The U.S. and Volunteering

The U.S. Department of Labor published some statistics on volunteering from last year (2009).  I was skimming the report (yes I get nerdy about civic involvement) and am going to share some  of the main stats concerning our country’s… Read More

Basic Human Pleasures

This post originally appeared on Coro Pittsburgh’s blog.  Coro Pittsburgh is a non profit organization whose mission is to advance ethical and effective leaders who share a commitment to civic engagement.

Last week Coro Pittsburgh celebrated Dr. Martin Luther… Read More

How do we Stop This From Happening?

I was perusing blogs on the site Brazen Careerist last week, when a title posted to the nonprofit community network caught my eye.  8 Reasons that Volunteering Sucks. (So far…) I read it.  The post was exactly what… Read More

Generation Volunteer

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Gen Y is talked about a lot on the Internet.  I won’t pretend to be an expert on Gen Y beyond being a member, and this post is not going to discuss my generation’s job-hoppingsense of entitlement, or technological savvy.Read More

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