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

Blaustein, Arthur I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890771554 ISBN 13: 9781890771553

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2002

Synopsis

Make a Difference presents a compelling case for community service, volunteering, and service learning, profiling more than 140 national nonprofit organizations that need and use volunteers of all ages to make a difference where it counts. Who these organizations are, what they do, how to contact them, and how you can put your talents and expertise to good use--all this information is included.

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: Heyday Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1890771554
• ISBN 13: 9781890771553
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 115