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  • Community Works

    The Revival of Civil Society in America

    Edited by E. J. Dionne ...
    America is experiencing a boom of voluntarism and civic mindedness. Community groups are working together to clean up their cities and neighborhoods. People are rejoining churches, civic associations, and Little Leagues. And, at every opportunity, local and national leaders are exhorting citizens to pitch in and do their part.Why has the concept of a civil society--an entire nation of communities, ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

    A study of global giving. “The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition.” —ChoiceThis book is an investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize “the good” through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teens with the Courage to Give

    Young People Who Triumphed Over Tragedy and Volunteered to Make a Difference

    Series series Call to Action Books
    Lately, troubled teens have been dominating the headlines. But there are other stories that deserve the spotlight--stories about the many teenagers who have dedicated themselves to important, socially useful volunteer work and who will lead their generation toward a more hopeful tomorrow. The fourth in Conari Press' "Call to Action" series, Teens with the Courage to Give profiles thirty amazing ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Door is Open

    Memoir of a Soup Kitchen Volunteer

    by Bart Campbell ...
    Finalist, Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes)Finalist, City of Vancouver Book PrizeLong listed for CBC Canada Reads 2015The Door Is Open is a compassionate, reflective, and informative memoir about three-and-a-half years spent volunteering at a skid row drop-in centre in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In an area most renowned for its shocking social ills, and the notorious distinction ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Cathedral Within

    Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back

    by Bill Shore ...
    Bill Shore has written a wise and inspiring book that shows us how to make the most of life and do something that counts.Like the cathedral builders of an earlier time, the visionaries described in this memoir share a single desire: to create something that endures. The great cathedrals did not soar skyward because their builders discovered new materials or financial resources; rather, the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Power and Limits of NGOs

    A Critical Look at Building Democracy in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

    Edited by Sarah Mendelson, John Glenn ...
    Since the end of the Cold War, a virtual army of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the United States, Britain, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe have flocked to Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia. These NGOs are working on such diverse tasks as helping to establish competitive political parties, elections, and independent media, as well as trying to reduce ethnic conflict.This important ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Deconstructing Service-Learning

    Research Exploring Context, Participation, and Impacts

    Series series Advances in Service-Learning Research
    This work looks at service learning. It cover such topics as: challenges for service-learning research; enhancing theory-based research on service learning; dilemmas of service learning teachers; the diffusion of academic service learning in teacher education; and more. ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan

    The Challenge of Change

    Edited by Stephen P. Osborne ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector as a potential provider of public services. It is also part of the emergence of 'civil society' in Japan. This book explores the roots of the ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Disaster Preparedness Kit

    by Rod Purnell ...
    We live in very uncertain times. One only needs to turn their thoughts to 9-11 to witness just how uncertain the world has become.Not only are we facing disaster on a global level, individually thousands of us experience our own forms of disaster every day. Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and accidents remind us just how vulnerable we really are.What would you do if basic ... Read more

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  • The Everything Fundraising Book

    Create a Strategy, Plan Events, Increase Visibility, and Raise the Money You Need

    Series series The Everything Books
    The Everything Fundraising Book makes fundraising easy with step-by-step instruction and advice from the experts. Whether you are a community volunteer or a professional fundraiser, this clear and practical guide shows you exactly how to set goals, create a plan, and tap into a financial goldmine of corporate and government endowments.Features timely information on how to:budget your fundraiser ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Origins of Women's Activism

    New York and Boston, 1797-1840

    Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, Anne Boylan explores the flourishing of women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She examines the entire spectrum of early nineteenth-century women's groups--Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish; African American and white; middle and working class--to illuminate the ways in which race, religion, and class could ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Serve and Learn

    Implementing and Evaluating Service-learning in Middle and High Schools

    This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways collaborative service-learning can enhance students' ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Stand by Me

    The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today’s Youth

    Series series The Family and Public Policy
    A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American adolescents. Does it help? How effective are mentoring programs, and how do they work? Are there pitfalls, and if so, what are they? Such questions, ever more pressing as youth mentoring initiatives ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Firefighting in Frederick

    Series series Images of America
    The story of firefighting in Frederick, Maryland, is a complex tale of heroism, sacrifice, and duty that dates back to 1818.Firefighters play a vital role in any time, but it's almost easy to forget the days before mandatory fire safety practices, when most buildings were made of wood, how often the fire department was the only thing to prevent a fire from destroying an entire city. This volume ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960

    by Gloria Chuku ...
    Series series African Studies
    This study analyzes the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society, with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Artistas do invisível: O processo social e o profissional de desenvolvimento

    by Allan Kaplan ...
    Em Artistas do Invisível, Allan Kaplan apresenta uma abordagem radicalmente nova para a compreensão das organizações e comunidades e para a prática de desenvolvimento social. Confrontando a tendência de se reduzir o desenvolvimento social a uma operação técnica controlável, a abordagem de Kaplan acolhe toda a complexidade do processo de transformação social. Neste livro, o autor escreve baseado em ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gifts of Time and Money

    The Role of Charity in America's Communities

    Edited by Arthur C. Brooks ...
    Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George W. Bush's faith-based initiatives, it is undeniable that communities are looking to increase their levels of charity and voluntarism ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Improving Service-Learning Practice

    Research on Models to Enhance Impacts

    Series series Advances in Service-Learning Research
    This fifth book in the Advances in Service-Learning Research series continues to expand the discussion of service-learning research and practice. The chapters were selected through a refereed, blind-review process from papers presented at the 4th Annual International K-H Service-Learning Research Conference held October 2004 in Greenville, South Carolina. The chapters focus on topics that address ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning

    Research to Transform the Field

    Series series Advances in Service-Learning Research
    The purpose of this series of books is to advance the knowledge in the service-learning research field. More importantly, this research is to be used to transform the field. This transformation will come from realizing both the history of service-learning and trying to imagine what the future may look like. The chapters in this book all demonstrate just how far service-learning research has come. ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Lost Art of Giving Back

    A Helpful Guide to Making a Difference

    The Lost Art of Giving Back is a useful guide to help everyday folk discover the joys and sense of true empowerment that comes from volunteerism, be it working with at-risk youth, the elderly, or anyone who may be in need of a helping hand. By using his own life examples, as well as those of others, first-time author Christopher D. Cathcart helps readers tear down the barriers that keep them from ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • 365 Ways To Change the World

    How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time

    You want to make a difference in the world, but don't know where to begin. Now you can. Here is just the guide to lots of exciting ways that are more personal and fun than merely writing a check. For every day of the year, 365 Ways to Change the World is packed with information and ideas that don't take a lot of special skills to put into action, but will achieve something positive:Observe a "Buy ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance

    Edited by Patricia Motes, Peg Hess ...
    Community groups and human service organizations are under a tremendous amount of pressure to strengthen their programs and measure the effectiveness of their work. These challenges have prompted many to seek consultation and technical assistance in order to better plan, develop, and evaluate their services and resources and be more responsive to the needs of funders and the community.In this ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • How to Change the World:Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition

    Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition

    Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship--in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether delivering solar energy to Brazilian villagers, expanding work opportunities for disabled people across India, creating a network ... Read more

    $11.99 USD