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This week's Featured Travel Buddy is Oyster Worldwide. With programs in 13 different countries, Oyster Worldwide offers comprehensive gap year and career break volunteer experiences. Learn more in our newest 60 Seconds To Serve video below!

For most people, volunteering abroad provides the opportunity to do something outside of their normal day-to-day work. However, many nonprofits and NGOs find that in addition to the normal volunteer duties, they need professional help to make up for their usually overworked staff and low budget. more»

Welcome the fourth of our five-part series on recruiting, retaining, and engaging volunteers online! more»

Labor Day - Monday, Sept. 3 - marks the second of two free fishing days in the Commonwealth. Fish For Free Days allow anyone - residents and non-residents - to legally fish in Pennsylvania.

This week's Featured Travel Buddy is Mercy Ships. This global charity has operated since 1978 and is one of the most well-known volunteer based charities worldwide. For more than 30 years, Mercy Ships has operated hospital ships in developing countries, providing medical services to those who need it. Learn more in our newest 60 Seconds To Serve video below! more»

Needle exchange programs, also known as needle and syringe programs or syringe exchange programs, are (depending on region of the world) programs afforded by non-profit organizations, governments, and hospitals that allow drug users to obtain needles and other injection equipment at little or no cost—typically with the user exchanging dirty, used, contaminated needles for clean, sterile ones. more»

Welcome the third of our five-part series on recruiting, retaining, and engaging volunteers through social networking! more»

Historic preservation is a commonly used buzzword in the realm of volunteering that includes a great variety of different tasks and endeavors. more»

Join the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Wednesday, August 15th from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. as they conduct a Family Fishing Program at the Wilkes-Barre River Common's Fishing Pier.

Welcome the second of our five-part series on recruiting, retaining, and engaging volunteers through social networking! more»

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Well, what have we got here! Our very first front page photo contest--click here to learn more and enter! more»

As a landlocked country in the south of Africa, Zimbabwe is a country full of biodiversity. It is home to one of Africa’s most beautiful attractions—Victoria Falls, one of the biggest and most beautiful waterfalls in the world. more»

Volunteer Global is thrilled to announce our first-ever Front Page Photo Contest! more»

Multiple times in the past year, the philanthropy world has been shaken by different charitable trends that have fizzled out a few weeks later as people begin to understand that their initial view of the organization was just a little one-sided. more»

Nick Adie of Lattitude Global Volunteering contributed this guest post on volunteering responsibly. more»

This week's Featured Travel Buddy is Earthwatch. One of the world's largest private funders of scientific research, Earthwatch invites you to volunteer with hands-on expeditions focusing on environment, culture, habitats, and more. Learn all about them in our newest 60 Seconds to Serve video!

This guest article is brought to you by Nick Adie. Nick is the Communications manager for Lattitude Global Volunteering, an international youth development charity with 40 years’ experience in sending young people on challenging overseas placements. more»

I was sixteen, and in the space of a week had learned how to install shingles, paint during a sand storm, and calm an angry horde of hungry nine-year-olds. It was my first ever volunteer experience: a mission trip to help update an aging United Methodist Church in Artesia, New Mexico. 

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The Erasmus Programme, a.k.a. the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, named after the Dutch philosopher Desiderius Erasmus, is a higher education program and agreement adopted by the European Commission in 1987 to allow university student exchanges throughout member countries in Europe. more»

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of attending the 2012 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in the beautiful city of Chicago. As a first time conference goer, I was both excited and a little anxious about what to expect in this huge gathering of people who like me, devote their lives to service in some respect. more»

Today’s article is brought to you by Tom Hopkins. Tom is Editor in Chief for Minds Abroad, your informed counselor for study abroad and travel programs in China. Learn Mandarin in China and enrich your cross-cultural experience. more»

Wildlife refuges are either naturally occurring or man-made areas for the protection of species—typically animals but also plants—from hunting, predation, destruction, or invasive species. The main goal of wildlife refuges is to preserve nature and to prevent extinction. more»