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    Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others

    By Ed Asner, Doug Cutchins, Anne Geissinger and Bill McMillon

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    About this ebook

    For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations running thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and the disabled, this definitive sourcebook provides a wealth of opportunities for anyone interested in taking a truly meaningful vacation and provides new anecdotes about all kinds of jobs and the positive impact they had on volunteers' lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateFeb 1, 2012
    ISBN9781569769720
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    Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others
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    Ed Asner

    Ed Asner was a television legend, well known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and subsequent spin-off Lou Grant. He won seven acting Emmy Awards, and was nominated a total of twenty times. Asner also made a name for himself as a trade unionist and a political activist. He served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, from 1981-1985, during which he was an outspoken critic of former SAG President Ronald Reagan, then the US president, for his Central American policy. He died in 2021.

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