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Action Without Borders (Formerly the Contact Center Network) http://www.idealist.org	Run by Action Without Borders, a New York charity, this site offers a data base that allows non-profit organizations to post information about their services, special events, volunteer opportunities, and jobs. It also has links to more than 10,000 non-profit Internet sites and other sites of interest to non-profit organizations.
American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services http://www.asdvs.org	The American Society of Directors of Volunteer Services in Chicago is a professional group for coordinators of volunteer programs in hospitals.
Association for Volunteer Administration http://www.avaintl.org	Maintained by the Association for Volunteer Administration, a professional group in Richmond, Va., for coordinators of volunteers, this Web site includes information on the association's journal, conferences, and certification program and provides links to other World-Wide Web sites of interest to coordinators of volunteers.
The Corporation for National Service http://www.cns.gov	Run by the federal agency that oversees government-run community-service programs, such as AmeriCorps and the National Senior Service Corps, this site includes links to other Internet sites about volunteering and ways that education and service can be integrated, and other non-profit issues.
CyberVPM.com (Formerly Sound Volunteer Management) http://www.cybervpm.com	Maintained by Nan Hawthorne, a consultant on volunteer management, this site has two sections. The part for volunteers contains information about service opportunities and links to Internet sites. The other section is intended for managers of volunteers and has articles and links to Internet sites that deal with such topics as volunteer-staff relations and how to recruit and screen volunteers.
Energize http://www.energizeinc.com	Maintained by Energize, a Philadelphia consulting and publishing company that specializes in volunteerism, this site allows people to debate controversial topics in volunteer management and includes a bibliography of more than 1,000 books, articles, and reports on volunteer-management issues. It also contains articles on volunteerism, a section that allows users to contribute their favorite quotations on volunteering and giving, a schedule of forthcoming conferences on volunteerism and volunteer management, and links to other Internet sites on volunteerism.
EPeer Voices http://www.epeervoices.com	Receive helpful information by email that will enable you and all of your friends to become a positive, Anti-Drug force in your school and community. EPeer Leaders will learn about many exciting opportunities, contests, competitions, projects, activities and events that will help to keep youth drug-free.
I-Count Advisors http://www.icountadvisors.com/ login_ie.htm	This group of young people is dedicated to helping their peers stay healthy and drug-free. This diverse group of 9-18 year olds voice their opinions on programs developed by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. By providing feedback and ideas and assisting with the creation of Web sites, questionnaires, logos, events and other various programs, these Advisors provide instant, real-life feedback from the exact group the Campaign is trying to reach - teens and tweens!
The National Mentoring Partnership http://mentoring.org/index.adp	The site provides resources and tools mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities. Users are also able to look up mentoring programs in their area.
Points of Light Foundation http://www.pointsoflight.org	This site provides information on numerous aspects of volunteerism. The site also includes a list of volunteer centers, organized by state.
Project America http://www.project.org	This site includes the "Action Guide to Community Service," an on-line guide to developing service projects and managing volunteers, and provides links to state and national community-service organizations and tips for finding local service groups.
SERVEnet http://www.servenet.org	This site allows non-profit groups to post volunteer opportunities. It also includes facts and tips about volunteering, a calendar of meetings about public service, and offers on-line discussions about volunteering.
*U.S. Society & Values* "The United States: A Nation of Volunteers" http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ itsv/0998/ijse/ijse0998.htm	This issue of U.S. Society & Values, an on-line journal published by the United States Information Agency, looks at the role of volunteerism in the United States. Articles discuss volunteers in government, corporate-employee volunteer programs, integrating service into educational curriculum, and the role of religion on volunteering. The publication also lists books and Web sites that provide additional information on volunteerism.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY http://www.energizeinc.com/ art/biblio.html	Practitioners and academics interested in exploring some of the research and programmatic materials on volunteer management can find it in this online bibliography.
VolunteerMatch http://www.volunteermatch.org	This Web site allows non-profit organizations to post their volunteer opportunities on line, which potential volunteers can then search by zip code and type of assignment. The service is currently available for 11 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, N.C., Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Cal., Seattle, St. Paul, and Washington.
Volunteer's Legal Handbook http://iciclesoftware.com/vlh/	Written by James D. DeWitt, a lawyer in Alaska, for the Volunteer Action Center of the United Way of the Tanana Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska, this Web site discusses how non-profit organizations and their volunteers can protect themselves from potential lawsuits.
Volunteer Today: An Electronic Gazette http://www.volunteertoday.com/	Published by Nancy Macduff, a consultant on management of volunteers, this on-line newsletter offers advice on how to recruit, train, and retain volunteers.

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