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		<title>Thank You to Volunteer Los Angeles&#8217; Senior Corps Volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 18:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaren Sorkow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteer Los Angeles’ 1100+ Senior Corps Volunteers Address Critical Community Needs and Represent a Powerful Community Resource.   &#160; May 7-11 is Senior Corps Week, a week dedicated to honoring the more than 330,000 volunteers nationwide age 55+ who are serving through Senior Corps’ three programs—Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions, and RSVP. Volunteer Los Angeles is fortunate to manage all three Senior Corps programs, and all three have a long and storied history of placing volunteers in impactful roles.  Our Foster Grandparents volunteer in schools that are located in some of the most underserved regions of Los Angeles, working directly with preschool, elementary and middle school students, focusing on improving students&#8217; literacy and language skills. Our Senior Companions enable frail and elderly adults to live independently in their own homes by transporting them to medical appointments, shopping for groceries, assisting with bills and paperwork, and offering respite care.  Finally, our RSVP volunteers work includes tutoring and mentoring children, working to improve the environment, providing business and technical expertise to nonprofits, and offering safety patrol for local law enforcement, allowing officers to focus on the most pressing community needs.    Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service states, “At a time of increased need and declining resources, volunteers age 55 and over are stepping in to fill the gaps,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Volunteer Management Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Barrientos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrating Nonprofits and Public Agencies for National Volunteer Week 2012 As nonprofits and public agencies in Los Angeles cope with the ongoing effects of economic hardship, they need to generate creative solutions to be able to continue delivering services to their community, including establishing new partnerships and more strategic ways to engage volunteers. National Volunteer Week—April 15-21, 2012—is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It’s about demonstrating that by working together, we have the fortitude to meet our challenges and accomplish our goals. Thousands of people give their time, talent and energy to help strengthen communities across Los Angeles.  Volunteers range from children to older adults, to businesses and community organizations, and all share in common the act of choosing to make a difference.  Nonprofits and public agencies drive change by engaging these volunteers to achieve community impact. In celebration of National Volunteer Week, Volunteer Los Angeles presents a series of 2-hour, cost-free Volunteer Management trainings for nonprofits and public agencies to learn how to strategically engage volunteers for maximum impact. Training Sessions 1. Skill Based Volunteering: Learn how to engage skilled volunteers including identifying skill-gaps at your organization, creating high-impact volunteer opportunities and preparing to work with skilled volunteers (4/16 @ 1 pm, Hollywood) 2. Engaging the Entertainment Industry: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Los Angeles Featured on KNBC</title>
		<link>http://volunteerlosangeles.org/blogposts/668</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaren Sorkow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KNBC reporter Lolita Lopez recently did a feature on Volunteer Los Angeles.  In addition to interviewing some volunteers, the segment highlighted one of our newest additions: Microvolunteering,  which is a new and innovative way for people to volunteer directly from their computer. Check out the clip here: Volunteering Is as Easy as a Click of the Mouse (NBC LA)  ]]></description>
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		<title>Microvolunteering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Volunteer LA Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering Is as Easy as a Click of the Mouse (NBC LA news clip)  ]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Back This Holiday Season</title>
		<link>http://volunteerlosangeles.org/blogposts/give-a-little-get-a-lot</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Olson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During these tough times, some holiday wishes out there are really, really basic – as you’ll find in this guest blog from our friend David Levinson, Executive Director at Big Sunday. Take a read.  (David’s a pretty fun writer!) As you meander through the holiday season, consider how you can make a difference for our community.  Anything helps.  Really.   To find great ways to give, check out Big Sunday’s Holiday Giving and Opportunities List.  When you give back, you make the season a lot brighter for others – and will feel pretty darn good yourself! Nancy Olson, Executive Director, Volunteer Los Angeles Pepper and Salt By David T. Levinson, Founder and Executive Director, Big Sunday To be sure, the most heart-warming – or at least eye-warming – story of the holiday season so far must be the story of the woman who went to WalMart on Black Friday to  buy a marked-down X-Box, armed with pepper spray. When others got near her, or her X-Box, she whipped out the pepper spray to clear the way. At least ten people ended up at the hospital. Which, you could argue, is preferable to being stuck in a discount store at midnight on Thanksgiving. And, in the end she turned herself in, which, while not ranking alongside the Grinch eating roast beast gives one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Day 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaren Sorkow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 11, 2011, over 100 volunteers spent Veterans Day in service at The Veterans Home of California&#8211;West Los Angeles. Volunteers worked on a number of landscaping projects including planting 40 orange trees, which have been waiting to be planted for over 5 years! A diverse group of people came together to support the project including: employees from Bank of America; AmeriCorps members from PlayWorks, a local non-profit; employees from ICDC college; active airmen from Edwards Air Force Base and Los Angeles Air Force Base; and retired veterans. We were also joined by actor Brandon Routh, who has traveled around the country to promote veteran causes and volunteerism. As a result of all their incredible work volunteers helped significantly expand the community garden, and once the orange trees blossom, the oranges will provide a healthy snack to residents of the home, and the produce will be sold to support veteran services. Volunteer Los Angeles was proud to partner with ServiceNation: Mission Serve, for such a powerful event.  Seeing recent military recruits work alongside retired veterans, and employees taking time out of their holiday to volunteer, was truly inspirational.]]></description>
