Make A Difference
Gain a renewed sense of purpose and adventure
Older volunteers are actively sought for a special 50+ Peace Corps program. Age is an asset – the wisdom, life skills and experiences of older Americans are appreciated. Volunteers share a lifetime of work and knowledge with people eager to learn.
What's yours?
Got a video camera and an idea on how to change the world? Enter Scientific American's World Changing Ideas Contest.
A vibrant organization joins American and African women
BeadforLife helps eradicate extreme poverty by giving Africans women a way to work and sell their products. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads while American women open their hearts, homes and communities to buy and sell the beads.
Working on the ground with the Red Cross
By: Winnie Romeril, Volunteer American Red Cross
Exhausted and isolated from the outside world, letters of support really made a difference for her.
Information and tools to make you effective and happy
www.VolunteerMatch.org has become a one-stop location for everything about volunteering - opportunities, locations, training, volunteers' personal stories, corporate programs, non-profits, donations, profiles of organizations and news stories.
Your local school is hurting for resources. You can help now
DonorsChoose.com makes giving direct and targeted. You sort through the needs at specific schools as described by the actual teachers in the classroom. Find what's important to you. Know where your donation is going.
You can help babies in need - and their mothers
A happy baby is a great joy. But imagine that baby crying from a dirty diaper and not being able to help. Joanne Goldblum saw poor mothers and babies suffering and she took action. She started the Diaper Bank and now she's inspiring others.