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Articles and book excerpts on this topic
- From Tragedy to Triumph: How can philanthropy and volunteering help my child cope with tragic world events? from Raising Charitable Children
- Helping Volunteers to Market Their Experience on Their Resumes
- How to Know When Not to Volunteer- solid advice from WikiHow
- Prayers for Every Volunteer from A Moment With God for Volunteers
- Recommended Readings: A Novel Approach from Make a Difference: Your Guide to Volunteering and Community Service
- Ten Tips for Volunteering Wisely, from the Independent Sector's "Give Five" campaign
- Top Ten Reasons to Volunteer by DoSomething.org.
- Volunteer Vacations from Volunteer Vacations
- Voices From the Heart In Celebration of America's Volunteers from Voices from the Heart
- Volunteering 101, by Sarah Erdreich on the Motley Fool site (2006)
- A Volunteer's Bill of Rights, samples compiled by John Lipp
- What Do You Want to Do? from Volunteer Survival Manual
Free electronic books on this subject
A Toolkit to Meaningful Volunteering for Boomers
Tips and tools to help Boomers find rewarding volunteer work, developed by the Renaissance 50+ project in Ottawa, CA (French language version available on their website).
Bridging the Digital Divide - Connecting Volunteers
Short handbook developed for volunteers in Brazilian charities in Sao Paulo providing basic, practical information for making the most of e-mail and the Internet in their service. Available in English and Portugese versions.
Power Skills – How Volunteerism Shapes Professional Success
2006 study by Womens Way in Philadelphia shows how critical business skills, like problem solving, coaching/mentoring, and public speaking are developed and improved through volunteerism.
Web sites on this subject
Alternative Spring Break
http://national.unitedway.org/asb/
United Way of America site about ways college students can help others during their school breaks, such as rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.
do-it.org
http://www.do-it.org.uk/magazine/features
Articles and personal stories from volunteers in the UK about their
volunteering experiences, with emphasis on young people.
International Volunteerism Resource Center from Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/ivrc
A free, comprehensive source for information, tools, and strategies for making informed decisions about engaging in meaningful international service.
International
Volunteer Program Association
http://www.volunteerinternational.org
Portal and search site
providing information for volunteering overseas through a variety
of organizations. See http://www.volunteerinternational.org/memberlist.html for an excellent list of other Web sites dealing with volunteering
abroad.
Meetup
http://www.meetup.com/
Innovative site that assists
in "organizing local gatherings about anything, anywhere." This
free service also enable "volunteerists" to get together to plan
community service projects ( http://volunteerism.meetup.com ).
Volunteering in
Europe: A Guide to Volunteer Success
http://goeurope.about.com/cs/volunteering/l/aa030203a.htm
Various articles with
tips for anyone considering volunteering abroad.
Volunteers' Perspectives
http://www.unv.org/en/perspectives.html
First-person essays on the experiences of UN Volunteers promoting peace and development all over the world.
Relevant Hot Topic essays
- Volunteers Should Not Be Second-Class Taxpayers - Jul '08
- Is the Rising Cost of Gas a Crisis or an Opportunity for Volunteering? - Jun '08
- Voluntourism - Pros, Cons, and Possibilities - Feb. '07
10/6/08
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