Volunteering Linked With Lower Risk of High Blood Pressure

Volunteering might literally be good for your heart, a new study suggests.

A Bookstore in Wahington Heights Knows How To Make The Show Go On

She\’s Getting Her Boots Dirty

Volunteerism sees significant rise during crisis in Greece

Animal Care Volunteers Bite Back

Two New York Youth Honored for Volunteerism

New York's top two youth volunteers of 2013, Samuel Lam, 18, of Old Westbury and Cory Nichols, 12, of Oceanside, were honored in the nation’s capital last night for their outstanding volunteer service during the 18th annual presentation of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. 

Volunteering: How Helping Out Helps You Stand Out In The Workplace

Volunteerism In Mexico Slowly Coming Back

How to respond to terrorism? Volunteerism.

Time Bank: A Novel Idea That Promotes Volunteerism

Fighting Hunger Through Volunteerism and YouTube

Why I Count Glass Eels

Volunteer Numbers Decrease

Measuring the Impact of Employee Volunteering

4th Annual International Corporate Volunteerism Conference

Performing volunteer work increases longevity

Effects of Volunteering on Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents

Volunteer Home Builders Are A Real \"Blessing\" For Breezy Point Residents

Obama volunteerism site ignores snow storm--and Sandy victims

In Russia Volunteers Step Up

UN Establishes Trust Fund to Support Youth Volunteerism

Honoring King with Volunteerism

Volunteering Is Getting Trendy in America

Skills-Based Volunteering: The New Executive Training Ground

Volunteer? Seriously?!

Cultural Immersion and Volunteer Vacationing is Possible Without Even Leaving the US

New York ranks dead last for volunteerism

9/11 Memorial Volunteers Aid in Sandy Relief and Recovery

Whether responding to a natural disaster or honoring those lost on 9/11, the 9/11 Memorial Volunteers embody the importance of community service.

Sandy highlights increasingly popular trend of DIY volunteerism

Volunteer at Jackson North used smartphone to steal data

Volunteers Change Lives, While Enriching Their Own

Global Volunteerism Is Good For Business

Philanthropy Volunteerism as a Core Competency

Volunteers Flock to Disaster Areas, Overwhelming City Relief Centers

Want teens to do volunteer work? Make it social.

Through volunteer lens What young workers want?

Is Social Entrepreneurship Transforming Millennial Talent Acquisition?

Emergency Volunteers Would Get Tax Credit Under New Bill

Broward League of Cities kicks off Million Hour Volunteer Challenge

The Broward League of Cities is partnering with charitable organizations and the county's municipalities to increase local community service through the Million Hour Volunteer Challenge.

Beyond Volunteering: Civic Engagement in Action

Time to Make A Difference

Some have already begun submitting projects for Make A Difference Day. For others, there's still plenty of time.

The New Volunteering Legacy of September 11th

Letting Employees Call the Philanthropy Shots

Tale Of Two DNC Volunteers

BVC To Present Corporate Workshops At Volunteerism Conference

The Volunteer Center of Bergen County’s Northern New Jersey Business Volunteer Council is presenting workshops specifically geared towards business volunteer programs at this year’s NJ Governor’s Conference on Volunteerism.

Volunteering abroad provides alternative experience

London 2012 Olympics puts the glam into volunteering

The popularity of London 2012's 'Games Makers' may boost volunteerism – and help the government's much-derided effort to encourage Britons to help out in austerity-hit areas.

The other team that is making Britain proud

London 2012 Olympics: anger as volunteers cash in on opening ceremony

The Hottest Trend in Giving Back

Volunteer Work Boosts Perception of Free Time

‘IICF Week of Giving’ Adds Personal Giving to Volunteerism Tradition

The NCVO and Volunteering England enter merger discussions

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations and Volunteering England are in "formal discussions" over a merger, the two organisations have announced.

Stamford Volunteer Organizations Merge

Volunteerism Versus Voluntourism

The Best Ways to Volunteer

Volunteerism

Brewer veto of volunteerism bill shocks youth

When Volunteers Become Voluntold

The Pros And Cons Of Volunteerism In America

International Corporate Volunteerism: A Game Changer

Jersey City Mayor urges volunteerism at White House panel

Volunteerism: A Way of Life and a Career

2012 Make A Difference Day Awards to Recognize 13 Life-changing Volunteer Initiatives

Thirteen volunteer initiatives will be recognized with the 2012 Make A Difference Day Awards at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on April 19. Make A Difference Day, the nation's largest day of service, was created in 1992 by Gannett Co., Inc.'s USA WEEKEND Magazine along with partners, Newman's Own®, Inc. and Points of Light. Newman's Own will donate a total of $130,000, awarding ten volunteer initiatives $10,000 each and presenting three cities $10,000 each for their local projects.

