Word: volunteerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wall posters depicted a gargantuan Arab crushing a tiny Israel beneath his boot. Khaki was the predominant color among the milling crowds in the souk (bazaar). Most of those in the street seemed to be either policemen, soldiers, or members of one or another of Syria's plethora of...
Boston's Jeanne Damon happened on the idea a year ago, when as a volunteer art teacher to a class of emotionally disturbed children she thought of knitting as a way to hold their interest. To make it both more fun and easier, she provided them with whittled-down...
Four organizers and one UFWOC volunteer arrived in Boston on September 1. The volunteer was Alan Moonves, a Harvard junior and SDS activist who had spent his summer at the Giumarra farms working as a trainee for the UFWOC. "At first our job seemed pretty clear cut. But the label...
Sing Sing Alumni. Credit for creating the organization goes to A. L. Jagoe, a Washington insurance executive and longtime volunteer in social work. He explains that the plan was blueprinted by borrowing ideas: "A little from the Boy Scouts, a little from Alcoholics Anonymous, and a little from fraternity life...
In all, 26 volunteer agencies, most of them U.S.-and religious-based, are contributing actively to the relief of the Vietnamese, to the tune of millions a year. Largest of the religious agencies in scope of operation is Catholic Relief Services, a charity sponsored by the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy...