Volunteer Work Books


A Textbook of Social WorkA Textbook of Social Work
Best Price: $37.92
Where did professional social work originate from? How effective are social work interpretations...
Linking Activism: Ecology, Social Justice, and Education for Social Change (New Approaches in Sociology)Linking Activism: Ecology, Social Justice, and Education for Social Change (New Approaches in Sociology)
Best Price: $29.16
This book, a unique examination of the activist striving to work for more holistic social...
All You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960sAll You Need Is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960s
Best Price: $66.39
The nation was powerful and prosperous, the president was vigorous and young, and a confident...
Never the Same Again: A History of VSONever the Same Again: A History of VSO
Best Price: $19.99
This is an accessible and entertaining analytical history of VSO, brought to life through...
The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century VolunteerThe New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer
Best Price: $10.79
As someone scratching their head trying to figure out how to get more people involved in our...


Volunteering for DummiesVolunteering for DummiesThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic JusticeThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
Best Price: $69.95
With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right...
The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic JusticeThe People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
Best Price: $74.72
With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right...
Volunteerism and Older Adults (Choices and Challenges)Volunteerism and Older Adults (Choices and Challenges)
Best Price: $112.69
Volunteers in ActionVolunteers in Action
Best Price: $21.00


Volunteering to Help with Animals (High Interest Books: Service Learning)Volunteering to Help with Animals (High Interest Books: Service Learning)
Best Price: $22.99
This series describes the benefits of volunteering through community service-learning programs....
Volunteering: Giving Back (Life Skills)Volunteering: Giving Back (Life Skills)
Best Price: $17.49
Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's CommunitiesGifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities
Best Price: $28.95
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the...
365 Ways To Change the World: How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time365 Ways To Change the World: How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
Best Price: $0.01
Jet Li recommended this book on his Facebook page, so I bought 2, one for me and one for a...
Recruiting Help and Hope for Finding VolunteersRecruiting Help and Hope for Finding Volunteers
Best Price: $3.81

Young People Learning to Care: Making a Difference Through Your ParticipationYoung People Learning to Care: Making a Difference Through Your Participation
Best Price: $119.50
Get Involved!: A Girl's Guide to Volunteering (Girls Guides)Get Involved!: A Girl's Guide to Volunteering (Girls Guides)
Best Price: $16.30
Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social EconomyMapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy
Best Price: $150.00
Befriending: The American SamaritansBefriending: The American Samaritans
Best Price: $34.54
This book relates the founding in America, and evaluates the effectiveness of, a branch of the...
Give to Live: How Giving Can Change Your LifeGive to Live: How Giving Can Change Your Life
Best Price: $3.05
Inspiring easy read.

Acts Of MercyActs Of Mercy
Best Price: $4.89
Onboard a ship of mercy, the Anastasis, (translated as ?resurrection?) gives true meaning to her...
Making a Difference: The Passion & Purpose Behind the World's Unpaid Work ForceMaking a Difference: The Passion & Purpose Behind the World's Unpaid Work Force
Best Price: $19.82
Before You Say Yes ...: A Guide to the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Volunteer BoardsBefore You Say Yes ...: A Guide to the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Volunteer Boards
Best Price: $11.00
HOBBS HOTLINE, 2010 Volunteering seems a pastime of many, whether committed to a...
Leadership and Management of Volunteer Programs: A Guide for Volunteer Administrators (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)Leadership and Management of Volunteer Programs: A Guide for Volunteer Administrators (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)
Best Price: $24.49
Describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of professional managers to effectively...
Great Ideas: Using Service-Learning and Differentiated Instruction to Help Your Students SucceedGreat Ideas: Using Service-Learning and Differentiated Instruction to Help Your Students Succeed
Best Price: $25.32
If you are a service learning organization and work with youth or youth leaders, this is must have.

