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Making local connections for meaningful community service and engagement. Inspiration for the Get Involved website for students Getinvolvedpa.com. (San Francisco Bay Area, AKA: Silicon Valley)
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Good Works Matching Organizations
- Get Invoved PA: For students, by students
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Network for Good
- Hands on Bay Area (HOBA)
- Points of Light Institute
- Volunteer Match
- Universal Giving
- NEW Palo Alto Patch Volunteer Clearingbouse!
- National Service
- America’s Natural and Cultural Resources Volunteer Portal
- Do Something
- Starfish Network
Work Together Holidays
- Veteran's Day: November 11
- MLK National Day of Service: 3rd Monday in January
- Cesar Chavez Day: March 31
- Earth Day: April
- Global Youth Service Day: April (www.gysd.org)
- Natinal Rebuilding Together Day: April (www.rebuildingtogether.org)
- National River Clean-up Day: May
- "Stamp Out Hunger" National Letter Carriers Food Drive: May
- CA Coastal Cleanup Day: September
- 9/11 Tribute Movement/One Million Acts of Service: September 11 (911.org)
- "Helping Hands for America's Lands," National Public Lands Day: September
- Be the Change Day: October (Hands On Bay Area, www.bethechangeday.org)
- Make A Difference Day: October (USA Weekend)
Past Cause-Related Marketing: Purchasing Power with a Purpose!
- Weight Watchers Lose for Good
- "Staples for Students", with Dosomething.org
- Williams-Sonoma "No Kid Hungry" Campaign
- Safeway Stores Foundation: Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Campaign
- Raley's Market $5,000 Unilever Brands Reach Grants
- Macy's Passport Fund Glamorama: 4 Cities Aug. & Sept.
- The Fabulous Giver: Fashion Industry Cause-Related Marketing
- Good Shop and Good Search, for Your Favorite Cause
- Shop for a Cause with IGive.com
- Kashi's "Rethink, Recycle, Rewards" Program
- Toyota 100 Cars for Good
- Coca-Cola's Community Engagement Program
- Vivint Gives Back Project: Home Alarms & Automation Products, Customers Can Vote for Their Favorite Charity Recipients!
Apply for Community Service/Volunteering Awards, Grants, Programs
- The President's Award for Volunteer Service
- Seton Hall Univ. Division of Volunteer Efforts
- Good Tidings Foundation $5,000 Community Service Scholarship (DUE NOV.)
- Your Project Could Win a $10K Grant! Register on USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day
- Bank of America Foundation Student Leaders Program
- The Congressional Award: Volunteering, Development, Fitness, Exploration
- Healthtrust Grants for Student Community Service Projects
- The Jefferson Awards: HIgh School Students
- Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
- Pay it Forward Foundation: Youth Philanthropy & Grants
- Tutor Corps Foundation Service Grants for High School Students
- Pepsi's Refresh Everything Grants: Service by Categories
- Kohl's Community Service Scholarships: Ages 6-18
- San Jose State CommUniverCity Program
- De Anza College Institute of Community and Civic Engagement
- University of Portland Service Learning Center
- Stanford University Philanthropy and Service Learning Center
- Arizona State Service Learning Program
- University of Utah: Lowell Bennion Community Service Center
Good Works Pages and Links
- How to Volunteer Guide by Mary Lynn Perry
- Field Guide to Community Service: San Jose Leadership Council
- New York Times Article: College Applicants and Volunteering
- College Admissions Community Service Study (2010)
- Article: Why Volunteer?
- Volunteering Leads to Jobs
- Studies on Youth Volunteering: Independent Sector
- Article: Habitat New Orleans and Happiness
- Bio-Medicine Article: "Volunteering and the Art of Happiness."
My Blog List
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Leadership & Adaptability: Key to Nonprofit Performance - Charity Navigator will unify its two rating systems this Fall. This holistic system will account for all aspects of a nonprofit’s operations within the f...
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Determining Nonprofit Impact on Civic Engagement - [image: Greater nonprofit advocacy could give voice to more people.] Nonprofit organizations have been described as the backbone of American democracy. The...2 years ago
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Anxiety and Communication - In honor of World Mental Health Day's theme for this year, the workplace, here is a guest blog post by Markus van Alphen that talks about how to deal with ...
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UGIVE.ORG presents the #howdougive Video Contest! - Come enter our #howdougive video contest! This video is a profile of your high school service. We want to know with this video: An inside look on your comm...11 years ago
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Another Great "PIF" Story - Dear PIF, I want to take a minute to write a thank you, for your great charity and kindness towards the Pay It Forward Foundation and your donation of the ...13 years ago
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Click Here for Good Works Tools: Helpful Volunteering Resources
- The ONLY way to handle sign ups!