Why Helping Others Makes Us Happy

An Untapped Resource: The Power of Volunteerism

Should Your Company Pay for You to Volunteer Abroad?

Peace Corps and VSO: A Partnership on Volunteerism to Promote Global Development

Volunteerism Through the Eyes of Children

Homestretch finds its match with Excella

Excella incorporated Homestretch as its primary charitable partner, doing activities throughout the year such as refurbishing its properties, tutoring students and teaching English classes to parents.

In return, managers say the partnership has developed employees’ professional skills and created memorable bonds outside the office.

Governor Patrick welcomes students from across the state for MLK day of service

Las Vegas nonprofits lifted by corporate volunteerism

"This is about us recognizing that there is a great need in the community," says Jocelyn Bluitt-Fisher, community affairs director for MGM Resorts International. "It's not about our image, it's really about recognizing the needs in our community and figuring out ways to give back to those who support us. That is ingrained in our company culture from the top down."

Social media’s good virus of volunteerism

From finding volunteers to fill sandbags, cook food, seek donations, make rafts of life vests, to developing informative websites and producing video clips or just cleaning up in the aftermath, the all-pervasive social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, have inarguably become champions in keeping people abreast of what's happening.

Volunteering- A Great Way To Learn Real Executive Leadership

Having corporate programs that encourage employees to work as volunteers for organizations in their community are one way to offer an extra corporate benefit that makes employees feel pride and satisfaction, and makes them happier and more productive workers. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, promotes what he calls “the 1 per- cent solution”: 1 percent of the company’s equity, 1 percent of its profits, and 1 percent of its employees’ paid work hours are devoted to philanthropy.  Software maker SAS, which has for years  been among the Top 20 in Fortune’s annual list of the 100 best companies to work for, offers a volunteer initiative that lets employees use flexible schedules to take paid time off for projects in the community, or even work in teams with their managers on a volunteer effort during business hours.

United Nations General Assembly sets stage for the future of volunteerism

Utah Toys With Idea of Mandating Volunteerism in Return for Medicaid

Art for Volunteerism

A total of 17 Filipino visual artists have volunteered to use their talents for a cause. VSO Bahaginan, a member of international organization VSO, will hold its first ever “Art for Volunteerism” exhibit at the Ayala Museum in Makati City on December 9.

Matching Volunteers to the Right Missions

Volunteering Rises on the Resume

Volunteer experience has long been a secondary consideration in people’s career portfolios. It was seen as good for the soul, maybe, beneficial to a cause, but not something that led to a better job. Recent graduates might seek unpaid internships to get a leg up, but skilled professionals largely expected to burnish their résumés on the job. Volunteer work got a line at the bottom of a résumé, near hobbies.

That has started to change, with more nonprofit organizations trying to take better advantage of skilled volunteers, and more employers saying they look at volunteer work in evaluating job candidates.

Volunteerism Leads to App Creation

A new App Boot Camp and a very low-tech wheelbarrow full of mulch definitely had a connection for Eileen Sweeney, director of Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Foundation.

She donated her time for one day to her community. That included pushing a wheelbarrow around the Garfield Park Conservatory on a recent rainy day, and even did a few impromptu wheelbarrow races with colleagues, all in the name of fun and volunteerism. Then she dried off and volunteered to teach how to create apps for smartphones to students at DeVry Advantage Academy High School and Evanston High School.

“Learning these skills can be very empowering for these students,” Sweeney said about the App Boot Camp, a new Motorola program that reaches out to schools.

On Board to Do Good

People Who Volunteer Live Longer, Studies Suggest

People who volunteer for selfless reasons, such as helping others, live longer than those who don't lend a helping hand, a new study shows. However, those who volunteer for more self-centered reasons do not reap the same life-extending benefits.

Volunteerism recalls spirit of good will Americans exhibited after 9/11 attacks

Reputation Building and Corporate Volunteerism Impacts Bottom Line

60,000 Volunteers, 30 Countries, 30 Days

The Results Are In! One act of kindness can make a world of difference. In April 2011, nearly 60,000 Starbucks partners (employees), customers, community members and nonprofit organizations from across 30 countries on four continents joined together in their local neighborhoods to be a catalyst for change and make a positive impact in people’s lives.

