Category Archives: Volunteer
Eyes wide open: Anna’s volunteer experience
Spring break is often a time for a little rest and relaxation, meeting new people, going somewhere you haven’t been and being labeled that one dreaded word…a tourist. It would have been nice to have that sand between my toes, an envy-worthy tan and a lounge chair by the ocean, but my spring break wasn’t typical. Continue reading
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Volunteer opportunities in Baltimore, MD
Students Sharing Coalition Website: http://www.studentssharing.org/ Description: Students Sharing Coalition is a youth development nonprofit in Baltimore, MD. We offer comprehensive service-learning and civic engagement experiences to middle and high school students throughout the city and county. Contact: Linda Kohler, linda@studentssharing.org … Continue reading
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Corporate Excellence 09: TOMS Shoes and Voila
TOMS Shoes novel One for One idea has to be said for. While it’s shoes are sometimes a hard look to get used to and are pricey for the make, the benevolent mantra of the company has been so significant that Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton presented TOMS Shoes Chief Shoe Giver, Blake Mycoskie with the Secretary of State’s 2009 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) yesterday. The only other recipient of the award was Voila – Communication Cellulaire d’Haiti (Trilogy International Partners,) a leading company for social investment in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Continue reading
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