Make a Difference: Your Guide to Volunteering and Community Service - Softcover

Blaustein, Arthur I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787967890 ISBN 13: 9780787967895

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2002

Synopsis

Make a Difference is an all-you-need-to-know guide for readers who want to get involved in their communities but feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of organizations that need help. Compiled and written by Arthur Blaustein, adjunct professor of social and urban policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty advisor for its AmeriCorps program, this guide offers valuable information for everyone inspired to give back to their communities.

Make a Difference helps readers everwhere find innumerable opportunities to put their expertise and talents to good use. Inspirational anecdotes from volunteers who took the plunge help readers overcome their fears about community involvement. Blaustein's guide includes over 140 national, nonprofit organizations that use volunteers of all ages to make a difference where it counts. Make a Difference also lists 30 organizations that give up-to-date information on critical issues and policies. Whether readers want to tutor a child or an adult, promote causes they care about, or get hands-on experience at an organization's headquarters, Make a Difference will inspire volunteers to get out there and make a difference in their communities--and their lives.

About this title

From the Author

This book is here to harness the outpouring of compassion, energy, and patriotism in creative and useful ways. If you've decided to make a difference because of the events of September 11, or if volunteering is one of those things you've been meaning to do all along but just haven't gotten around to, or if you're just curious about what's out there, this book can help you take the next step. It was designed to help you decide that you can make a contribution to the well-being of your community.

About the Author

Arthur I. Blaustein teaches community development, social history, and urban policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Blaustein presently serves on the board of the National Endowment for the Humanities and has been the faculty advisor to the AmeriCorps program at UC Berkeley for the past six years. His most recent book is The American Promise--Equal Justice and Opportunity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0787967890
• ISBN 13: 9780787967895
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132