Hope: Do We Still Have It? Should We?
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope … and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest [...]
Service as “Leftist Propaganda”
“I think it’s outrageous. It’s indoctrinating children in a leftist liberal political position.” Gayle Ruzicka, President of Utah’s Eagle Forum commenting about President Obama’s “I Pledge” video encouraging national service. It’s not often that I will tell someone to sit down and shut up, but it’s high time someone did exactly that to Gayle Ruzicka [...]
The Value of Service
As the “Summer of Service” progresses onward, I thought it only appropriate that I take a moment to comment on what volunteerism really means. Being a volunteer is about more than planting a tree, delivering a book, or serving dinner at a homeless shelter. The value of what volunteers do in our communities, in our [...]
United We Serve
Last week I had the unique honor to attend the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco (part of my “real” job). It was truly a pleasure to have the chance to speak with not only volunteers, but also the volunteer coordinators and program managers that make volunteerism in America work. President Obama [...]
More From NCVS
Yesterday’s kickoff of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service was amazing. It really is refreshing to see what can be accomplished by Americans when we can put aside our petty differences and pull together to make things happen. The speakers at the opening general session reflected people from all walks of life and all [...]
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