To influence children in deciding not to smoke, a program, Wisconsin Athletes Against Cancer, was designed and implemented in grades four through eight. Athletes served as role models and delivered anti-smoking messages. Athlete preparation, the presentation format, and feedback and evaluation methods are discussed. (JN)

Suggestions offered include starting a book drive, training regular classroom teachers in diagnostic and remedial reading procedures, having a reading share-in where teachers describe new programs they have used, teaching teachers to make their own reading games and materials, organizing volunteer programs, and involving parents in the reading…

Using paid phonathon callers, it is argued, will increase dollar and percentage response without hurting college volunteer programs. Arguments in favor of paid callers are summarized: they raise more money, they cost less, and since they are more easily available more alumni can be phoned. (MLW)

Paid phonathon solicitors may raise more money in the short term, but using paid callers, it is suggested, will undermine college volunteer programs. Phonathons are seen as a fund raising technique. Committed involvement is seen as fundamental to fund raising success. (MLW)

Eight teachers contribute their ideas for successfully working with parents. Included are: a parent information/resource center; guidelines for parent teacher conferences; ideas for using parents as classroom volunteers; and skill development activities that parents can use at home with their children. (SJL)

The Special Friends Program at Kainalu Elementary and Kailua Intermediate Schools uses a slide show to introduce children in regular education to their severely handicapped peers, then structures systematic interactions between the two groups. This interview with the program's founder, Chris Kube, discusses the programs' philosophy, development,…

A return to the draft under current conditions will retard the armed forces' progress in making military service attractive to men and women volunteers. If an army is to be representative of the society it serves, its social composition is less important than its incorporation of the same social values. (Author/GC)

While inequity and social bias are relevant to the issue of military conscription, we should recognize that the present controversy over selective service involves national values and the credibility of institutions. A newly designed selective service system is likely to be more just than the present volunteer system. (Author/GC)

Focuses on the large and increasing number of older widows available for human service work within the hospice movement caring for the dying and bereaved. Suggests widows possess an empathetic readiness for work in this human service field, and become both beneficiaries and benefactors of their service efforts. (Author)

Examined the effect of social contacts between older adults and children on children's attitudes. Children (N=28) from kindergarten through third grade in an intergenerational volunteer program, took the Children's Attitude Toward the Elderly test. Results indicated that interaction alone between elders and children may not change attitudes.…

Three career counseling programs at Wesleyan University are described: career counseling network, career education workshops, and on-campus career counseling workshops. Five suggestions: establish a career education committee for alumni, involve other departments, have work for alumni volunteers, include students, keep reviewing career programs.…

In order to increase alumni giving and participation at DePaul University, efforts were focused on the law school alumni. With the success of the lawyers gift club, a club for accountants was organized. The success of the gift clubs is described and the effect on the annual fund is discussed. (MLW)

Suggests field trips and other community exploration activities to show students that reading exists as a useful skill outside the classroom. (SJL)

Schools can enhance the quality of life by teaching the constructive use of leisure, active citizenship, and internationalism. These programs can be added to schools' curricula with the help of volunteers, thereby improving children's education and the volunteers' quality of life. (Author/SJL)

It is proposed that as the proportion of women in the labor force grows, women will be better donors to colleges and universities; at the same time, women volunteers can be an important asset to fund-raising activities. Tips for fund raising by and from women are given. (MSE)