Controlling Representations: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950Controlling Representations: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950
Best Price: $26.49
Scholars have recently been examining public representations of women and minorities and...
Teens With the Courage to Give: Young People Who Triumphed over Tragedy and Volunteered to Make a Difference (Call to Action Book)Teens With the Courage to Give: Young People Who Triumphed over Tragedy and Volunteered to Make a Difference (Call to Action Book)
Best Price: $7.07
Teens and adults alike will be inspired and moved by this most amazing book. I'm very...
So, You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You GoSo, You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go
Best Price: $5.99
Dillon Banerjee directly answers questions ranging from what you should pack to loneliness,...
Service-Learning and Social Justice: Engaging Students in Social ChangeService-Learning and Social Justice: Engaging Students in Social Change
Best Price: $81.00
Service-Learning and Social Justice provides everything administrators and teachers need to...
Volunteering to Help with Animals (High Interest Books: Service Learning)Volunteering to Help with Animals (High Interest Books: Service Learning)
Best Price: $22.99
This series describes the benefits of volunteering through community service-learning programs....

Volunteering: Giving Back (Life Skills)Volunteering: Giving Back (Life Skills)
Best Price: $17.49
Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's CommunitiesGifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities
Best Price: $28.95
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the...
365 Ways To Change the World: How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time365 Ways To Change the World: How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
Best Price: $0.01
Jet Li recommended this book on his Facebook page, so I bought 2, one for me and one for a...
Recruiting Help and Hope for Finding VolunteersRecruiting Help and Hope for Finding Volunteers
Best Price: $3.81
Young People Learning to Care: Making a Difference Through Your ParticipationYoung People Learning to Care: Making a Difference Through Your Participation
Best Price: $119.50

Get Involved!: A Girl's Guide to Volunteering (Girls Guides)Get Involved!: A Girl's Guide to Volunteering (Girls Guides)
Best Price: $16.30
Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social EconomyMapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy
Best Price: $150.00
Befriending: The American SamaritansBefriending: The American Samaritans
Best Price: $34.54
This book relates the founding in America, and evaluates the effectiveness of, a branch of the...
Give to Live: How Giving Can Change Your LifeGive to Live: How Giving Can Change Your Life
Best Price: $3.05
Inspiring easy read.
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the WorldGiving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Best Price: $4.77
I was inspired by GIVING--written and read by Bill Clinton . . . it's a call for action...

Attempting The Ultimate: Kenyan PositivismAttempting The Ultimate: Kenyan Positivism
This book is aimed at providing a thesis for the ecological endevour that EEIU Nabuur Chapter...
15 Steps to Team Success (QFS)15 Steps to Team Success (QFS)
I have used the services of Diab Consulting Group in the past and when I found out they...
From the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement, Third EditionFrom the Top Down: The Executive Role in Successful Volunteer Involvement, Third Edition
The only book that addresses the senior decision-maker's role in developing a strategy and...
Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of HomelessnessOpen Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness
"Homelessness is easy to ignore. It's as simple as turning a blind eye and letting the...
Socrates in Sichuan: Chinese Students Search for Truth, Justice, and the (Chinese) WaySocrates in Sichuan: Chinese Students Search for Truth, Justice, and the (Chinese) Way
When Peter J. Vernezze took a leave of absence from his position as a philosophy professor to...

Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch In, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better PlaceEveryone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch In, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better Place
Best Price: $2.73
The director of one of the largest grassroots volunteer programs in the country shows how...
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New IdeasHow to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Best Price: $14.97
So many of us share a palpable hunger to make the world a better place. You can sense it in...
Invisible Careers: Women Civic Leaders from the Volunteer World (Women in Culture and Society)Invisible Careers: Women Civic Leaders from the Volunteer World (Women in Culture and Society)
Best Price: $533.57
Community Service and Social Responsibility in YouthCommunity Service and Social Responsibility in Youth
Best Price: $52.47
James Youniss and Miranda Yates present a sophisticated analysis of community service's...
Gather the Fruit One by One: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Two: The Americas (Peace Corps at 50)Gather the Fruit One by One: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Two: The Americas (Peace Corps at 50)
Best Price: $8.00
Take some Inca, Aztec, Maya, and Moche, mix in Spanish, French, English, Dutch and Danish, stir...

