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February 27th, 2010

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

New Orleans – The Louisiana Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society is gearing up to host its annual Walk MS events in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. This year’s Walks will take place on Saturday, March 20th in Baton Rouge at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Saturday, March 27th in New Orleans at Audubon Park More than 900 walkers are expected to come out to these events and help raise the goal of…
Posted by James Gilmore on 02/27 at 08:09 AM
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Experiences | February 19th, 2010

Honored to serve by Patrick Corvington

On my first full day in office, I want to tell you how excited and honored I am to be serving as the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. As someone who came to this country as a teenager, and worked long hours to create a better life for myself and my family, it is a high honor to be able to serve my country in this capacity. I am grateful to…
Posted by Volunteer Louisiana on 02/19 at 12:07 PM
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General | February 11th, 2010

Some thoughts on Change

We received this from our friends at Oregon Volunteers, www.oregonvolunteers.org, and wanted to share it with you: "I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed." ~ George Carlin The American Revolution was not started by Jefferson, Franklin, Madison or any of their ilk. Yes, they were influential in their writings and speeches, but the regular farmers and tradespeople facing an oppressive governing system in which they felt they…
Posted by Volunteer Louisiana on 02/11 at 09:07 AM
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