http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/VolunteeringFind stories, videos, and photos about Volunteering from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:36:40 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Volunteering14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Volunteering from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/morocco.us.peace.corp.senior/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/morocco.us.peace.corp.senior/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday praised as "one of the best" the oldest Peace Corps volunteer in the world, an 85-year old Florida woman serving in Morocco.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/02/sierra.leone.peace.corps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/02/sierra.leone.peace.corps/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. and Sierra Leone government officials have agreed to re-establish a Peace Corps program in Sierra Leone after a 15-year absence, the Peace Corps said Monday.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/national.service/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/national.service/index.html#cnnSTCTextKelley Mulfinger thought she would be making a six-figure salary in marketing by her second year out of school. Instead, the University of Virginia alum is teaching a classroom of first-graders how to spell words like "care."Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/service.expansion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/service.expansion/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the floodwaters rose by the hour, so did Bruce Vander Sanden's worst fears.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/16/obama.bush.volunteerism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/16/obama.bush.volunteerism/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome issues, it seems, still transcend America's increasingly bitter partisan divide.Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/typhoon.parma.residents/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/typhoon.parma.residents/index.html#cnnSTCTextArturo Fidelino couldn't sleep.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/us.sept.11/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/11/us.sept.11/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama spoke at the Pentagon on Friday to those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, telling them no words would heal their pain yet calling for a renewed resolve against the ones who attacked the country eight years ago.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/10/winuk.september11.service/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/10/winuk.september11.service/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe upcoming eighth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 raises a compelling question for millions of Americans: How should we best observe this uniquely tragic day in our nation's history?Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/generation.islam.reem/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/generation.islam.reem/index.html#cnnSTCTextI have vivid memories of childhood. The 5-year-old girl with endless questions; she wanted to discover the secrets of the entire world within minutes. She dreamed of being a doctor once, an engineer another time, and a mother of lovely kids. A dreamer, this is how I would describe the little girl Reem.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/04/23/older.volunteers.abroad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/04/23/older.volunteers.abroad/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen Autumn Preble was a teenager in the 1960s, she spent hours gazing at black-and-white LIFE magazine photographs that documented the journey of Peace Corps volunteers all over the world.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/obama.service/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/obama.service/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama signed into law Tuesday a measure designed to strengthen national community service efforts by boosting federal funding for thousands of volunteers in fields ranging from clean energy to health care and education.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/national.service/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/31/national.service/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives easily passed legislation Tuesday to strengthen national community service efforts by boosting funding for thousands of volunteers in fields ranging from clean energy to health care and education.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/03/04/alternative.spring.break.travel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/03/04/alternative.spring.break.travel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis spring break, thousands of college students will ditch the bars and the beaches to do something more meaningful with their vacation time.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/01/tips.health.trainers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/01/tips.health.trainers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mirror doesn't lie. Those buttery cookies and slices of ham from the holidays are showing up in the wrong places on your body.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/30/ems.choppers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/30/ems.choppers/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators are again on the scene of a fatal medical helicopter crash. Four people were killed Saturday night in suburban Washington when the chopper operated by the Maryland State Police went down in a park.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/29/ems.choppers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/29/ems.choppers/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators are again on the scene of a fatal medical helicopter crash. Four people were killed Saturday night in suburban Washington when the chopper, operated by the Maryland State Police, went down in a park.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:26:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840733,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840733,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe candidates take a break from the campaign to discuss public service at the ServiceNation Presidential ForumFri, 12 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/08/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/08/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCTextIzzie Alley, 11, looked around cautiously as she stepped inside the small New Orleans garage that has been temporarily converted into a studio apartment for the Strauss family.Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/spiritof.giving/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/spiritof.giving/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt doesn't have to be Christmas for you to start thinking of giving -- how you can do it, where you can do it and those most likely to benefit from your gifts.Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/border.firetruck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/border.firetruck/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/volunteer.rate/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/15/volunteer.rate/index.htmlPeople in this country have been volunteering at record levels in the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but that voluntary service dipped slightly in 2006, a study found.Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/nyc.shootout/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/nyc.shootout/index.htmlPolice worked Thursday to find out why a gunman wearing a fake beard shot a waiter and two volunteer police officers to death.Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:30:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/12/01/8395134/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/12/01/8395134/index.htmPETER BACHMAN ADJUSTED HIS TOOL BELT AND surveyed his team's handiwork. "Looks good," he called to a carpenter securing the frame of a nine-foot wall. As the owner of Custom Designs, a construction... Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/06/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/06/pf/saving/willis_tips/index.htmEver since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the region on last week hundreds of thousands of Louisiana and Mississippi residents have been forced to leave their homes.Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.evacuees/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.evacuees/index.htmlMilitary helicopters continued flying masses of New Orleans evacuees Friday to the field hospital and staging center established at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/23/portugal.fires/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/23/portugal.fires/index.htmlTwo more people have died in the two dozen wildfires sweeping Portugal despite the arrival in the country of international firefighting assistance, raising the overall toll to 15, officials said.Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/08/missing.aruba/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/08/missing.aruba/index.htmlThe mother of Natalee Holloway apologized Friday for saying two released suspects were involved in her daughter's disappearance.Fri, 08 Jul 2005 18:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/09/dead.girls/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/09/dead.girls/index.htmlTwo girls, both under 10 and described as best friends, were Monday found killed in a wooded park near a small Illinois town.Mon, 09 May 2005 19:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/20/volunteer.vacations/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/01/20/volunteer.vacations/index.htmlImagine returning from vacation with tales of excavating mummies in the Atacama Desert in Chile or tracing the history of the planet's fresh water back nearly 20,000 years in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/03/25/working.abroad/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/ADVISOR/03/25/working.abroad/index.htmlForget about that dream vacation at the beach for a moment. If you are a student, between jobs, or just ready for a change, don't pass on a chance to spend a few weeks or a few months working overseas.Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:36:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/16/news/economy/jobs_newjob5_0404/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/16/news/economy/jobs_newjob5_0404/index.htmRebecca Martinez O'Mara insists that she got her job because she stopped looking for one.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/26/otsc.quest.volunteers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/26/otsc.quest.volunteers/index.htmlLondon-based CNN Correspondent Richard Quest is stamping about in the snow with the candidates and campaign workers for a first-hand look from the UK perspective at the first American presidential primary of the 2004 political season. He files this report.Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.quest.volunteers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/25/elec04.prez.quest.volunteers/index.htmlIt is the look in their eyes that warns: You are in the presence of youthful optimism.Sun, 25 Jan 2004 03:45:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/01/01/357228/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/01/01/357228/index.htmMarcus Contreras, El Paso Thu, 01 Jan 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/12/18/293123/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/12/18/293123/index.htmMost of us have experienced pangs of conscience. We see refugees on television and sign a check. We drop a coin in a cup. We even volunteer a few hours at a soup kitchen and swear we'll do it again...Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/12/78045/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/12/78045/index.htmSome do it to be heroes. Some do it for the rush. And some, psychologists . . . say, do it simply to relieve the tedium . . . The arrests last week of four volunteer firefighters on charges of sett...Mon, 12 Jul 1993 04:01:00 EDT