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		<title>In Service This Veterans Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Barrientos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I hear about the many issues US Veterans and Active Military members are faced with, I picture the faces of my family and friends.  One of my brothers is currently deployed in Afghanistan and another was deployed for three tours in Iraq during his term of service.  I see the effects of PTSD in some of my friends and the various struggles they encounter while settling back into civilian life. On Veterans Day, November, 11, 2011, I will proudly serve in honor of those that have selflessly served our country.  In partnership with ServiceNation: Mission Serve, Volunteer Los Angeles is organizing a service project benefiting Veterans Home of California of West Los Angeles.  Veteran, active military, military family and civilian volunteers will work together to expand the community garden onsite by planting orange trees; the produce of which will provide a fresh, healthy snack to resident veterans and sold to support services for veterans. Currently, the community garden is used for rehabilitative and therapeutic purposes including aromatherapy.  Produce grown in the garden such as vegetables and herbs are used to prepare meals in the cafeteria onsite.  I can only hope that our service on Veterans Day conveys appreciation to resident veterans of the Home.  And that our gesture brings a smile to the many faces for which I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinvention is a Good Thing</title>
		<link>http://volunteerlosangeles.org/blogposts/revinvention-is-a-good-thing</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Olson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 60 years old – correction:  60 years STRONG – we are reinventing Volunteer Los Angeles.  We not only have a new name and a new look, we have (more importantly) a new strategic direction and (dare I say it?) a new attitude. We’ve been around a long time, but it still surprises me after 7 months on the job how many people either don’t know what we do, or they have never even heard of us.  My mission is to “remove the bushel” that’s been hiding the strong programs we have – and to create new initiatives to expand the important services we provide to the Los Angeles community. A few things are really, really important to me as we do this: Impact – making sure what we do isn’t focused on the “easy” or “nice to do’s”, rather it’s going to change things for the better in profound and tangible ways. Partnerships – we don’t have all the answers, and we certainly can’t do it all.  We are *part* of the solution and need to work closely with other nonprofits, public agencies, businesses, faith groups, schools and others to make good things happen. Transparency – I’m an open book by nature.  I think organizations should be, too. Excellence – we already do some things really well, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Los Angeles Breaks New Ground with MicroVolunteering</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gilbert Gonzales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many exciting new things happening at Volunteer Los Angeles &#8211; new name, new website, new amazing staff &#8211; is a nation-leading effort to promote Microvolunteerism. Microvolunteerism is a way to serve that is potentially impactful as it is convenient. Dedicated volunteers can employ their skills &#8211; whether it be design, fundraising, or copy writing &#8211; to support local, national and even international nonprofit organizations whose mission strikes a chord. Volunteer Los Angeles is partnering with Sparked, a division of The Extraordinaries, who have pioneered microvolunteering technology. Volunteer Los Angeles now houses it&#8217;s own Microvolunteering iteration, and will be promoting microvolunteer challenges to it&#8217;s wide network of volunteers, including employee volunteers. Volunteer Los Angeles will also be promoting the service to local nonprofits, who will be able to accomplish small but important projects that staff alone may not have the time or expertise to do. Eyes across the service sector will be watching with interest to see how the promise and value of microvolunteerism plays out. We encourage you to give to microvolunteering a try at volunteerlosangeles.sparked.com. Gilbert Gonzales, Manager, Special Projects]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Los Angeles Selected as Regional Lead Disaster Volunteer Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gilbert Gonzales</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 5 years, Volunteer Los Angeles has focused on serving Los Angeles in the event of an emergency or disaster. We have seen many successes in this area, including the development of our Surge Unit program in support of the County of Los Angeles, an effort that ensures that professional healthcare volunteers will be at the ready should an emergency happen in Los Angeles. Volunteer Los Angeles recently enjoyed another success when it was selected by CaliforniaVolunteers, the state agency service and volunteerism, to be a Regional Lead Disaster Volunteer Center in the area of spontaneous volunteer management. Volunteer Los Angeles has already begun the work of preparing to coordinate spontaneous volunteers in a disaster in Los Angeles. We have developed our Continuity of Operations Plan so that we have a plan to maintain our basic operations following a disaster. We are in the process of building our Disaster Cadre to support our EVC operations in a disaster. And we have established many strong relationships and partnerships in the emergency response community. With designation as a Regional Lead, Volunteer LA is now tasked with providing training and technical support to volunteer centers throughout 11 California counties. Our goal is to ensure that each county and their emergency management professionals have an able partner that will take the lead [...]]]></description>
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