Volunteer Service at Home
(see also Volunteer Service Abroad)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Lip Service vs. National Service. Jonathan Alter, Newsweek (6/30/03).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service.
City Year (campaign to save AmeriCorps).
Corporation for National & Community Service.
Mennonite Central Committee (domestic as well as international programs).
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
AmeriCorps Volunteers. Pass the Fire: Stories about Service in America (Washington: AmeriCorps, 2003).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Everyday Heroes" [2001], dir. Rick Goldsmith & Abby Ginzberg, 109m. From Kovno Communications. Diverse group of 21 AmeriCorps volunteers goes to work in California inner cities of Oakland, Berkeley & Richmond.