"National Volunteer Week"

Every month, I learn about a new holiday or commemorative date to raise awareness.  From the sublime to the ridiculous, there are 30 such commemorations in April, including Vitamin C Day and Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. While there’s a lot to celebrate about taking your vitamins — and taking…

This is a guest post by Nancy LeaMond. Nancy, the Executive Vice President of AARP's State and National Group, leads government affairs, public education and integrated legislative and educational campaigns and volunteerism and service for AARP's social change agenda.  Nancy also has responsibility…

This year, National Volunteer Week is scheduled for April 21-27 - and according to the HandsOn Network, the week "is about inspiring, recognizing, and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities."

Here's a loaded question for you. How many of you knew last week was National Volunteer Week?  Hmmmm ...how many people said, "Well, I knew it was in April" or "I have heard of it before" or as I would imagine the vast majority had absolutely no clue.

To: All volunteers, everywhere

It's National Volunteer Week! Non-profits and volunteers alike are sharing in an annual celebration of volunteerism and civic engagement that began more than two decades ago! It's a time to not only recognize the tireless efforts of individuals who give of themselves to help others, but it's also a…

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! That's AARP's message to anyone and everyone who volunteered in the past year. Next week, April 10-16, is National Volunteer Week. So while we're among the millions of people who are grateful for volunteers year round, we are particularly enthusiastic about…

AARP and NFL Playesrs Assoc. fix up Nashville seniors home for National Volunteer Week 2010.