United States
If you have any news, press releases, events, documents, links or other information resources related to volunteerism in United States, send them to us at info@worldvolunteerweb.org and we will post them here. 22 April 2009
Obama signs national service legislation
Washington, D.C., United States: President Obama signed into law a measure designed to strengthen national community service efforts by boosting federal funding for thousands of volunteers in fields ranging from clean energy to health care and education.  Read article
05 December 2008
'Building bridges' on IVD
United States: To mark International Volunteer Day, the Building Bridges Coalition calls for anyone having participated in an international volunteer programme to help raise awareness by writing about their experience. Read article
05 December 2008
Mining a seam of volunteerism by Libby Archell, Alcoa
Pittsburgh, USA: Alcoa CEO and President Klaus Kleinfeld congratulated the record number of 22,000 Alcoa employees who came together in almost 700 separate service events as part of the company’s Worldwide Month of Service. Read article
05 December 2008
Intel to reach a million volunteer hours on IVD by Allison Kubota, Intel
Santa Clara, CA, USA: Despite challenging economic times and cut backs, many global corporations are still committed to giving back. From Google, Intel and Johnson & Johnson to the Gates Foundation, large corporate donors are recognizing that giving back to their communities is critical – now more than ever. Read article
25 November 2008
A mission to Egypt by Ivana Smucker
Al Awaysa, Egypt: There are still many impoverished Egyptians needing medical attention and Egyptian medical professionals desiring better training and knowledge. HANDS staff member, Ivana Smucker, writes about Medical Mission 2008. Read article
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America's top ten youth volunteers
For their extraordinary efforts in serving others through volunteerism, ten middle and high school students were named America’s top ten youth volunteers for 2008 in a ceremony at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Visit site
Public service on the cusp of becoming a national movement
Many non-profit organisations are seeing an increase in people looking to help. Non-profit organisations now have 9.4m employees and 4.7m full-time volunteers nationwide. Corporate America, too, is joining in. Moreover, the Edward Kennedy Serve America Act, passed on March 31st, will devote $5.7 billion over five years to expanding or creating national-service programmes. Visit site
US Senate moves to expand national service
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Thursday to broadly expand national community service programs, increasing the number of positions to 250,000 from 75,000 and creating new cadres of volunteers focused on education, clean energy, health care and veterans. Visit site
05 December 2007, 15:32
Maryland, USA: Never heard of IVD
I had never of International Volunteer Day until just now when I saw it on someone's blog. I've been volunteering for many years, starting out with one of my daughter's classes when she was in elementary school. Read entry
From: IVD 2007 Blog
22 February 2007, 16:55
The Future Wave of School Volunteerism: Be the Textbook
One teacher in the United States blogs about her visions of getting corporate execs and experts in their fields to be “virtual volunteers” by using what is slowly becoming everyday computer technology. Read entry |