Food Not BombsFood Not Bombs
Best Price: $26.04
I picked up this book to do a little background research on the movement of Food Not Bombs, so...
Generation NGOGeneration NGO
Best Price: $20.07
Young Canadians are increasingly active and engaged in global issues. Many are eagerly poised to...
Be the Change! Change the World. Change Yourself.Be the Change! Change the World. Change Yourself.
Best Price: $4.33
Reviewer: A. Whipple, Oregon The book's title tells it all. Well, most of it: ...
A Quién Le Interesa El Voluntariado? (Spanish Edition)A Quién Le Interesa El Voluntariado? (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $2.43
En tiempos de complejidad a todos los niveles, urge elevar el listón de la reflexión y...
An Introduction to the Voluntary SectorAn Introduction to the Voluntary Sector
In the 1990s, the voluntary and charity sector is being forced to become an increasingly...

Notes from Canada's Young Activists: A Generation Stands Up for ChangeNotes from Canada's Young Activists: A Generation Stands Up for Change
In this compilation, young citizens describe the moments they were inspired to pursue their...
The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best TraveledThe Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best Traveled
Part anthology and part travel guide, this book opens new worlds through intriguing real-life...
If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can TooIf It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too
A must have book for anyone has ever wanted to make a difference in the world. ...
Arriving Where We Started: 25 Years of Voluntary Service OverseasArriving Where We Started: 25 Years of Voluntary Service OverseasHow to Turn Generation Me into Active Members of Your AssociationHow to Turn Generation Me into Active Members of Your Association
Best Price: $19.94
This book is packed with tremendous value. I use D'Amour's book as an idea generator and...

Big Impact: Big Brothers Making a DifferenceBig Impact: Big Brothers Making a Difference
Best Price: $6.39
I must confess, I have not been able to read the book cover to cover because it is so touching...
Younger Voices, Stronger Choices: Promise Project's Guide to Forming Youth/Adult PartnershipsYounger Voices, Stronger Choices: Promise Project's Guide to Forming Youth/Adult Partnerships
Best Price: $6.95
While adults are accustomed to seeing young people as victims or problems to be solved, more...
Reaching Out to OthersReaching Out to Others
Best Price: $12.95
Reaching Out to Others introduces the reader to diverse volunteer settings where an individual...
Controlling Representations: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950Controlling Representations: Depictions of Women in a Mainstream Newspaper, 1900-1950
Best Price: $52.50
Scholars have recently been examining public representations of women and minorities and...
Service-Learning and Social Justice: Engaging Students in Social ChangeService-Learning and Social Justice: Engaging Students in Social Change
Best Price: $26.46
The clearest statement I have ever read about the value of service learning, and about effective...

Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (Chinese Edition)Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (Chinese Edition)SKILLS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WORKSKILLS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD WORK
Skills in Neighbourhood Work is a practice handbook. It explains the skills, knowledge and...
Serve and Learn: Implementing and Evaluating Service-Learning in Middle and High SchoolsServe and Learn: Implementing and Evaluating Service-Learning in Middle and High Schools
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Your America: Democracy's Local HeroesYour America: Democracy's Local Heroes
Best Price: $8.99
You can't walk away from this book without feeling inspired to set about on some course of...
Theory and Practice of Community Social WorkTheory and Practice of Community Social Work
Best Price: $80.91

Social Work and Human RightsSocial Work and Human Rights
Best Price: $17.65
I was honored to write the foreword for this outstanding book. This book takes us beyond social...
Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: What the Rest of America Can Learn from Northern ManhattanMobilizing the Community for Better Health: What the Rest of America Can Learn from Northern Manhattan
Best Price: $19.39
From 1999 to 2009, The Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative put Columbia University...
Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory PerspectiveVoluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective
Best Price: $11.63
A conceptual framework and empirical case studies of the policy effect of ...
Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch in, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better PlaceEveryone Helps, Everyone Wins: How Absolutely Anyone Can Pitch in, Help Out, Give Back, and Make the World a Better Place
Best Price: $0.01
The director of one of the largest grassroots volunteer programs in the country shows how...
The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming AmericaThe American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America
Best Price: $11.73
Society gives a smile and gentle pat on the head to the volunteer who reads a book to a child,...