Operation Backpack, led by Volunteers of America, Sends Hope to NYC Homeless Kids

Mayor Bloomberg Announces More Than Half A Million Public School Students Performed Service Projects as part of Service In Schools Initiative

Mayor Bloomberg Honors Graduates of NYC Civic Corps Class of 2011

Mayor Bloomberg today delivered remarks at the graduation ceremony of the City’s second NYC Civic Corps class – a specially trained group of AmeriCorps members who work at nonprofit organizations and City agencies to help increase the number of volunteers they can utilize and serve a greater number of New Yorkers in need. The NYC Civic Corps members just completed their ten-month term of service, during which they worked to create sustainable volunteer management structures within nonprofits.

’New York Says Thank You’ Documentary to Premiere at 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

HRC and MENY Team-up for a Night of Action in Queens

NYC EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS: SAVING LIVES and BUILDING RESILIENCY

Some Volunteers Would Rather Crunch Numbers Than Haul Lumber

Outreach extraordinaire Jason Kendall brings astronomy to New York City public schools

Mentoring Program Turns Cameras on Its Young Clients

Help out during the holidays

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- We are right in the middle of the most spectacular display of economic activity all year -- holiday shopping season.

Most of those holiday gifts will put a hole in your wallet, but the gift of time won't cost you a cent.

Social Entrepreneurs: Taking On World Problems

Video Volunteers Announces ’IndiaUnheard’ - The World’s First Community News Service: Making Change By Bringing Untold Stories from the Farthest Villages of India to Impact a Global Audience

It’s Time to Start Serving: 10 Facts and Stats on Volunteering

Frazzled Moms Push Back Against Volunteering

Celebrate International Volunteer Managers Day every year on November 5

generationOn -- Empowering Kids to Better Their World

The Distinctly American Tradition of Charity

In December 1941, 26-year-old Rae Wilson wrote the editor of the North Platte, Neb., Daily Bulletin after having watched townspeople hand out food and notes of encouragement to soldiers on their way to combat in World War II. Wilson suggested that the community open a free canteen to serve the soldiers whose troop trains paused in North Platte while the steam engines took on water. Her letter launched one of the most inspiring home-front efforts of the war. When the trains made their brief stops en route to military bases in the West, North Platte put on a show. Young women attended each arrival with baskets and smiles, offering fruit, matches, and candy bars to the soldiers, while directing them to the canteen. Inside, a pianist provided music and local girls wearing their Sunday finest danced with the servicemen for a few moments. "For the next five years, volunteers welcomed every single troop train that came through North Platte with something good to eat and words of encouragement," Bob Greene wrote movingly in his book, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen (2003). "More than 55,000 volunteers from 125 communities

’We Generation’: Tweens volunteer, start non-profits

Growing numbers of pre-teens and early teens are giving tweens a new face: a socially responsible young citizen. They're not only doing good in their local communities, but having a global impact. Some have created their own non-profits, and most have websites enlisting the support of kids like themselves who also want to help others.

What’s Really In the Hearts of Donors? And other stories...

• A 100 Million Dollar Surprise for Students:  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg makes a large donation to the public school system
• Healthcare Funding in the U.S. Plummets:  Donations dropped substantially last year
• What's Really in the Hearts of Donors:  A look at why some people give

Good Intentions Going Nowhere - Again

Spurred By NY, 10 Cities Launch Volunteer Programs

NEW YORK (AP) – Ten U.S. cities are recruiting volunteers to help with local problems such as flood recovery and childhood obesity as part of a nationwide emphasis on service led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Bloomberg founded a volunteer corps in his city last year in response to President Barack Obama’s call for more Americans to do service work. He then launched a coalition of cities focused on service, and it now has more than 100 member cities.

HSBC and Rebuilding Together New York City Join Together to Perform Rebuild

Bloomberg Swears-in Civic Corps

Cash-strapped schools turn to volunteers to fill budget gaps

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As state and local funding for education dries up, schools around the nation are asking their communities to help them maintain their services and programming.

Many are increasing their use of volunteers, while others are boosting their fundraising efforts. Some are even turning to online auctions to boost reserves.

Sun Bank Sets Employee Volunteer Day on Oct. 11

VINELAND — Sun National Bank will host its second annual “Banking on our Communities” day on Mon., Oct. 11, from 1-5 p.m.

The bank is looking for projects at local, non-profit organizations throughout New Jersey where employees can volunteer their time and service.

VOLUNTEER MANAGERS ’UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERVALUED’

Many of those who manage volunteers are underfunded, undervalued and need better training and support, according to a report published today.

The study of more than 1,000 voluntary sector organisations found that 42% of those who managed volunteers had not received any training that would help in their work with volunteers.

Volunteering in America 2010 National Report Available Now

Social Media to the Rescue

Volunteers are using Social Media like Twitter to mobilize, organize, and energize cleanup efforts for the Gulf Oil Spill

NYAVA Professional Profile and Salary Survey Results

Volunteering Abroad Provides Alternative Experience