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Article: From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success.
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From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Volunteer Program Success, Susan J. Ellis, Philadelphia: Energize Inc., 1996, 211 pages, $25.50.
Volunteering appears to be on the rise. According to a study by the Gallup Organization, over 90 million Americans engaged in some volunteer activity in 1995.
At a three-day President's Summit for America's Future, held in Philadelphia, President Bill Clinton stressed the importance of volunteering. In the opening address, he said that, "to be a good citizen, you have to obey the law, you've got to go to work or be in school, you've got to pay your taxes and, oh, yes, you have to serve in your community to help make it a ...