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RGK Center Faculty Fellow Marc Musick has been awarded the ARNOVA Best Book Award for 2009 for his book Volunteers: A Social Profile published by Indiana University Press. The ceremony took place at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Clevela...nd. His co-author on the book was John Wilson of Duke University.
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RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service You'll definitely want to follow this new blog from several of our former Summer Fellows.
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For some time now I have been speaking with several of my colleagues about the fact that there are no academic journals that focus specifically on nonprofit education. Although there are several scholars ...
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The LakeHouse Spa at Lake Austin Spa Resort would like to recognize and reward those deserving individuals who tirelessly volunteer and help the Austin community and its various charities. Nominate an Austin Angel today!
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As the holiday season approaches, charities are adjusting to meet demands associated with the downturn of the Central Texas economy. Organizations including Orange Santa, The Christmas Bureau of Austin ...
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Austin Non Profit Bar Camp presents Austin Non Profit Bar Camp -- Saturday, November 14, 2009 -- Austin, TX
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Last year, Capital Area Reach Out and Read married Reading Is Fundamental of Austin in a drawn-out ceremony that took eight months and 0,000. The two nonprofits were ready to tie the knot. They shared the same friends, lived in the same town and, above
Faculty tackle a big question: What is the most significant social concern of our time? | The Univer
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No one is more aware of our nation's social problems than the people who spend much of their time working with individuals, families, organizations and
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Project Reach Out is a program under the Student Volunteer Board, which is a student-led organization sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin Volunteer and Service Learning Center (www.vslc.org), ...
Hi....and welcome to the Pulsera Project, a non-profit organization that supports young artists of the Los Quinchos Orphanage in Nicaragua through sales of their handmade bracelets, or "pulseras", in Spanish. Through pulsera sales, we engage American students in grassroots international service, giving them an outlet ...for supporting youth and adults of another culture and a means to effect positive change in the world. Since its impromptu creation in January 2009 during an adventure to Nicaragua by a group of 13 gringos, the Pulsera Project, with help from many activist students, has raised over $10,000 for the children of Los Quinchos. In addition to providing financial help to Los Quinchos, The Pulsera Project has supported local economies of towns close to Los Quinchos, has influenced the way young Americans see the world, and has shown the precious children of Nicaragua that we care. With the money raised we have purchased pillow cases, mattresses, shirts, shoes, toiletries, food, tools, livestock, tents, school uniforms, soccer balls, baseball equipment, cameras, and lumber to turn an abandoned farm building into a library. During the last trip our gringo crew built tables, benches, and bookshelves that will be used for soon to be purchased books. Elementary, middle and high school sales have taken place throughout the Chester County, PA region in addition to Temple University, West Chester University, American University in Wasington D.C. and the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Upcomin sales are planned at Syracuse University and Ithaca College. If you or someone you know is interested in supporting the kids of Los Quinchos (usually by selling pulseras on campus), let us know and we'll set you up with everything you need!!...including displays with huge pics of the kids making pulseras at their farm. This is an ideal opportunity for any student who would like to lead their own, locally based, international community service project. The Pulsera Project has shown that there can be many winners in community service. A three day lunchroom sale at West Chester Rustin High School promoted autism awareness by running the sale through the autism support class, whose students were also front-and-center in the school lobby selling every last bracelet in just a few days. Autism Support students became community leaders and thousands of miles away the lives of Nicaraguan children were soon to be enriched with the generosity of so many young Americans. Although the Pulsera Project has been operating for less than a year, it continues to grow in interesting and unexpected ways. A new group of Americans will return to Nicaragua in December, 2009 to continue work on the library project and to begin filming a documentary about Los Quinchos and The Pulsera Project that will show the amazing juxtaposition of poverty and happiness in this forgotten land. Thanks for taking time to read about the Pulsera Project. Below, in the discussion board, you can read the full story of our experience--it will take you to another world, down rutted backwoods roads in Nicaragua, on an amazing adventure of discovery into the lives of the kids of Los Quinchos. Also, make sure to check out the many pictures - and two pretty cool videos of the kids - at the bottom of the page!....and....www.pulseraproject.org
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RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service Hey LBJers - are you part of The LBJ School Network on LinkedIn? We've teamed up with the LBJ School National Alumni Association to create a subgroup for LBJers in the Nonprofit Sector. I hope you'll join us!
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While the Longhorns were defeating the Sooners in Dallas this weekend, President Barack Obama was in College Station speaking to Aggies about a “culture of community service.” This message ...
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A nonprofit, two-year-old effort to boost philanthropic giving is driving more money, time and attention to Central Texas charities, a fresh report says. The report commissioned by I Live Here, I Give Here — which was formed to fan more charitable d
ARNOVA Passed on from our friends at the RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service (@RGK_Center): Dell Social Innovation Competition
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The University of Texas and Dell are looking for college students from around the world who want to improve areas of critical human need through innovation.
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