I have oh so many updates for you all...here is a preview to hopefully keep you coming back even though I have let all of my faithful readers down with inconsistent posting this summer:
-Amanda's wedding pictures
-the rest of my thoughts on Break Away as well as pictures
-new house pictures
-Surprise, Bella is a boy :)
-Heart and Journey concert updates
-a retreat from work update
and I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff in this list so there may be a couple of surprise posts. Sooo hang in there, good things are coming soon!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
A Moment to Brag...
Hey all! I'm going to take a quick minute to brag on the work that I have been involved with at ICC. We had a great article published on the Environmental Leadership Retreat we hosted in May as part of the College Guide in the Indy Star. Check it out here: http://www.indystar.com/article/99999999/CPUB03/90730061/Environment+serves+as+teacher+for+these+students
Volunteering in America
**I took this post from a fellow VISTA member...Indiana is doing alright for itself in this study!
Volunteering in America 2009," a study published by the Corporation for National and Community Service, gives an extremely comprehensive look at service and volunteerism in America now and in the past six years.On this interactive web page of the study, you can select different states and neighborhoods to see how they compare, read the overall conclusions and statistics of the study, and even create slideshows, utilize training tools, and customize the results to get the information you're most interested in (including volunteer activity, service hours, or volunteer demographics such as age and gender).
Overall, the study finds that despite the recession, volunteer rates have not changed significantly in the last year, but the way we serve has changed. The study found that less formal ways of serving a community has increased in popularity.
So, how does Indiana stack up? Indiana ranked 19th out of the 50 states and Wsahington, D.C. in percentage of residents volunteering (30.5%). In terms of number of hours served, our ranking rises to 6th in the nation with 45.8 hours per resident. This might be attributed to another finding of the study- residents living in mid-size communities, especially in the midwest, contribute more volunteer hours than residents living elsewhere.
Nationwide, women were found to be the most likely volunteers (working moms have the highest volunteer rates of all) and men are more likely to volunter in their community in less formal ways (not through an organization). Enjoy the feast of service knowledge!
Volunteering in America 2009," a study published by the Corporation for National and Community Service, gives an extremely comprehensive look at service and volunteerism in America now and in the past six years.On this interactive web page of the study, you can select different states and neighborhoods to see how they compare, read the overall conclusions and statistics of the study, and even create slideshows, utilize training tools, and customize the results to get the information you're most interested in (including volunteer activity, service hours, or volunteer demographics such as age and gender).
Overall, the study finds that despite the recession, volunteer rates have not changed significantly in the last year, but the way we serve has changed. The study found that less formal ways of serving a community has increased in popularity.
So, how does Indiana stack up? Indiana ranked 19th out of the 50 states and Wsahington, D.C. in percentage of residents volunteering (30.5%). In terms of number of hours served, our ranking rises to 6th in the nation with 45.8 hours per resident. This might be attributed to another finding of the study- residents living in mid-size communities, especially in the midwest, contribute more volunteer hours than residents living elsewhere.
Nationwide, women were found to be the most likely volunteers (working moms have the highest volunteer rates of all) and men are more likely to volunter in their community in less formal ways (not through an organization). Enjoy the feast of service knowledge!
The Most Powerful Generation in America
Hey all- I received this article from the Director of our office and found it very interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20090713/cm_huffpost/230311
Life has been keeping me very busy lately. The lease on our old house ended so we spent the weekend moving-with plenty of help from all of our families! The old house is empty and cleaned but we still have a lot of unpacking/decorating to do. Once we get it all put together I will put up some pictures so you can see our new house! It is beautiful :)
Sorry this is such a short post, plenty of updates coming in the near future.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20090713/cm_huffpost/230311
Life has been keeping me very busy lately. The lease on our old house ended so we spent the weekend moving-with plenty of help from all of our families! The old house is empty and cleaned but we still have a lot of unpacking/decorating to do. Once we get it all put together I will put up some pictures so you can see our new house! It is beautiful :)
Sorry this is such a short post, plenty of updates coming in the near future.
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