USA: Alcoa, a leading producer of primary aluminum, recognized its 47,000 employee volunteers to mark IVD. "We chose International Volunteer Day to announce these achievements as further recognition of the significant positive change these Alcoa volunteers make on a regular basis in their communities around the globe," says Alain Belda, Alcoa's Chairman and Chief Executive Office.  Read article

California, USA: Throughout November nonprofitshoppingmall.com highlights the spirit of volunteerism by designating US-based volunteer organization Points Of Light & Hands On Network as its default beneficiary.  Read article

In a changing society facing all manner of new challenges, volunteers are helping bind America together. In a special report, Time Magazine gives reasons why the U.S. and the next President should make a new commitment to national service and volunteering.   Read article

A new study by VolunteerMatch looks for keys to unlock the generosity of the Me Generation. It's findings include high expectations, skilled volunteers and the internet playing a huge role in the future of volunteering.   Read article

New York, USA: As volunteers served dessert at a senior center in New York City, other volunteers were distributing something else to the elderly: condoms. The condom giveaway is part of an effort by the New York City Department of Aging to educate older people about the risks they may face of contracting the virus that causes AIDS. Free HIV testing was offered as well.  Read article

Florida, USA: More than 350,000 volunteers removed about 7 million pounds of  debris from 34,500 miles of coastlines and waterways, along with ocean, river and lake bottoms.  Read article

Washington D.C., USA: The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research has found a significant connection between volunteering and good health. The report shows that volunteers have greater longevity, higher functional ability, lower rates of depression and less incidence of heart disease.  Read article

There are 100,000 missing people in the United States alone and at least 6,000 unidentified bodies. With the authorities struggling to solve so many cases, thousands of volunteers are using the internet to try to match the missing with the unidentified.  Read article

Manila, Philippines: Peace Coprs volunteer Julia Campbell's body was found in a shallow grave in Ifugao, northern part of the Philippines last 18 April. She worked as a volunteer English teacher at the Divine Word College in Albay province's Legazpi city, southeast of Manila, since October 2006.  Read article

Tony Pierce, a football coach, organized "Fathers in Touch", helping absentee dads reconnect with their children. He has no full-time staff but some 40 volunteers are helping this one-man mission.  Read article