Showing posts with label NPDayofService. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPDayofService. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2009

The NonProfit Times - Service And Remembrance Get Their Day

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Service And Remembrance Get Their Day

By Paul Clolery

Events around the nation marked the first annual National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11, an element of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, passed with strong bipartisan support and signed into law by President Obama this past April."

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Nation Rallies Around First Official 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance | Reuters

PRESS RELEASE


Nation Rallies Around First Official 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance | Reuters: "NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- With President Obama planning to formally declare September 11th for the first time as a federally recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance at the urging of the 9/11 community and Congress, thousands of organizations around the nation -- nonprofits, employers and faith based groups and others -- are already mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Americans to engage in service and perform good deeds in observance of the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks."

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

AFP > Education & Career Development > Help Rebuild in New Orleans at This Year's Conference

AFP > Education & Career Development > Help Rebuild in New Orleans at This Year's Conference: "Help Rebuild in New Orleans at This Year's Conference

(Jan. 12, 2009) As part of AFP’s International Conference on Fundraising you can spend time volunteering to aid restoration efforts of communities devastated in the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.

There are several opportunities for conference participants to donate time, energy and support to help people rebuild their communities. There is also a tour available for you to visit areas of the city that have been restored thanks to volunteer efforts.

The AFP Day of Service, as well as a workshop event by The Center for Black Philanthropy, will take place Saturday, March 28. The New Orleans Philanthropy Tour happens that day as well. There is also a special fund that has been set up by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy that will give AFP membership to deserving New Orleans fundraisers."