April 28, 2008

President’s Council Thanks Youth Volunteers During National Volunteer Week

Today, more than 40 nonprofit and government organizations joined forces with the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, USA Freedom Corps, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington (BGCGW), and the Corporation for National and Community Service to celebrate National Volunteer Week and the commitment of America’s youth to volunteer service. 
Actor Stephen Baldwin, singer [...]

April 28, 2008

More Peace Corps Campaign

Last week, I attended an event hosted by “More Peace Corps” - a campaign to double the budget and number of volunteers in the Peace Corps.
Nearly 50 folks gathered at The New School in New York City to hear from Kevin Quigley, President of the National Peace Corps Association, and Rajeev [...]

April 28, 2008

NSE Tour featured on Change Wire

Thanks to our friends over at Be The Change for featuring the National Service Express Tour on their Change Wire blog at the end of last week.  Be The Change (BTC) is behind the new ServiceNation campaign, which will unite leaders from every sector of American society with hundreds of thousands of citizens in a national campaign to [...]