Managing Voluntary Organizations (Management in the social services)Managing Voluntary Organizations (Management in the social services)
Since the 1960s there has been a considerable growth in a new form of voluntary action through...
Roots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in YouthRoots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in Youth
Best Price: $14.00
This book brings together an international collection of essays that describes the state of...
Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the WorldGiving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Best Price: $1.50
If you ever thought you wanted to helpsome sort of charity or give something of yourself; this...
Citizen Service in the 21st Century: Hearing Before the Committee on Education And the Workforce, U.s. House of RepresentativesCitizen Service in the 21st Century: Hearing Before the Committee on Education And the Workforce, U.s. House of Representatives
Best Price: $25.00
If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can TooIf It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too
Best Price: $1.50
Malaak shows us all how to live out a life of service in the little things you do everyday. If...

Deliberate Acts of Kindness: Service As a Spiritual PracticeDeliberate Acts of Kindness: Service As a Spiritual Practice
Best Price: $301.16
An indispensable guide to the spiritual and the practical aspects of devoting one?s time and...
Assessing the Effects of Voluntary Youth Service: The Case of Teach for AmericaAssessing the Effects of Voluntary Youth Service: The Case of Teach for America
Best Price: $5.17
This book uses survey data from all accepted applicants to Teach for America 1993-98 to assess...
Lady Bountiful Revisited: Women, Philanthropy, and PowerLady Bountiful Revisited: Women, Philanthropy, and Power
Best Price: $20.10
160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People160 Ways to Help the World: Community Service Projects for Young People
This is a great book for mentoring programs, schools, local neighborhood communities, church...
Volunteerism in the Eighties: Fundamental Issues in Voluntary ActionVolunteerism in the Eighties: Fundamental Issues in Voluntary Action

Give to Live: How Giving Can Change Your LifeGive to Live: How Giving Can Change Your Life
Best Price: $11.41
This is a Brilliant book, waging spiritual war against our assumptions, in order to save our...
Leading Volunteers for Results:  Building Communities TodayLeading Volunteers for Results: Building Communities Today
Best Price: $67.50
This book is written as if the author is speaking directly to you. She is very knowedgeable...
How to Recruit Generation MeHow to Recruit Generation Me
Best Price: $1.74
Cynthia does a marvelous job of describing how to recruit members for a volunteer organization. ...
Change the World, Change Your Life: Discover Your Life Purpose Through ServiceChange the World, Change Your Life: Discover Your Life Purpose Through Service
18,000 children die of hunger every day. By 2030, there will be no glaciers in Glacier National...
Dreamers, Winners, Heroes and an AngelDreamers, Winners, Heroes and an Angel
William W. "Deacon" Balliew spent over thirty years working with kids that most of...

Working in the Community 2: Practice StudiesWorking in the Community 2: Practice Studies
This is a book of community development case studies. The studies are based in Scotland but are...
When Sophie Met Darcy DayWhen Sophie Met Darcy Day
A heartwarming collection of stories from a woman who brings together disadvantaged children and...
International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical issues across the lifespanInternational Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical issues across the lifespan
Best Price: $90.00
Spanning an international evidence base, this book traces the development of contemporary...
Youth Gangs and Community Intervention: Research, Practice, and EvidenceYouth Gangs and Community Intervention: Research, Practice, and Evidence
Best Price: $27.94
Although a range of program and policy responses to youth gangs exist, most are largely based on...
Community Practice Skills Workbook: Local to Global PerspectivesCommunity Practice Skills Workbook: Local to Global Perspectives
Best Price: $17.76
Designed to accompany the comprehensive and exceptional Community Practice Skills: Local to...

Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association, and Democracy (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)Giving Circles: Philanthropy, Voluntary Association, and Democracy (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)
Best Price: $30.00
In the contemporary United States, third parties are being relied upon to deliver social...
The Halo Effect: How Volunteering to Help Others Can Lead to a Better Career and a More Fulfilling LifeThe Halo Effect: How Volunteering to Help Others Can Lead to a Better Career and a More Fulfilling Life
Best Price: $10.45
A "business book with a heart," The Halo Effect illustrates how inspiration in...
Volunteering to Help Seniors (High Interest Books: Service Learning)Volunteering to Help Seniors (High Interest Books: Service Learning)
Best Price: $4.50
This series describes the benefits of volunteering through community service-learning programs....
  
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