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MissionFish announces Top eBay Giving Works Donors for July 2009

The generosity of the eBay Community is a constant inspiration to everyone involved with the eBay Giving Works program. Since 2003, eBay buyers and sellers have generated more than $140 million in the U.S. and U.K., supporting more than 20,000 nonprofits.

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What Is AmeriCorps Alums?

AmeriCorps alums live next door to you. They work with you, shop where you shop and might even go to the same yoga class as you. Some have “Ameri-marriages” (two former AmeriCorps members getting hitched!), “Ameri-babies” (kids of those AmeriCorps members), and “Ameri-...

Victoria Hamilton

Daily Point Of Light

Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering and Neighboring

Volunteer Service Models

We are pleased to present Connecting Rural Communities: Volunteering and Neighboring, the latest publication from the Points of Light Foundation's Family Strengthening Neighborhood Transformation Initiative. This monograph on volunteering in rural America, documents some of the effective strategies and solutions to address local needs and connect families to critical resources.

HandsOn Network has more than 250 action centers - find the one nearest you.

I flew all the way to the other side of the continent to serve a community only to fly all the way back home to do it again.

Michael Myers
WNY AmeriCorps