History of Volunteering

An Enterprising Voyage of Discovery: The Legacy of Susan J. Ellis and the Journal’s Future (July - October 2020)
A Review: The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care (January - April 2019)
TimeBank Members Form Community by Providing and Receiving Services (April - July 2017)
Lessons from a Lifetime of Training: An Interview with Betty Stallings (January - April 2017)
Belfast’s Creative Extremists (April - July 2016)
Bridging the Divide Between Volunteer Management and Community Organizing (October 2015 - January 2016)
Where the Boys (and Girls) Are: Volunteers at Little League International (October 2015 - January 2016)
The Rise, Fall, and Evolution of the Telethon (July - October 2015)
John Ramsey – In His Own Words (October 2014)
The Junior League: Microcosm of Women’s History (July 2014)
Reflections and Recollections: A Quarter Century in Australia's Volunteer World (July 2014)
The No-Apologies Budget: How to Justify the Financial Support a Volunteer Program Deserves (January 2014)
The Muslim Tradition of Service in Contemporary Times (April 2013)
Have We Learned from the Past? Volunteers in Juvenile and Adult Courts in the 1960s (January 2013)
An Organizational Response to the Working Woman (October 2012)
Hail and Farewell, Steve! Colleagues and Friends Highlight Their Favorite “McCurleyisms” (April 2012)
Steve’s Guide to McCurley on the Internet (April 2012)
The Role of Business in Social Causes in the 1970s (July 2011)
Volunteer Centers: Changing Rationale and Roles (July 2010)
Japan’s Volunteer Probation Officers (April 2010)
Cooperative Credit Unions: An International Volunteer Movement (January 2010)
Reflections on a Decade of e-Volunteerism (October 2009)
End Slavery at Liberty and Freedom (July 2009 )
Voices and Pictures: Finding Our History Online (April 2009)
Ivan Scheier Online (January 2009)
Reflection on Reflection: Ivan Scheier's Think Tank Legacy (January 2009)
The People Approach to Volunteer Work Design (January 2009)
Reminiscences of Ivan from Those Who Knew Him (January 2009)
Some Personal Notes about Ivan and People Who Are Like Him (January 2009)
The 25th Jubilee of the Association of Volunteer Bureaus: Excerpt from Proceedings, 1976 (October 2008)
International Youth Exchange Programs: Some Unexpected Roots (July 2008)
No Matter Where: Volunteering for the Olympic Games (July 2008)
Vision Volunteering (April 2008)
The Legacy of Volunteering by Children ( January 2008 )
Big Brothers Big Sisters: 100+ Years of Volunteering (October 2007)
Maori Volunteerism from 1800 to 1900: A recognition of community services in Aotearoa/New Zealand (July 2007 )
To Volunteer or Not to Volunteer (July 2007 )
Challenges to Volunteerism in the 80s (April 2007)
Animal Rescue: Another Heroic Volunteer Effort during Hurricane Katrina (January 2007)
Getting Ninety People to Consensus: A Non-training Design (January 2007)
From Observation to Action (January 2007)
Two Thousand Miles of Volunteering: The Appalachian Trail (October 2006)
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus: Senior Pioneer (July 2006)
Creating a Viable National Association for Leaders of Volunteers (April 2006)
Volunteers Are Not a "Program" (April 2006)
Crafting for Charity - A Global Movement (January 2006)
Wednesday's Children (October 2005)
How Meals on Wheels Started Rolling (July 2005)
Getting Corporate Feet on the Street: Developing Employee Volunteering in South Africa (July 2005)
The Adventures of Vicky Barnes and Other Fictional Volunteers (April 2005)
Exploring Volunteer Space: Ivan Scheier's Lost Book (October 2004)
Invisible Histories: Reclaiming Volunteering and Voluntary Action in Australian History (July 2004)
Volunteers in Childbirth, Past and Present (July 2004)
On the Inside: The Tradition of Volunteers in Prisons (April 2004)
Preparing Newcomers Then and Now (April 2004)
Volunteers and the Evolution of Nursing (January 2004)
A 1960 Look at 'The Citizen Volunteer' ( October 2003)
Fighting SARS: A Hong Kong Volunteer's Story (July 2003)
Volunteers and the Oxford English Dictionary (July 2003)
Ten Thousand Villages: A Journey of Service (April 2003)
Volunteers Lead the Crusade Against Tuberculosis: the Founding of the American Lung Association (April 2003)
Historic and Cultural Roots of Fund Raising in Italy (January 2003)
St. John Ambulance: 900 Years of Service (January 2003)
Learning and Sharing with Technology (October 2002)
Volunteers, the March of Dimes, and the Fight Against Polio (October 2002)
Unseen but Heard: Ham Radio Volunteers Help via the Airwaves (July 2002)
Mary Wiser Remembered (July 2002)
Religious Roots of Service (April 2002)
Political Volunteering: Lifeblood of Healthy Democracy (April 2002)
Our Professional Associations: From the Past to the Future (April 2002)
Hot Buttons in the Good Old Days (January 2002)
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (January 2002)
Eva Schindler-Rainman: Innovative Trainer and Vocal Advocate for Volunteerism (October 2001)
Protecting and Serving the Public through Volunteers: Old Traditions, New Challenges for Volunteer Fire and Safety Programs (October 2001)
Alec Dickson: Pioneering Influence on Two Continents (July 2001)
Our Organizational Roots: A Start From Us and a Request of You (April 2001)
What Alexis de Tocqueville Really Said (January 2001)
"How a Board of Directors Can Demonstrate Support for Volunteer Development" (January 2001)

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