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News
AmeriCorps Program Design Course Readies Maine Agencies for Next Grant Competition
The Maine Commission for Community Service is offering a multi-session course on designing an AmeriCorps program in anticipation of the next major round of grant-making. (3/03/08)
Blog Launched for Maine Volunteer Managers
“Conversations From the Field of Volunteer Management” is the focus of the new blog that was launched this week at www.volunteermaine.org by the VolunteerMaine Partnership and Maine Commission for Community Service. (1/24/08)
Nominations Sought for 2008 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards
Citizens, nonprofits, government volunteer programs, educational institutions, and businesses are invited to submit nominees for the 2008 awards. (1/08/08)
Cabinet Level Official Keynotes Annual Volunteerism Conference
BANGOR, Maine – On Tuesday, David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, delivered a motivational keynote address to a crowd of over 280 volunteer managers at the Annual Blaine House Conference on Volunteerism held at the University of Maine Orono Campus. Eisner’s keynote, “Fixing the Leaky Bucket of Volunteerism,” underscored the need for Maine’s volunteer managers to not only focus on volunteer recruitment, but to commit to providing quality, well-managed volunteer programs in order to retain those volunteers in the future. (10/11/07)