WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Iowa Wire: "Young adults' involvement in nonprofit work rises
Monday November 14, 2005
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) Mike Brooks was accepted to law schools across the nation. Stanford was his top choice.
But as he visited those schools, he realized his heart was somewhere else: in two Iowa City nonprofits he helped found The 10,000 Hours Show, which gives 1,000 volunteers a concert ticket for 10 hours of community service; and The James Gang, a community-building organization.
``The only thing I really wanted to be doing with my time was working on The 10,000 Hours Show,'' said Brooks, 24, of Iowa City, who will live the next 12 months off a $9,500 AmeriCorps stipend while working on 10K. ``I always wanted to do something I loved that had a positive effect on the community.''
More young adults like Brooks are seemingly considering the nonprofit sector as a career. Fueling the trend is a desire to help others, more awareness of nonprofits and a need for professionals to run the organizations."
No comments:
Post a Comment