"By setting good messages about right and wrong behavior, and by volunteering in their community, the USC football team makes a trip to the USC Children's Hospital every year….The LSU football players visit hospitals and they teach elementary school children how to read….The USC women's volleyball team raised money and participated together in the Race for the Cure for breast cancer research….The UNC soccer team is helping to build a Habitat For Humanity house near the campus…. And finally, the Indiana soccer players volunteer as coaches and mentors for youth soccer teams in Bloomington, Indiana. All these players have understood it's important to serve something greater than yourself in life. They learned to do so by working together for a team, and they're learning to do so by making the community in which they live a better place for every citizen."

President George W. Bush
Speaking about recent NCAA champions
Washington, D.C.
March 23, 2004

• $4 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS IN HOMELAND SECURITY.  The Corporation for National and Community Service is encouraging nonprofit organizations and public agencies to apply for $4 million in grants for projects to engage volunteers in homeland security efforts in their communities. The grants are for projects that engage volunteers, especially those age 55 and over, in helping communities prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies and disasters....
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• JOIN VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY FOR FLEXIBLE TERM SERVICE OVERSEAS.  Volunteers for Prosperity is a volunteer-based initiative designed to support major U.S. development objectives overseas using the talents of highly skilled Americans who work with U.S. organizations helping to promote health and generate prosperity in countries around the world. A Presidential initiative of the USA Freedom Corps, Volunteers for Prosperity provides service opportunities in a variety of fields to volunteers for a flexible term in developing countries and emerging economies overseas….
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• PRESIDENT BUSH RECOGNIZES FLORIDA COUPLE FOR DEDICATION TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE.  President George W. Bush was greeted by Frank and Sally Wills when he arrived in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, March 20, 2004. Since 1996, the Wills have been active volunteers with the Ronald McDonald House of Orlando, a nonprofit organization that provides a temporary home for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at local hospitals….
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