Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

In 2023, we’ll be providing Lessons in Building Momentum through the roller coaster of nonprofit life! Many organizations involved in the old Hands-On Points of Light and AmeriCorps networks. Service and volunteerism are a core theme, with many sessions focused on utilizing AmeriCorps and corporate volunteers. Website : [link].

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Aristotle (born: 384 BC) once said: “the essence of life is to serve others and do good.”. According to an AmeriCorps report , people who volunteer over 100 hours a year are some of the healthiest people in the U.S. 96% of volunteers reported the action enriched their sense of purpose in life. of all volunteers.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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Double the Donation

JANUARY 17, 2022

Before joining the Double the Donation team, I had been working as a Learning Coach in a 10-month AmeriCorps program for Hands on Atlanta immediately after graduating from Johns Hopkins University. The post Life at Double the Donation | Meet the Team, Career Experience & More appeared first on Double the Donation.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

This organization uses sports, specifically basketball, as a vehicle to help youth get motivated in school and learn life lessons while at the same time producing some seriously great athletes. In my experience, Ive learned how integral life skills can be taught and nurtured by tapping into something kids love: basketball.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

As Board President of YNPN Phoenix , I often hear from other emerging nonprofit leaders – including our board – a shared desire to perform with high standards in the face of huge workloads, while at the same time wanting life/work balance. We love our commitments, but it can sometimes be a challenge to hold it all together!

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. Further Readings. Self-Control as the secret to succes. Do you have Decision Fatigue? Building a Brain that handles failure. Like this article? Get another!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 9, 2011

Marys Food Bank , and its had a significant impact on my life, even inspiring me to join the American Humanics program. Volunteering has truly enriched my life, and it makes me feel good knowing that I can help in some way. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. She has also recently served a term with AmeriCorps, leading a team of environmental education volunteers. Prior to coming to Care2, Emily worked as a features reporter for a newspaper in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 18, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To My AmeriCorps service has been invaluable.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. Because of this program, I have been given the opportunity and guidance to achieve my life mission to create meaningful, positive and lasting change. “To My AmeriCorps service has been invaluable.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2019

Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. I reached a pinnacle point in my life, where I felt empty in the midst of being busy and full of tasks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2019

Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. I reached a pinnacle point in my life, where I felt empty in the midst of being busy and full of tasks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At the beginning of September, they started CORE Training, the first step on a life-changing journey. We closed out the day with this activity, hoping to empower our allies to be their absolute best selves regardless of their childhood experiences or obstacles that they have had to overcome in life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 7, 2019

Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. To the future Public Ally, I believe in you, you are worthy, you are more than enough and worthy of great things in life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Before becoming a Public Ally, I somewhat understood the nonprofit sector, since the year before I had served as a City Year Corps Member in Chicago through AmeriCorps. We want to ensure our community members and partners know the resources and educational opportunities we offer to live a healthier life.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic. Almost two years since the pandemic sent us all shuffling into our homes, life is slowly returning to normal. Who are these people we talked with?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Elsbeth Pollack is a Program Manager for Public Allies Arizona (PAAZ) , an AmeriCorps program that engages service-minded young individuals in 10-months of paid leadership training, apprenticeships, and service opportunities in collaboration with local nonprofit partner organizations. Elsbeth Pollack Program Manager, Public Allies Arizona.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

For my required Nonprofit Leadership Alliance internship, I chose to serve for a second year as an AmeriCorps volunteer in the Public Allies Arizona program at the ASU Lodestar Center, returning to Public Allies five years after I had served with Native American Connections.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 27, 2019

PAAZ: Did you have a professor or mentor that played an important role in your life? Throughout the first few weeks, Anne had discussed her journey with community, AmeriCorps and how she has a passion for giving back. Throughout my time knowing Anne she has been such an important piece to my education, personal and professional life.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

When thinking about important relationships in my own life, the ability or failure to acknowledge and accept that we each have a unique and differing perspective determined the relative success of each relationship. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

I wonder, will their hard work create a better life for others? How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. These students struggled in many ways and, somehow, completed what they started out to accomplish with passion and fierce commitment. I truly believe they will.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2011

The new nonprofit sector will have young leaders acting on behalf of the mission, and succession planning will be part of an organizations life and culture, not a linear phenomenon. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. These are now becoming archaic.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

At this point in my life, I only give money to one nonprofit organization, and I do that through automatic monthly payments, with little thought at all to the whole process. Though, after reading Carlo's story, I am certain I can make a change in my own life as well. I have a rough time donating to nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

The millionaire isnt compelled to write the big checks because he or she has temporarily sworn off the high life and survived on a tight budget. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

I must agree that communication is such a key component in every aspect in life but at the same time it is not practiced enough, especially in the nonprofit world. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o. May 1, 2011 11:34 PM Paulsaid. Great post.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2011

Shelina was worried she had done more harm than good by coming into Zees life and leaving it just as abruptly. Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 4:44 PM Labels: AmeriCorps , Laura Tan , Public Allies , United Way 8comments: Kayla said. This is such a great perspective. They need us so we need to be there for them.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

AmeriCorps Coordinator. Reading about other social activists forces me to examine my own life. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. Photo via Time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2011

So, like the state Corporation Commission list, the federal list of exempt entities has the problem of retaining dead or dormant organizations because they have not developed a good way of obtaining proof of life. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving Increasing o.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for service and volunteerism, announced the 2025 State and National Grants Competition is now open for applications from organizations to host AmeriCorps members beginning in the summer of 2025. Smith, CEO, AmeriCorps, said via a statement. “The

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for service and volunteerism, announced the 2025 State and National Grants Competition is now open for applications from organizations who wish to host AmeriCorps members beginning in the summer of 2025. The post AmeriCorps Opens Federal Grants Competition appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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