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Volunteering in Under-Resourced Rural Communities: Final Report
Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher(s): Indiana University. Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
Author(s): Banana Shrestha; Chris Cihlar
Topic: Social conditions (Rural conditions)
Social conditions (Volunteerism)
Type: Report
Coverage: Indiana
Abstract:
Center researchers contributed to this report sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation. The goals of this study were to:
1. deepen understanding of volunteer engagement in rural communities,
2. examine the applicability of the neighboring model to rural communities, and
3. identify practices that document and support volunteering and neighboring by, in and with under-resourced rural communities.