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1982: REACT was honored with the first U.S. President's Volunteer Action Award. 1984: REACT assisted in introducing FRS (Family Radio Service). 1985: REACT office moved from Chicago, IL to Wichita, KS. 1986: 'REACT Month' was observed for the first time. 1988: REACT developed its 'Team Topics' newsletter for Teams.
ACTION was a United States government agency described as "the federal domestic volunteer agency". [1] It was formed July 1, 1971, [2] during President Richard Nixon's first term under the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number One, and Executive Order 11603, June 30, 1971, to provide centralized coordination and administration of Government-sponsored domestic and international volunteer ...
Waterloo is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. [1] History. The post office in Waterloo closed in 1912. [2] Education.
The National Center for Voluntary Action was an independent, private, non-profit organization that existed in the 1970s, and then extended on in merged forms, that sought to encourage volunteerism on the part of American citizens and organizations, assist in program development for voluntary efforts, and sought to make voluntary action an important force in American society.
Voluntary Action Center (VAC) is an American local non-profit organization based in DeKalb County, Illinois that seeks to help people meet their basic transportation and nutrition needs through the efforts of volunteers. VAC was incorporated in 1974 and provides services in DeKalb, Bureau, LaSalle, Kendall, and Putnam Counties.
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service (in 2012), about 64.5 million Americans, or 26.5 percent of the adult population, gave 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth $175 billion. This calculates at about 125–150 hours per year or 3 hours per week at a rate of $22 per hour.
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The Western Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers was established in 1885 in Leavenworth, Kansas to house aging veterans of the American Civil War.The 214-acre (87 ha) campus (formerly 640 acres (260 ha)) is near Fort Leavenworth, and is directly adjacent to Leavenworth National Cemetery, south of Leavenworth town.