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Foster Grandparent grant opportunity for Louisiana

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Jon Bon Jovi United We Serve PSA

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Governor Jindal proclaims Global Youth Service Day April 21

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April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week

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Wendy Spencer takes helm as CEO of CNCS

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Congratulations are in order

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$500 mini-grants available for volunteer projects

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Join us for Global Youth Service Day April 20-22

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Citizen Service Before Self Honors deadline February 10

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Lt. Governor Dardenne Urges Service Today

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MLK Day Presidential Proclamation

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Call for volunteers for Baton Rouge Senior Olympics

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Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal

The Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal was established in 1993 to be awarded to members of the United States military (active duty, reserve and National Guard) who perform substantial volunteer service to the local community beyond the duties required by military service. The requirements are that the volunteer service was directed towards the civilian community (including military families), of a significant nature which produces tangible results, and have a direct and sustained impact.

For more information on this award click here:
http://www.battlebook.org/military/Admin/MOVSM.pdf

For a fillable recommendation form click here:
http://armypubs.army.mil/eforms/pdf/A638.PDF

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Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Bloggers sought for LPB website

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Change the World on Global Youth Service Day 2012!

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A Billion + Change Pledged

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Service-learning Symposium Nov. 10 and 11

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Make A Difference Day 2011

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Vote for SBP Sept. 28 to Oct. 5

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Volunteer Ushers Needed Oct. 14-30 in NOLA

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Americorps is…

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Volunteers needed for Plane Pull in Baton Rouge

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Welcome to Volunteer Louisiana

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According to study 51 percent of Louisianians volunteer

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Project Homecoming

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Arts volunteers needed in Baton Rouge in September

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Bayou Rebirth New Orleans seeks volunteers

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Volunteers needed for NOLA Free Clinic event

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Show Us Your U

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Volunteers need to Stuff the Bus in Baton Rouge

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Turnaround schools get VISTA help

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2011 Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

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Thank you, volunteers!

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AmeriCorps Week is May 14-21

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Peace Corps is 50 years old

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Service activist Robert Sargent “Sarge” Shriver dies

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MLK 25 Challenge

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City Year Louisiana is recruiting AmeriCorps members

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Cities of Service

Every day across our country, millions of Americans take time away from their work, their studies and their families to give back to their communities. Millions more Americans would like to help solve local problems, but are wondering how they can get involved and where they can make a difference.

The Louisiana Cities of Service Program is designed to assist in the improvement of the quality of life within a community, and to establish a commitment to the community from younger citizens with the goal of fostering "Brain Gain" rather than "Brain Drain" after higher education by promoting an ethic of volunteerism and community pride.

Cities of Service is a bipartisan coalition of the mayors of large and small cities from across our country who will work together to engage citizens to address the great challenges of our time. Founded in New York City on September 10, 2009, the coalition and its member cities will respond to the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act's historic call to action by finding new and innovative ways to harness the power of volunteers to help solve pressing local challenges.

Cities of Service will lead a multi-year effort to engage Mayors across the State by:

  • Developing a comprehensive service plan and a coordinated strategy focused on matching volunteers and established community partners to the areas of greatest local need.
  • Working with Mayors and elected officials to advance strategies and best practices that accelerate the service movement and produce measurable results.
  • Encouraging other mayors to join this national effort to engage our citizens.
  • Ensuring that the voice of cities is heard in federal legislative, policy, and program discussions related to service, which will help the country achieve the ambitious goals of the Serve America Act.

For information on how your community can become a City of Service, contact Nicholas Auck at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 225.342.2038.

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Ramp Up

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Make It A Day On

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EarthEcho International Brings Citizen Journalism to New Orleans

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AmeriCorps grant opportunity

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Volunteers needed for Fisheries Fun Run

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Learn & Serve K-12 Mid-Year Application released

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Airboat volunteers

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LA Serve chosen as Global Youth Service Day lead agency

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Cornerstone Ministries

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St. Bernard Project to host 50-Hour Build for Katrina 5th Anniversary

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Emergency Shelter Volunteer Training Available

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Congratulations, Baton Rouge: a model for our state

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First Lady Supriya Jindal launches school supply drive

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Baton Rouge’s Lanier Charter Elementary selected for NBC school renovation show

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2010 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

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Service-learning reflections

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Mandeville area: American Diabetes Association volunteers needed

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Volunteers needed in Lafayette area

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K.I.S.S., Learn & Serve K-12 grantee

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Social Entrepreneurship

Mission

The mission of the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship is to advance social innovation by supporting the creation and growth of the most innovative, measurable and sustainable solutions to the social problems affecting Louisiana's citizens. In partnership with the public, private, and non-profit sectors, the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship is committed to providing meaningful capacity building around the tenets of social entrepreneurship, creating credible portals for financial and in-kind resources, and supporting improvements to public policy that enhance social innovation.

History

In the Fall of 2006, Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu founded the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship. It is the first of its kind in the nation, positioning Louisiana as one of the most welcoming places in the country for social innovation. Social entrepreneurship is an emerging concept that combines business principles with a passion for social impact and demonstrates three core characteristics: social innovation, accountability, and sustainability.
In March 2007, the Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Louisiana Serve Commission, launched the Changing Louisiana Initiative- a statewide initiative, consisting of city-specific conferences aimed at promoting citizen involvement in social entrepreneurship and volunteerism. Gatherings held in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, New Orleans, and Shreveport attracted more than 1500 participants.
There has never been a better time to create or grow a social entrepreneurial endeavor in Louisiana. Citizens are urgently seeking solutions to the social problems that continue to affect Louisianans at alarming rates. The Louisiana Office of Social Entrepreneurship is committed to improving the lives of Louisiana's citizens and the strength of Louisiana's communities.

