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On a Continental Road Trip to Promote Volunteerism With 50Give
By Jane Healey - AOL NewsA couple of days ago, Keith Donohue was building trail signs for Acadia National Park in Maine. Today he is working at a horse therapy program for autistic children in Vermont. Tomorrow he will be helping out at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. It is all part of his one-man, cross-country volunteer road trip adventure called 50Give. Donohue is more than halfway to his goal of volunteering for nonprofit organizations in all 50 states; Washington, D.C.; Mexico; and Canada. "I decided to do this after changing career paths," Donohue told AOL News. "Basically I want to encourage ...
Former Presidents Pay Tribute to Bush 41 [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsA star-studded group including all of the living ex-presidents gathered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to honor George H.W. Bush for his dedication to volunteering. ...
David Cameron Promises End to Big Government in U.K.
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyBritish Prime Minister David Cameron was the talk of the town Wednesday as he held his first face to face meeting with President Obama at the White House. But while foreign policy and the oil spill dominated the discussion between the two leaders in Washington, back in the U.K., Cameron was in the news for his domestic policy agenda. Shortly before leaving for Washington, the new prime minister unveiled a plan to dramatically redistribute power in Britain from the central government to local community organizations. In what is being billed as his most meaty policy speech since taking office ...
Volunteerism and Cash-Strapped Britain: Are U.S.-Style PTAs on the Way?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyWhile reading the New York Times Motherlode blog the other day, I was struck by a piece about current trends in American education. Apparently, many public school districts in the United States are increasingly turning to parents in order to cover budgetary shortfalls. In some cases, it's the parent-teacher associations that are spearheading the movement to make up for things like teacher's salaries and supplies when school boards can't. In other cases, schools are making direct appeals to parents for monetary contributions, sometimes making them mandatory. There's a lot to say about this ...
Five Things I Love About America
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyI've just come back from a whirlwind, two-week tour of the East Coast of the United States. Because I live in London and only return to America about once a year, my visits back to the States often feel like an in-your-face immersion in all that is American. ...
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