My community volunteering started when my son was in the third grade. I was between jobs and a friend asked me to help with events at our sons’ grade school. The experiences at the school and ...

The Fulton County Department of Community Development is calling for more volunteers to help count people experiencing ...

What began as a routine morning of keeping students safe turned into a life-saving moment at a west Louisville bus stop.

Want to make the world a better place, but not sure how to get started? You do not have to invent something new, negotiate the next big peace treaty, or become a vigilante superhero. The easiest way ...

President and CEO of Points of Light, a cultural catalyst, working to build a society where it is impossible to sit on the sidelines. It seems today, the only thing we can agree on is disagreement.

As a kid, I would go to work with my stepmom, who worked at the Museum of Natural History. I volunteered wherever anyone needed me. I assisted with children's programming, answered the phone and even ...

For 40 years, volunteers in Lost Nation have kept local news alive by cutting, gluing, folding and mailing every copy of the ...

President John Adams said, "There are two kinds of education. One teaches you how to earn a living. The other teaches you how to live." I believe colleges are obligated to provide both types of ...

This article is part of a larger supplement titled Recruiting and Retaining: The Future of Volunteer Fire Departments. View the supplement in its entirety here. Over the past 30 years, the volunteer ...