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Man Volunteers For $800,000 Pay Cut To Help Students

Fresno County California school Superintendent Larry Powell is willing to take an... more

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5 trips for animal lovers

It is very interesting to ride on elephants but it is even more important to help them... more

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Fans Can Earn Tickets by Volunteering to Help Homeless Youth

FreeFest is back and tickets have “free’d-out” in just a few... more

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Straight man who appeared gay rejected for blood donation

By David Ferguson Sunday, July 17th, 2011 -- 12:37 pm Twenty-two-year-old Aaron... more

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Cheers, smiles and hugs great wounded soldiers taking part in Warrior’s Weekend V

Warrior’s Weekend was founded in 2007 and is dedicated to supporting wounded... more

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Found Challenge

Johanness Haasbroek, founder of Elephant Human Relations Aid, a Namibian non-profit... more

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Found Solution

Neil Bone, a South-African native, has moved to Namibia, Africa, to help the Earth... more

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Volunteering Zambia Lusaka Social Programs

Volunteering Zambia Lusaka Social Programs http://www.abroaderview.org

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Volunteering in Uganda Orphanage

Experience volunteering in Uganda http://www.abroaderview.org

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5 Things to Know About Wael Ghonim, The Egyptian Volunteer Who Helped Bring Down a Regime

If you don’t know Wael Ghonim’s name and face, you at least know his... more

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10 Easy Ways to Help Orphans Through Social Media

It starts with getting behind a trustworthy organization that’s focused on... more

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Florida Hopes to Humiliate Unemployed

Florida's unemployment rates are not so hot. At 12%, it's one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, and someone in the state government is trying to figure out how to not lose so much of that unemployment benefit to the jobless citizens of the Sunshine State.

You know, the unemployment benefit that was taken out of their paycheck when they had a job? The unemployment benefit that maxes out at $275 per week, since Florida is one of the lowest paying in the union? Yep, that $275 a week is making Representative Kathleen Passidomo cranky, so she proposes that unemployed Floridians do some (more) work for their bennies. Passidomo is supporting legislation to make recipients of unemployment benefits volunteer at least four hours every week.

Before you say, "Hey, volunteering is a great thing!" why don't you stop and think about how that would affect you -- if this idea was to take hold on a national level.

Imagine this scenario: You've just lost your job and your family is in dire financial straits. If you're lucky, you get unemployment benefits (even luckier if you live in a state with a higher weekly rate than Florida). But your government assumes you're a lazy, good-for-nothing, instead of a victim of corporate lay-offs, downsizing, or a bankrupt company. So they ask you to prove your worth to them. Insulted yet?

Don't get me wrong, I think volunteering is a wonderful thing. And, like Representative Passidomo says, it could be a way to make contacts and find more work. Or it could be taking you away from your job search, using your limited gas money, and punishing you for not being able to hold on to a job -- even though it was no fault of your own. Also, throw in child care costs if you're a parent, and your weekly allotment is suddenly not enough to feed those kids. You know, the weekly allotment THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR WHEN YOU WERE WORKING.

Way to screw the American people yet again! Why do I think this is totally going to pass? Watch out Floridians -- you'd better not even think about working for a company that could have lay-offs, or you'll be picking up trash on the highway. Instead of looking for another job that could also end in a lay-off.

http://thestir.cafemom.com/home_garden/116359/florida_hopes_to_humiliate_unemployedFlorida's unemployment rates are not so hot. At 12%, it's one of the highest... more

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Valentine’s Day Romantics Can Find Their Passion at VolunteerMatch

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, this week VolunteerMatch is marking the... more

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The Niapele Project

Help those that can't help themselves- Africa's Children!

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NYC 911 unresponsive? Call Hatzalah, the volunteer Jewish EMS service - New York NY

Should you or your loved ones find yourselves in an emergency situation, rather than... more

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A New Online Hub in the Service of Veterans

In honor of Veterans Day, Causecast will be celebrating the men and women of... more

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How many Vigilant employees does it take to build a house?

Habitat for Humanity is one of the most popular volunteer activities among Vigilant... more

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Honor 9/11 by Volunteering in Your Corner of the World

Nine years ago, for most of America, our world changed. Here in Annapolis, Maryland, a stone’s throw from Washington D.C., where many friends and neighbors work in the city and metro area, a common question is “Where were you on 9/11?” By a strange twist of fate I was working in D.C., no more than 50 yards from the White House. It was a horrible and frightening day that included a White House bomb squad lined up on Pennsylvania Avenue and half a dozen binoculars sweeping the sky. As I was trying to get my head around what what going on and leave the area I asked a Secret Service agent what they were looking for. The answer- another plane. Incomprehensible.

And yet the question most pressing to me right now is not where I was then but where I am now. Yes, the world changed that day. But my world has changed many times since then. I married an amazing woman, I have two young sons, I started my own business. I have a dog. I crashed a car. I went to graduate school. I published my first fiction. To say the things I think and care about today are different from what they were almost a decade ago is a vast understatement.

I care about the world now in a way that I couldn’t even imagine then. When I was a Boy Scout in my teens there was an unwritten rule that we were to leave the woods (and the world) a better place than we found it. Then, it meant hike your trash back out with you. Now it means so much more. With a five year old and a two year old inspecting and digesting my every move I feel more than ever the need to lead by example, to make the world better for them and to have them witness it, to teach them that it will someday be their job to make the world better. By volunteering, by giving, by understanding. By reaching out in every way possible to make the world better.

In the midst of this recession my wife suggested I sign up to coach my son’s soccer team. As if I needed yet another thing on my plate. Then when the coach coordinator said that our first game would be on 9/11 it all made sense. After just a single practice to have a dozen parents thank me for coaching and giving something to their child-making a difference no matter how small-how could I not do it?

As hard and bad as the world can seem on a day like 9/11, and as difficult as things seem in this recession, there are small things we can do. We make the world better. We can start right now, right here. We won’t fix the economy tomorrow or create world peace, but by starting here and making our corner better we are making the world better. There are a million ways to give something back right now, a million ways to make our world better. Pick one, any one. Coach a team, give blood, donate old books, build a playground or just sit down and write a check or click the donate button on a cause you love. I know what I am doing tomorrow-I’ll be on a grassy field, bright orange soccer shirt on and whistle around my neck making 22 kids happy. So go do something. I assure you that within minutes of doing whatever it is you decide to do, someone will thank you for it. And not only will someone somewhere be better for it, you will too.

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Here are a couple of links to sites that can help you find volunteering opportunities in your neighborhood 911 Day of Service and United We Serve
http://goodcomarketing.com/blog/2010/09/honoring-911-by-volunteering-in-your-corner-of-the-world/Nine years ago, for most of America, our world changed. Here in Annapolis, Maryland,... more

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Hunger at Home

This video is one interpretation of the current hunger crisis in Massachusetts. By... more

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Volunteer for the OHFF

This is Melanie with the Oklahoma Horror Film Festival. We are in need of volunteers... more

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