Pickles For Primates? And Wildlife Direct

By Kate | March 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo by
Wildlife Direct/
Mr. Aloma

Wildlife Direct, a web charity, is how elementary school kids in Colorado are donating money to save Silverback Gorillas in Congo. One girl donated... [Read this entry]

Blogs You Should Know About: Gloria In Africa

By Kate | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo of kids at
orphanage, by Gloria

Gloria is a photographer from the US who attended a two-and-a-half week workshop in Uganda; you can read about a number of moving experiences... [Read this entry]

Many Americans Want To Volunteer But Don’t

By Kate | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Recently I came across an article confirming the title of this post with the results of a small, 1,100 person telephone survey by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (this is a... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: March 10

By Kate | March 10th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The American Cancer Society needs volunteers to help with its Daffodil Days during the month of March.
One Brooklyn
writer up and leaves for Senegal to volunteer with the Senegalese... [Read this entry]

Travel To Teach: Profile And News

By Kate | March 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Travel to Teach (T2T) places interested participants into voluntary teaching positions in a number of countries worldwide. There is a cost associated with the project; see the link in... [Read this entry]

CheapTickets.com + United Way = Volunteer Cheap Tickets

By Kate | March 8th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

CheapTickets.com and United Way of America have joined forces to launch a “Volunteer Vacations” website: volunteer.cheaptickets.com.
The site will “focus on travel to communities across America to help people in... [Read this entry]

Volunteer News: i-to-i Changes Hands

By Kate | March 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Deirdre has last laugh in i-to-i sale: i-to-i sold to First Choice Holiday
i-to-i is the UK’s leading organization “giving travellers the opportunity to carry out voluntary work overseas” (see... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: March 5

By Kate | March 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

It may be getting more difficult to volunteer in the Bahamas.
Sign the Doctors Without Borders petition requesting pharmaceutical company Novartis to drop its patent case against the Indian government;... [Read this entry]

A New Addition To Angelina Jolie’s Family

By Kate | March 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Angelina Jolie is reported to have filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese Child. Her family already consists of a five-year old son, adopted from Cambodia, a two-year old daughter... [Read this entry]

Volunteer With Gibbons In Thailand

By Kate | March 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo from
CritterImages.com

No, that’s not my picture to the right; the Volunteer Logue received a heads up about a press release received at Bootsnall regarding an opportunity for six paying... [Read this entry]