ServeNext encourages all friends of national service to sign a petition for President-Elect Obama to call on citizens to serve when he makes is inaugural address January 20th.
NonProfit Times honors Service Nation Leaders
December 1, 2008 — Amy Potthast, Idealist.orgNonprofit periodical spotlights national service by honoring leaders of the Service Nation movement.
Today The NonProfit Times announced the 2008 NonProfit Times Executives of the Year:
For their dedication toward promoting a national service agenda, John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of City Year, Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Alan Khazei, founder and CEO of Be the Change, Michelle Nunn, president and CEO of the Points of Light Institute, and Richard Stengel, managing editor of Time magazine, have been selected the 2008 NonProfit Times Executives of the Year.
John Bridgeland speaks at the Service Nation Summit
Calendar Sales Generate Funds for Peace Corps Projects Overseas
December 1, 2008 — Amy Potthast, Idealist.orgPractical gift benefits the field work of Peace Corps Volunteers and brings the world back home.
Groups of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers produce and sell calendars yearly; profits go to overseas projects, including those run by current Peace Corps Volunteers in the field.
The most established calendar of its kind is the RPCV International Calendar produced yearly through the Madison, WI, RPCV group. 100 percent of proceeds from calendar sales fund approved projects taking place around the world.
Through the RPCV International Calendar’s group sales initiative, other groups that sell the calendars can also raise funds to support their work. For example, calendars sold through the Friends and RPCVs of Guyana generate revenue for approved projects taking place in Guyana.
Another RPCV group produces and sells its own calendars — see the Peace Corps Panama Friends calendar that supports Peace Corps Panama projects.
To read more about donating to Peace Corps projects directly and the Peace Corps Partnerships Program, visit the Office of Private Sector Inititatives web pages at PeaceCorps.gov.