- My Fave! Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
- Volunteer Resource for Teen & Families: UGive
- Idealist: Global Volunteering/Nonprofit Clearinghouse
- United Way Volunteer Resources
- Take Part project, sponsored by American Express
- Community Service Magazine: promotes volunteerism, lots of links
- Small Acts of Kindness
- Charity Guide: Interest-based, Flexible Volunteering Ideas
- Entertainment Industry Foundation: Volunteering Resource by Categories
- Create the Good: AARP Volunteering Resources
- Great Nonprofits: User Rating Site
- Network for Good
- Charity Navigator
- GroupVine: Interactive Email for volunteer organizing
- Volunteer Spot: Volunteer Matching & Organizing
- All For Good
- One Brick: Volunteering Resource
- Universal Giving: Philanthropy Resource
- Serve Net: Volunteering & Philanthropy
- Guidestar: Nonprofit Organization Data
- Melissa Data: Nonprofit Organization Database
GOOD to READ
- The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back, by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen. 2010, Houghton Mifflen Harcourt.
- "Do Something: A Handbook for Young Activists," by Nancy Lublin. 2010, Workman Publishing.
- "How to Make a Difference: Over 1,000 ways to serve at home, in your community, and in the world," by Catherine E. Poelman. 2002, Shadow Mountain.
- 160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People," by Linda Leeb Duper. 1996.
- "Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul," by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. 2002, Health Communications, Inc.
- "Giving is Living: 101 Ways to Practice Effortless Generosity," by Marnie & Tisha Howard. 2009, Hatherleigh.
- "Make a Difference: America's Guide to Volunteering and Community Service," by Arthur I. Blaustein. 2003, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- "Take Action! A Guide to Active Citizenship," by Marc Kielburger, Craig Kielburger. 2002, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- "The Idealist.org Handbook to Building a Better World," Idealist.org with Stephanie Land. 2009, Action Without Borders.
- "Volunteering: The Ultimate Teen Guide," by Kathleen Gay. 2004, Scarecrow Press.
Words that Work
Mercy, n. 1. kindness in excess of what may be expected or demanded by fairness; forbearance and compassion 2.) the power to forgive or be kind. Syn. tolerance, favor, compassion.
"All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough."
~Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
"I know not what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
~Albert Schweitzer, quoted in The 8th Habit by Steven Covey.
Slog, vi. 1. to make one's way with great effort; plod 2. to work hard at something; toil.
~New World Dictionary
"All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough."
~Anna Quindlen, A Short Guide to a Happy Life.
"I know not what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."
~Albert Schweitzer, quoted in The 8th Habit by Steven Covey.
Slog, vi. 1. to make one's way with great effort; plod 2. to work hard at something; toil.
~New World Dictionary
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Local Good Works Organizations: Silicon Valley
What are Good Works?
- Service is a organizing.
- Service is a smile.
- Service is caring for the earth and environment.
- Service is caring.
- Service is civility.
- Service is doing more good than harm.
- Service is extending mercy
- Service is lending a hand.
- Service is making a difference: arts and crafts
- Service is making a difference: arts and crafts.
- Service is making a difference: athletes.
- Service is making a difference: Cooking.
- Service is making a difference: Education
- Service is making a difference: Food
- Service is making a difference: Fundraising.
- Service is making a difference: healthcare.
- Service is making a difference: Horticulture
- Service is making a difference: Medicine
- Service is making a difference: sports
- Service is making a difference: The Arts
- Service is making a difference.
- Service is organizing.
- Service is patience.
- Service is sharing your passion: Aircraft.
- Service is sharing your passion: Animals.
- Service is sharing your passion: Cooking.
- Service is sharing your passion: Disaster Preparedness.
- Service is sharing your passion: Housing.
- Service is sharing your passion: Humor.
- Service is sharing your passion: Photography
- Service is sharing your passion: Photography.
- Service is sharing your passion: Sports.
- Service is sharing your passion: The Arts
- Service is sharing your passion: The Environment.
- Service is sharing your passions.
- Service is teaching.
- Sevice is caring.
- sewing.
Good Works Funding Resources
How to do Good Works:
- 1.) In the World: Write letters to anyone(!) serving in the military, organize or participate in a blood drive, write letters and emails to elected officials to vote for specific environmental initiatives.
- 2.) In the Community: Gather new socks and underwear for a nearby homeless shelter or resource center, gather non-perishable food (especially during summer months) for a food bank, offer to sing and/or play an instrument at a convalescent home.
- 3.) In the Neighborhood: Offer to rake your neighbor's leaves, collect trash at nearby park, bake a special cake for a friend when it's not their birthday!
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