ServeNet.org – Volunteering Made Simple
http://servenet.org/

Launched in 1996, servenet.org is a website that mobilizes and empowers the volunteer service community to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing local communities. Since its inception, servenet.org has enabled millions of youth volunteers to connect with local nonprofits to make a difference in communities throughout America. In 2000, as a part of Global Youth Service Day, Servenet.org expanded into a global resource for the 3.5 million young people, in 155 countries around the world that participate in Global and National Youth Service Day. On April 20, 2007, Youth Service America and iBelong Networks released the fifth generation of servenet.org. The redesigned servenet.org builds on its 13 year legacy of empowering visitors to search for local volunteer service opportunities by location, interests, or skills. The new servenet.org integrates the latest advanced web-based social networking tools such as shared news feeds and real-time news alerts via email, and mobile messaging. The site also features searchable user profile pages, issue-related groups, widgets, maps, and free self-service websites for nonprofit organization. These types of advanced internet tools currently are used by internet users of all ages for professional and social activities. The new servenet.org puts the power of the most innovative internet tools into the hands of a global network of volunteers, as they tackle the world’s toughest challenges, such as achieving the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, such as eradicating extreme hunger and poverty, and achieving universal primary education. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.