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Friends, Points of Light convened the 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service recently in Chicago, bringing together more than 5,000 civic…
Today’s blog is written by Ben Duda, executive director of AmeriCorps Alums. This blog is republished from the AmeriCorps Alums blog on…
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JoAnna Phillips grew up in a small, rural community. She was taught the importance of working hard and caring about others in…
More than 5,000 leaders from the service sector came together to create new ideas for service, discuss challenges and work together to…
According to an estimate from the U.S. Department of Justice 14,500-17,500 children are trafficked each year. Human sex trafficking of youth is…
Today’s article is written by HandsOn Tech AmeriCorps members John Jarvis, Melissa Reynolds, and Diana Bui, from the HandsOn Atlanta office. This…
Mark Bentley of Las Vegas, N.M. started officially volunteering eight years ago, yet community and lending a hand have always been a…
Today’s Turning Point comes from guest writer, Mary-Grace Reeves, a senior in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program at Pensacola High School in…
Mark Snaer of Sacramento, Calif. currently devotes his time as the program director to the Senior Companion Program in his community where…
Can you imagine a future where 500 companies decide to collectively lead social change and tackle the most pressing challenges of the…
Juliana Vanni, a senior at Christopher High School in Gilroy, Calif., founded Cooper’s Closet, a free clothing store housed within her high…
Brian Leftwich is the Senior Manager of NICE for HandsOn Network. He is also a CrossFit coach, heirloom gardener, Colorado State Muay…
Katie Malone, the current Miss Tuscaloosa, is a 2012 Miss Alabama pageant contestant. After a tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala.,on April 27, 2011,…
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Today’s post is written by Chelsea Murphy, Communications Coordinator at Points of Light. We are back from Chicago with a renewed and…