Article: Pittsburgh Area Receives National Recognition for Volunteerism, Governor Rendell Says

Article: COLUMN: Mandating community service
University Wire;  April 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......U-WIRE) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- COMMUNITY service has gotten a lot of attention these...Madison House, there is no denying that community service has a powerful presence Community service requirements have sparked the question...

Article: Community service in Texas: results of a probation survey.
Corrections Compendium;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Community service is compulsory labor performed by an offender as punishment for a crime and is often referred to as a community service order. An offender imposed a community service order is required to perform labor for a certain...

Article: Don't Call It Community Service
The Washington Post;  November 17, 1992 ;     653 words ......across this land have been giving community service a bad name. In exchange for venality...often sentenced to punitive doses of "community service" in lieu of spending time in jail...broken law was there to protect. "Community" service, on the other hand, is every citizen...

Article: Community service finalists: Shearer's Foods and UPS.(You Hold The Cards)
Inside Business;  September 1, 2007 ;     502 words ...Finalists for the Community Service Special Category Award...They all sponsor a community-service activity, recognize...some companies take community service and charitable giving...where employees log volunteer hours. Employees and family...eligible to receive a ...

Article: Understanding patterns of commitment; student motivation for community service involvement.
Journal of Higher Education;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Increased interest in and attention to community service in both high schools and colleges...understanding why students participate in community service activities. The literature clearly...students' interest and participation in community service. Data on high-school seniors from...

Article: The constitutionality of public school community service programs.(Special Section: Issues in School Finance)
The Clearing House;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......facilitated student participation in school-sponsored community service programs, some schools now include community service activity among their graduation requirements. The idea of community service is inextricably woven into the fabric of our...

Article: Community service on center stage
VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine;  August 1, 2001 ;     447 words ...VFW/LADIES AUXILIARY COMMUNITY SERVICE CONFERENCE 2001 VWF and Ladues...Auxiliary hosted a two-day National Community Service Conference in APril and invited...Auxiliary at the second National Community Service Conference, the possibilities...provided more than 13 million ...

Article: First-Year Students' Plans to Volunteer: An Examination of the Predictors of Community Service Participation
Journal of College Student Development;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The impacts of community service participation on college student...remove barriers to successful community service participation among first...research on the outcomes of community service and service-learning in higher...

Article: Texas Scholars double volunteer hours in 2005-'06: Program helps teens get into college, employment.
Odessa American (Odessa, TX);  July 19, 2006 ;     485 words ......among others. Many feel that those volunteer hours, performed as part of the Texas Scholars...prepare them for their own journey. The community service part was to get the students out in...the focus on grades, curriculum and community service is designed to fill in a gap. Too...

Article: NOMINATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2009 GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 18, 2008 ;     252 words ......Commission on National & Community Service issued the following news release...Governor's Volunteerism and Community Service Awards. Honors will be presented...recovery, business, individual volunteer and national service. The awards...extraordinary volunteerism and community ...

Article: Messiah College Earns Recognition on President's Honor Roll for Community Service
Targeted News Service;  February 10, 2009 ;     510 words ......National and Community Service named Messiah...Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in...form of local community service while they are...than 124,000 volunteer hours. "A culture and...Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll...participate in ...

Article: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-PEMBROKE HONORS STUDENTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......charity begins at home, community service does too. In what has...more than 50 hours of community service. Seventeen freshmen...for doing 30 hours of community service. Nine students won...logged more than 12,000 volunteer hours during the year for...completed 30 hours ...

Article: CCU Named to Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service
Targeted News Service;  February 17, 2009 ;     399 words ......The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Colorado Christian University...the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Launched in 2006, the...gave more than 297 million hours of volunteer service in 2006. As part of the graduation...requirement while ...

Article: 2009 GOVERNOR'S VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 19, 2008 ;     232 words ......accepted for the 2009 Governor's Volunteerism and Community Service Awards. Honors will be presented in several categories...families who exemplify extraordinary volunteerism and community service. "Each year, the Commonwealth recognizes those...Kaine. Virginians average more than 233 million ...