City employees donate record-breaking amount of school supplies to AISD students

August 11, 2011
During its Sixth Annual Build a Backpack and School Supplies Drive, City of Austin employees donated the largest amount of school supplies in the program’s history, nearly doubling the amount given to needy Austin school district students last year.
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Impact Volunteering and Local Government: Cities of Service in its Second Year

July 19, 2011
In June, at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the Cities of Service coalition released a report on how coalition mayors nationwide are using service as a strategy to address pressing city needs through impact volunteering.
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Volunteers are the new city employees - USA Today

June 24, 2011
In an era of dwindling revenue and slashed spending, volunteerism is becoming a crucial part of city operations and a strategy to solve its most pressing problems.
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Ten U.S. Cities Launch High-Impact Service Plans

April 01, 2011
Cities of Service today announced that ten U.S. cities this month have launched efforts to strategically engage volunteers to address the most pressing needs in their communities. Seven of these cities – Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Houston, Little Rock, and Orlando – released their “high-impact service plans” this week.
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Wanna serve Austin?

March 31, 2011
If you’re a volunteer in Austin, the city wants to know you’re out there and is taking steps to help out.
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Mayor Lee Leffingwell Unveils ‘Serve Austin’ High-Impact Service Plan

March 30, 2011
Austin, Texas – Austin City Hall was filled with volunteers from Travis High School preparing care packages for veterans today as Mayor Lee Leffingwell unveiled a new citywide, high-impact service plan dubbed “Serve Austin.”
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City Manager Announces Chief Service Officer Hire

March 27, 2011
Austin City Manager Marc A. Ott announced today that he has hired Andy Mormon to fill the grant-funded position of Chief Service Officer for the City of Austin.
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Austin Awarded Community Service Grant

March 27, 2011
Cities of Service mayors’ coalition will fund Chief Service Officer position in Austin for two years
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Cities of Service and Rockefeller Foundation Award First-Ever “Cities Of Service Leadership Grants” to Ten Cities to Hire Chief Service Officers

January 18, 2011
Chief Service Officers will Lead Local Efforts to Develop and Implement a Citywide Plan to Increase Volunteerism Mayors from Across the Country Launched Cities of Service Coalition to Meet President Obama's Call to Mobilize Millions more Americans in Volunteer Service
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