Resources

Social Entrepreneurship

  • Changemakers.net
    Changemakers.net is a pioneering e-zine dedicated to the growing profession of social entrepreneurship. It is an initiative of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a global nonprofit organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs around the world. The mission of the site is to provide inspiration, resources and opportunities for those interested in social change globally.
  • Social Enterprise Alliance
    The National Gathering for Social Entrepreneurs is the only organization that is exclusively devoted to providing support for nonprofit social entrepreneurs. More than half of the members are practitioners, the rest are funders, academics, and for-profit businesses. The nonprofit members include both early stage entrepreneurs seeking the nuts and bolts knowledge to start and run a social purpose venture and established social entrepreneurs seeking an opportunity to exchange ideas with other pioneers of the field. The Gathering links nonprofit executives who have operated in isolation with an ongoing forum for addressing the needs and concerns of the social entrepreneur.
  • Social Edge
    Social Edge is a program of the Skoll Foundation that was inspired by Jeff Skoll's commitment to connecting people with shared passions. Social Edge is the global online community where social entrepreneurs and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire, and share resources.

Education

  • The University Network
    The University Network for Social Entrepreneurship works with professors and researchers, practitioners, and students to develop social entrepreneurship as a vocation and carry its principles into other disciplines and sectors. It is designed to be a resource hub and an action-oriented discussion forum to expand social entrepreneurship education and participation around the world.
  • Duke University Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
    A research and education center based at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) promotes the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact through the thoughtful adaptation of business expertise.
  • Harvard University Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship
    The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship are designed to equip individuals for national leadership positions that bring the real-world insights of management and entrepreneurship to bear on social problems.
  • Indiana University Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship: Nonprofit and Public Benefit Organizations
    In 2006, Indiana University inaugurated the first formal university-based Social Entrepreneurship program in Indiana. Offered to graduate students on both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, the Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship: Nonprofit and Public Benefit Organizations is a cooperative program between the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), the Kelley School of Business, and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. The Social Entrepreneurship certificate prepares students for innovatively approaching public needs with a combination of entrepreneurial practices and social purposes - through the for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental sectors.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Center
    The MIT Entrepreneurship Center is committed to fostering and developing MIT's entrepreneurial activities and interests in three primary areas: education and research, alliances, and community. The MIT Entrepreneurship Center offers courses in social entrepreneurship.
  • New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies The Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship
    The Satter Program is dedicated to making the social entrepreneurship movement a leading force for social improvement by generating interest and expertise in the field among members of the Stern community.
  • University of Southern California Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
    The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is among the nation's leaders in entrepreneurship education and research. With six full-time faculty and nine adjuncts who teach in specialized areas such as biomedical, social entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization, the Greif Center is uniquely prepared to meet the varied needs of students in business, science, engineering, and the arts who are looking to become entrepreneurs through business ownership or through venturing in a large corporation.
  • Tulane University Freeman School of Business Levy-Rosenblum Institute Programs for Entrepreneurship
    The Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship (LRI) trains and inspires entrepreneurs through coursework, community service projects, and internships.

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Congratulations, Kevin Brown and TCC!

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RSVP Funding Available in Lincoln, Bienville Parishes

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KISS! wins again

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Delta Service Corps seeking host sites

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2nd Annual Storybook Ball

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Walkers “Join the Movement” to Create a World Free of MS

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Honored to serve by Patrick Corvington

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Some thoughts on Change

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New RSVP Funding Will Expand Program

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An easy way to help New Orleans

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Lt. Governor Landrieu Urges Citizens To Volunteer On MLK Day

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Listening Tour: We want to hear from you

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Announcing the Availabilty of Senior Corps RSVP Funding

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More Than Half of Corporate Employees Volunteer, Study Finds

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Innovation with Crawfish Sauce: What a New Orleans Nonprofit Can Teach the Rest of the Country

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Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.

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What difference can one day make?

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Make A Difference Day: Ramp Up Louisiana 2009

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LA BOOK FESTIVAL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS

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New Spanish language website, servir.gov, part of United We Serve initiative

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Louisiana Top 10 Destination for Volunteers

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Why volunteer?

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HUD Secretary promotes Summer of Service

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Lt. Governor Announces $1.82 million in AmeriCorps funding

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Lt. Governor Landrieu Awards AmeriCorps Stimulus Funding

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Serve America Act Public Listening Tour May 28 in New Orleans

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Recognition

 

 

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United Way of Northwest Louisiana

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Impact of Serving in Louisiana

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Volunteer Center Southwest Louisiana

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United Way of Central Louisiana

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United Way 2-1-1

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HandsOn New Orleans

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Volunteer! Baton Rouge

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Volunteer Ascension

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United Way of Acadiana Volunteer Center

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A Personal Account of being a Voluntourist in Louisiana

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Training

The Louisiana Serve Commission staff is able to provide specialized training to your nonprofit, faith-based organization or public entity.  Topics include:

  • AmeriCorps program-specific topics
  • Learn and Serve program-specific topics
  • Managing Disaster Volunteers
  • Volunteer Reception Centers
  • Volunteer Management Training