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 | Enriching Lives in Rural America
The Box Project.
"The Box Project is a national, non-profit organization that has been matching volunteer sponsors from across the United States with recipient families living in rural poverty in America since 1962." |
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 | Youth Volunteer Programs
Youth Volunteer Corps of America, Inc
Models have been established in communities nationwide. Programs are sponsored locally by diverse community-based organizations. |
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 | Volunteer at a Food Bank
Feeding America.
"Ending hunger in America depends on the volunteer work of literally millions of Americans who know that they can make a difference." Check this resource to locate Food Banks that need assistance. |
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 | Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering and Neighboring
Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network.
This publication provides information on rural community volunteering. "Neighbor helping neighbor — volunteering in its purest form — has traditionally been crucial to the survival and success of rural communities and continues to be critical for the well-being of rural families." |
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 | National Volunteer Programs
Corporation for National and Community Service.
This program works with state commissions, nonprofits, faith-based groups, schools, and other civic organizations to provide opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities. |
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 | Volunteering in America
Corporation for National and Community Service.
"Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings is a powerful new tool to assist organizations in developing a strategy and setting goals to increase volunteering in their organization and build the national service and volunteer infrastructure in their states." |
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 | Voices of Rural America
Pew Partnership for Civic Change.
This is a survey the provides a variety of information on rural communities. One part of this resouce includes information on volunteering. "Rural volunteers are also more likely than urban or suburban residents to commit to volunteering on a regular basis." |
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 | The President's Volunteer Service Award
President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.
The President's Volunteer Service Award is an initiative of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation in conjunction with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps and is administered by the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network |
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Last Modified: Aug 22, 2008 |
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