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Kids Health: Volunteering
Volunteering may seem like working without being compensated but that isn't necessarily true. Volunteers are compensated with a gratifying feeling of making a difference in the life of someone in need.Read this article to find out how to...
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Volunteer Match
This database allows you to search for a volunteer opportunity either by location or by the type of activity that interests you.
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Energize: Volunteer Management Library
Energize, Inc., is an international training, consulting, and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. Its Volunteer Management Library offers selected sources on volunteering for free.
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Imva: So You're Thinking About Volunteering
This site contains information on medical volunteer programs. It includes a Q. & A. section that covers most of the aspects of this type of work.
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Serv Enet: Volunteer Resources
Are you looking to find a better way to make a difference in your community? The SERVEnet provides Volunteer Resources to help you find better ways to get connected.
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Point of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center: Home Page
Are you interested in exploring volunteer work? The Point of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center provides resources to investigate volunteer work.
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Volunteer Voices
Volunteer Voices: On the Trail of Tears [Pdf]
In this lesson, students work with primary source documents to recapture the experience of traveling on the Trail of Tears.
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Action Without Borders: Idealist: Internships
This searchable database will allow you to find volunteer entry-level internships that match your age, interests, and location.
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Cuso
CUSO is a Canadian organization similar in mission and purpose as the United States' Peace Corps. Founded in 1961, CUSO has grown into a dynamic organization working to combat poverty and inequality, aid human rights, treat HIV/AIDS, and...
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Care: Virtual Field Trips Archive: Guatemala
Take a virtual field trip to Guatemala along with eight high school students from Atlanta and Chicago as they work with Guatemalan families to fight poverty.
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Worldwide International Student Exchange (Wise)
The Worldwide International Student Exchange Foundation is an excellent source of exchange opportunities for short-stay or long term experiences traveling and living abroad. Offers a range of farm, ranch, city environments as well as...
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National Park Service: Work With Us
Learn about working for the U.S. National Park Service. Read a list of career opportunities from archaeologist to park ranger, and find out about park volunteering and internships.
Read Works
Read Works: Healing Paws
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl who volunteers to train dogs to help people with disabilities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Americorps: Vista
Americorps VISTA is a break off institution of the original VISTA set up in 1965. Check out this site to find out more current information about what sort of work is done by Americorps VISTA volunteers.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Detail From Holland's Magazine, March 1918
In this cover art, see an example of how the Texas-based women's magazine "Holland" encouraged women to work as part of the war effort during the Great War.
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Maya Research Program
Informational website about the Maya Research Program that sponsors archaeological fieldwork for students and volunteers in a village in Mexico or Belize every summer. Explore ancient and modern Maya by conserving archaeological sites,...
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Operation Smile
Operation Smile coordinates medical volunteers who provide surgeries to repair children's cleft lips and palates.
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Habitat for Humanity International
This site is the home page for Habitat for Humanity International. You can follow links for more information on this wonderful social program. Link topics include: "Get Involved," "Where We Build," "How it Works," and "True Stories."...
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United Way of America
This is the official site of the United Way of America. Information covers the mission, vision, community impact and agenda. You can also find the latest news about the community work of the United Way.
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Smith College: Smithipedia Women's War Work: Waves
Online encyclopedia provides background information about the creation of the WAVES during World War II.
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Points of Light Institute: Generation On
Developed with the intention of making the world a better place, Generation On is a global project giving children service learning opportunities. Resources for teachers, children, teens, and parents are included.
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Usa Weekend: Make a Difference Day
Find out about the various volunteer projects taking place during the annual Make a Difference Day. Offers project ideas, tools, and news.
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Americorps: Vista History
Read a brief history of VISTA, or Volunteers In Service to America. This article overviews the reasons behind its establishment in 1965 and the circumstances surrounding its growth.
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History.com: How the Us Civil War Inspired Women to Enter Nursing
Before the American Civil War, the majority of hospital nurses or "stewards" were men. But the war created a medical crisis that demanded more volunteers, and a lot of the people who took up the call were women. Amid this desperate need...