Volunteer Work category: 192 books
Creating Vibrant Communities
How Individuals and Organizations from Diverse Sectors of Society Are Coming Together to Reduce Poverty in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
*Equal parts inspiration, perspiration, and information -- a book that is sure to take the Vibrant Communities story to new heights as it begins its next exciting phase.*In Canada, "poverty reduction" is no longer a "wouldn't it be nice" dream discussed after yet another failure...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2013
The Internet can provide generous donors with a wide range of opportunities to help others quickly and easily.
To help ensure that your gift does not go to the wrong organisation and to help ensure that your gift goes directly to the organisation you want to support, here are 10 tips...
by Shan S. Simpson, Mohammadali Saleh
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
Authors Shan Simpson & Mohammadali Saleh walk us through topics related to workplace issues such as diversity, the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and safety. This book includes two exclusive articles by Journey to Diversity Workplaces blogger Shan Simpson.
Stories from the Heart: Lions Serving the World One Person at a Time
A Centennial Legacy Project
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
This is a book about stories from the heart. The designation from the heart was carefully chosen because it identifies a place of origin. Using stories from the heartto relay how service to those in need transforms lives and creates a greater appreciation for the role that helping others can have...
by Iqbal Shah
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
The book contains practical community mobilization tools and techniques for beginners, mid-level and senior NGOs staffs that ensure proper understanding of modern day systematic interventions of NGOs operation. This booklet is intended for those professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge and...
Start a Community Food Garden
The Essential Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Recommended by the American Community Gardening Association
Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, creating an enormously positive effect in the lives of everyone it touches. LaManda Joy, the founder of Chicago’s...
by Seb Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Why is it so difficult to find the time to help others? When Seb Hunter became aware of a nagging ache in the place where his soul ought to be, he embarked on a two year odyssey of volunteering with hilarious results. He collects litter, teaches pensioners how to use the internet, works at Oxfam...
by Sharon Coan
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Beginning readers are encouraged to learn and recognize words that begin with Wh in this book that uses colorful images, fresh text, and applicable sight words to enhance children's basic phonemic recognition and pronunciation.
Europeans for example
Social and volunteering: the project
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Europe’s most precious capital is its citizens. Thousands of volunteers all over Europe contribute everyday to create social cohesion and rights of citizenship while improving their skills.
Europeans, for example (Euforex) is a European project funded under the Lifelong Learning Program, Grundtvig...
The Soup Sisters Cookbook
100 Simple Recipes to Warm Hearts . . . One Bowl at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
100 recipes arranged by season, The Soup Sisters Cookbook gives you heartwarming soups to prepare and share throughout the year.
The Soup Sisters Cookbook showcases scrumptious recipes from the "souper volunteers" of the Soup Sisters and recipes from many of Canada's top celebrity chefs--including...
A Gringo in Peru
A Story of Compassion in Action
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
When Jim Killon visited Latin American countries and saw the destitution of and despair of the children and families, he knew there had to be a solution. In 2009, he sold his possessions, and came to Peru's Andean region where he created a non-profit organization, Changes for New Hope. The challenges...
Problematizing ServiceLearning
Critical Reflections for Development and Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Interest in and research on civic engagement and servicelearning have increased exponentially. In this rapid growth, efforts have been made to institutionalize pedagogies of engagement across both K12 and higher education. As a result, increased positive attention has been complemented equally by...
Improving ServiceLearning Practice
Research on Models to Enhance Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
This fifth book in the Advances in ServiceLearning Research series continues to expand the discussion of servicelearning research and practice. The chapters were selected through a refereed, blindreview process from papers presented at the 4th Annual International KH ServiceLearning Research Conference...
Second Line Rescue
Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina and Rita chronicles the brave and creative acts through which Gulf Coast people rescued their neighbors during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Ordinary citizens joined in with whatever resources they had. Unlike many of the...