News
Category: Time/Talent/Volunteerism
ME-3 needs your vote; The Beehive Collective wants your proposal
By Melinda Pearce
August 11, 2009
- The Wake County-based volunteer organzation ME3 has been chosen as an August finalist for Citgo's national "FuelingGood" contest (the Citgo website says July, but they are an August finalist). You can help this group continue to grow the giving of time and talent by voting now (and vote once every day through the August 15)!
Governor Perdue Launches “United We Serve” Campaign
June 24, 2009
Summer of Service to Run June 22-Sept. 11
Gov. Bev Perdue announced yesterday that the Governor's Office and the state's departments and agencies will participate in United We Serve, a national effort launched by President Obama to engage more Americans in serving their communities this summer. Read more...
National ‘United We Serve’ Initiative Announced
June 18, 2009
"Yesterday, President Obama announced the United We Serve initiative to promote volunteer service this summer. This was part of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, signed into law on April 21 thanks to your advocacy. Read more...
Ranks of Volunteers Swell as Joblessness Rises
March 24, 2009
(from Philanthropy News Digest, by Julie Bosman)
Growing numbers of newly unemployed professionals have been streaming into the offices of nonprofits since the recession hit looking to do some good, to network, or simply to fill the hours they used to put in at their former jobs, the New York Times reports. Read more...
The Treasure of Time
By Dan E. Moore
May 09, 2008
North Carolinians Gave Time Worth $3.5 Billion in 2006
The value of volunteer time is often overlooked and is difficult to measure, yet it is a critical component of community building and philanthropy. NCGives has pulled information from a variety of sources to show that North Carolinians volunteered more than 206.4 million hours in 2006. By conservative estimate, this time was worth more than $3.5 billion. Read more...
