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Congress Considers Bill to Spur Volunteerism
The House of Representatives will vote on the Give Act today, which would triple the size of AmeriCorps and create four other service programs. The new Corps would be:- The Clean Energy Corps
- The Education Corps
- The Healthy Futures Corps
- The Veterans Service Crops
Picture It: Service With a Smile
Michelle Obama volunteered at Miriam's Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides case management, housing support, and meals to homeless people in DC. Yesterday's meal was donated by the White House in a new effort to highlight the work of local nonprofits. The first lady urged Americans to donate food and, if that's out of reach, time.
On the Newsstand: Time Magazine's 21 Ways to Serve America
Hot on the heels of last week's candidates' service forum, Time magazine has an issue devoted to "21 Ways to Fix Up America."
The best bit is the 21 item "User's Guide," filled with tips, tidbits, and pieces from everyone from Ted Kennedy advocating for his Serve America Act to Miley Cyrus on starting young, the list is full of unique ways to volunteer. If you've got time to spare, here are five ways you can serve America too:
- Citizen Schools: The program has 3,200 adult volunteers running after-school programs for 4,500 kids at middle schools in 21 cities.
The How-To Lounge: Giving Back
Everyday growing up my mom would ask me if I had done something kind for another person. And although I always thought answering that question was a real drag, over time I found that I looked for ways to help people so I’d have something to share with her. While I’d like to say I still do this, the truth is sometimes I get so caught up in the worries of my everyday life I forget that there’s a whole bevy of serious issues out there plaguing the world.
Thank You For Being a Friend? Miami Has the Least Volunteers
Though the quintessential Miamian, the late Sophia Petrillo, might disapprove —the Southern city has just been found at the bottom of the friendly heap. Miami comes in dead last in a study of volunteerism in 50 major US cities. Possible causes for the falloff could include traffic, an exploding number of new immigrants, or the better offer of time on the beach.
Teach For America Gets Surge of Wannabe Volunteer Teachers
Teach For America (TFA), a nonprofit that places the best and the brightest college grads in understaffed and troubled schools for two years, is seeing a surge in applications. Next fall, 3,700 newly trained teachers will be placed in schools, up 28 percent from the year before. These teachers were chosen from an application pool of 24,700, which is 37 percent larger than the previous pool!
The Minutemen Adopt-a-Highway — Allowed to Keep It Clean?
When the San Diego Minutemen, an anti-illegal immigration group known for taking border patrol laws into their own hands became a member of Adopt-a-Highway (the keep-it-clean volunteer road service) they were quite surprised by the stretch of highway they were given. Their assigned turf was near a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 5, a main route known for carrying illegal migrants into the United States from Mexico.
The state however has since decided to remove the sign crediting their litter patrolling.
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Do-Gooders: Job Hunters Give Time and Gain Skills
Ever dream of living the philanthropic life — projects that matter, tax write-offs, fundraisers and galas (j/k! nobody's giving)? Now is your time.
Stranger Than Fiction: Volunteers to Simulate 520-Day Mars Trip
Want to go to Mars without ever leaving Earth? You're in luck! The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for six international volunteers to participate in a simulated voyage to Mars.
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