Word: volunteerism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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--Percent of adults who do volunteer work
A Sadly, the ferrets are not O.K. Last month one of Tyson's assistants, sensing trouble, called a ferret-rescue volunteer, who discovered one dead ferret and one that seemed very, very scared. After receiving necropsy results, the district attorney decided not to file charges when authorities couldn't prove...
Brennan also shared an anecdote that dated from his days on the campaign trail with Duehay in the late '80s. Brennan sent Duehay canvassing through Cambridge with a volunteer named Jane Lewis.
This time, however, Duehay came "bounding through the door. 'My God, he's got a crush on a volunteer!'" Brennan remembers thinking.
The senate gives about $50,000 each year to the Carmichael Society, the Tufts umbrella organization for undergraduate volunteer activities. By comparison, the Undergraduate Council at Harvard gives $16,000 to the Phillips Brooks House Association.