, planting flower beds, installing benches, and spray painting mascots on school grounds. They also organized two field days, seeking various donations such as play equipment and inflatable bouncy castles to entertain 925 students. The team members, led by Tiffany Zapico, include Jennifer Armstrong, Kelly Comley, Kathleen Delahunty, Ashley Duquette, Raven Hughes, Jonathan Lee, Emily Lewis, Brian Tirey, Danielle Trezek, and Miranda Williams. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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The eight-member team of AmeriCorps VISTAs serving with the American Red Cross Bay Area Chapter is helping the region’s most vulnerable residents prepare for natural disasters and other emergencies, meeting the great demands of serving a population of 4 million people. Lindsay Dumas, Emerson Chen, Nikki Nichols, Jeff Schurke, Alicia Esterripa, Juan Carlos Pinzon, Francine Williams, and Chester Ng are targeting the needs of specific populations as they design and offer disaster training programs and conduct outreach activities. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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Ben & Jerry’s provides a range of support to The DREAM program, a Vermont AmeriCorps State Program. The DREAM Program is a youth mentoring organization that builds communities of families and college students to empower children from affordable housing neighborhoods to recognize their options, make informed decisions, and achieve their dreams. When DREAM became an AmeriCorps program in 2007, thereby doubling its staff, the organization faced a lack of sufficient office space. Ben & Jerry’s provided the needed space. The entire company welcomed the staff to the building, offered organizational advice, and donated printing to DREAM’s annual appeal. The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation provided a $5,000 grant last year and included DREAM in the annual alternative holiday gift fair. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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Former AmeriCorps NCCC members Ashley Sloan, Greg Loushine, and Jackie Smith served at the former Charleston, S.C., NCCC campus during the 2006-07 program year. While serving on a project in St. Bernard Parish, they recognized Gulf Coast recovery efforts were hampered by the need for more volunteer housing. Their response was to create Live St. Bernard, an organization that renovated an 1,800-square foot home where up to 16 volunteers can be housed while participating in rebuilding projects. The fundraisers they organized garnered $15,000 in donations. They then led 50 volunteers to clean mold, install insulation, and paint the Live St. Bernard Home. Their efforts were chronicled by CNN and USA Today. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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As an education leader, Pearson has helped the AmeriCorps program Jumpstart grow by nearly 20 percent annually. Pearson, an international company with its U.S. headquarters in New York, and the Pearson Foundation promote Jumpstart, provide leaders for Jumpstart’s national and regional boards, and donate 100,000 books to underserved families each year. They have been the lead sponsor of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign from the beginning – a national awareness event and the largest shared-reading experience on record – helping Jumpstart raise money for young children and rallying together hundreds of thousands of individuals across the country to volunteer for literacy. Together the two organizations have worked to set a new standard for how corporate-nonprofit partnerships can impact the achievement gap in America. Pearson helps Jumpstart and communities grow and learn. As part of AmeriCorps Week, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored a handful of outstanding AmeriCorps members, alums, and corporate sponsors with Spirit of Service Awards in recognition of their contributions to national service.
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Amity Tripp, Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums, questions the panel of nonprofit CEOs and experts at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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Corporation for National and Community Service Board Chair Stephen Goldsmith delivers closing remarks at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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Janet Murguia, CEO of National Council of La Raza, at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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Janet Murguia, CEO of National Council of La Raza, and Paul Light, author and New York University professor, at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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U.S. Rep. Gwyn Moore (D-WI) describes her service as a VISTA creating a community credit union in Milwaukee in the early 1980s at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT), participates in a panel of nonprofit CEOs and experts at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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Corporation for National and Community Service CEO David Eisner speaks to Boys & Girls Clubs of America President and CEO Roxanne Spillett at a May 13 Brookings Institution policy forum on the Impact and Future of AmeriCorps. At the forum, the Corporation for National and Community Service released a rigorous AmeriCorps longitudinal study that found AmeriCorps alums are significantly more civically engaged and more likely to pursue public service careers in the government and nonprofit sector than a comparison group. Speakers at the forum commended AmeriCorps for being a pipeline to public service at a time when the nonprofit and government sectors are facing critical workforce and leadership deficits.
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On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, the White House celebrated National Volunteer Week in the East Room. President Bush welcomed the attendees, saying, "I am pleased to welcome volunteers from around the United States who have given of their time to help those who need help, and we're sure glad you're here. Those of you today who perform acts of kindness do so out of love, and you do so out of a desire not to be recognized -- but anyway, you're going to be recognized. We have the opportunity today to thank you, and the opportunity today to celebrate the difference that volunteers have made all across America."
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