| Click the button below to search for articles... View News Items from prior months... August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 December 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 June 2019 August 2016 April 2015 February 2014 August 2013 July 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 April 2010 March 2010 January 2010 |  Volunteering Rises on the RésuméBy JOHN LELAND Published: November 1, 2011 LYNN DOWLING BRUNO had never heard of the Wren's Nest, a nonprofit organization that preserves the home of the writer Joel Chandler Harris. Ms. Bruno, 49, lives in Northern California. Wren's Nest is in Atlanta. But when the opportunity arose to do volunteer work for the nonprofit this year, helping it raise its Internet profile, she jumped at it. Published: 02/15/13  Doug Blankinship, AL!VE Board Member and Volunteer and Partnership Coordinator for the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern States Office"There are two things that interest me: the relationship of people to their land and the relationship of people to each other." Aldo Leopold Since the first settlements in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia were established, volunteerism has been an old tree living in the American soil. This spirit of community service spread on its own accord and has been re-asserted, often by necessity, through each subsequent generation. Today, our Nation is blessed with a diverse array of people eager to learn about and to volunteer for service opportunities. These people often volunteer as individuals or as members of a youth, service, fraternal, senior or special interest group Published: 02/10/13 |