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Putting passion into action

February 10, 2009 by kristen · Leave a Comment 

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A volunteer delivers a care package to a neighbor in need.

Americans have opinions. We have causes we care about and we champion them to whoever will listen. But, according to a new survey, it appears not many of us put our passions into action.

Now, anyone can take a survey, and publish it. But this one’s from Porter Novelli (and I learned about it in THE non-profit newspaper). They found that on most issues, just one in 10 Americans had put time or effort toward improving the problems they cared about.

The news is full of reports on recession, and that makes this the best time to give of what you have to help The Salvation Army help those who are really struggling. Read more

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