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National service

A New Way to Honor Our Troops at VolunteerMatch

by Robert Rosenthal on November 9, 2009

in National service, Seasons of service, Using VolunteerMatch, volunteer management

In time for Veterans Day, we’re pleased to announce an improvement to our system in order to better support active military personnel, veterans and their families.
Now when you post your opportunities at VolunteerMatch, you can select a new category, “Veterans & Military Families,” to make it easy for volunteers to find your listings.
Who should use [...]

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Special Report on Summer of Service at VolunteerMatch: How Did We Do?

by Robert Rosenthal on October 13, 2009

in National service, Seasons of service, VolunteerMatch news, Volunteering in the news, Working with corporations

This summer, VolunteerMatch was one of many organizations supporting the Obama Administration’s United We Serve – Summer of Service campaign.
The stated goal of  Summer of Service was to kick off a sustained campaign to help to make volunteerism and community service a part of the daily lives of all Americans.
So how did we do? What [...]

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Service Brief: Serve.gov Decision a Victory for Smart Government and Social Enterprise

by Greg Baldwin on October 9, 2009

in Designing opportunities, National service, Partnerships, Volunteering in the news

Starting next week, the Corporation for National and Community Service will no longer invite individuals and organizations to post their volunteer opportunities to a federally operated database.
According to an email from Nicola Goren, CNSC’s acting CEO, after October 14, organizations and individuals will be referred to a list of independent organizations, both for profit and [...]

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