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Stephanie's Story: Virtual Volunteering To Help Orphans

Stephanie from Davenport, Florida discovered a way to volunteer from thousands of miles away.

Through ChristianVolunteering.org, Stephanie found an opportunity to serve as a virtual administrative assistant for Orphanages of Africa--an international humanitarian organization in Canada.

Debbie's Story: Volunteer Coordinating and Prayer

Debbie volunteered with The Capital District Youth for Christ as a volunteer coordinator for their "Excel" and "Break Out" youth conferences in Saratoga, New York.

As a volunteer coordinator, Debbie oversaw the conferences' volunteers. She also prayed for the attendees as well as the conference staff, youth leaders, and presenters. "I love mentoring people and helping them see their gifts and possibilities that the Lord can use them for."

TechMission Newsletter: December 2008

TechMission's December 2008 Newsletter is now available online. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the document.

Arreba's Story: Starting Anew

Submitted by pure.imagination on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 10:21

Arreba Stafford serves as a TechMission Vista Member at TechMission Headquarters in Boston, MA.

Josh's Story: Helping Urban Students Across the Digital Divide

Submitted by pure.imagination on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 12:14

Josh Kammerer serves as a TechMission Corps Member at Harambee Christian Family Center in Pasadena, California

UrbanMinistry.org Featured Case Study on CreativeCommons.org

Submitted by Natalie Parragué on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 10:33

Creative Commons asked users to submit case studies, CC Case Studies, to help expand the online sharing and collaboration resource and to share a story.

TechMission Receives $10,000 from Verizon Foundation

The Verizon Foundation is partnering with TechMission Boston to address the advancement of K-12 education, specifically using technology tools such as Thinkfinity.org for after-school program Sites.

Andrew Sears Talks With Radio Rhema New Zealand about "One Body of Christ Experiment"

Submitted by pure.imagination on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 11:35

Andrew Sears, executive director of TechMission, talks with Radio Rhema's Aaron Ironside about the theory behind how he uses the "One Body of Christ Experiment - All Christians On Facebook" as a tool to provide resources to Christians.

Visit Andrew Sears Talks With Radio Rhema New Zealand about "One Body of Christ Experiment"

Bad Times Make Good Neighbors: An Increase in Christian Volunteering Due to Economy

Submitted by Natalie Parragué on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 11:13

MEDIA ADVISORY, April 9 /Christian Newswire/ --

The largest Christian online volunteer matching website, ChristianVolunteering.org, has shown a 300% increase in traffic in 2009 from a year ago. As people have difficulty finding a job, many of them are turning to volunteering to keep themselves busy. Other groups are showing similar growth: applications to AmeriCorps, a national service group, have tripled since last year; twice as many people participated in January's Martin Luther King Day of Service; and significant growth is expected for National Volunteer week, April 19-25th.

ChristianVolunteering.org Receives Recognition for its Valuable Volunteer Opportunities and Listings

Submitted by Natalie Parragué on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 12:30

ChristianVolunteering.org, a TechMission website which easily matches thousands of volunteers with urban ministries and short term urban missions opportunities across the globe, has been recently highlighted as an valuable volunteer resource. TheCypressTimes.com explains that this volunteer matching services success is a sign that volunteer service is an attractive opportunity, benefiting a wide audience and making service work a very feasible and graceful solution even amidst the economic crisis.

Visit ChristianVolunteering.org Receives Recognition for its Valuable Volunteer Opportunities and Listings

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