Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the busiest National park in the U.S., but with the park service cutting nearly a quarter of all positions last year, volunteers have made up the difference.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park relies on thousands of volunteers each year to maintain the ecosystem and provide services to the public.

More Americans — 64.3 million — volunteered in 2011 than in the past the five years, an increase of 1.5 million more volunteers than 2010, according to a new report released by the Corporation for ...

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People are looking for a sense of purpose at work - and volunteering is a great way to find it. A volunteer program builds connections between employees, their communities and the causes they care ...

Are you wasting away your retirement years playing solitaire and watching TV game shows? Perhaps spending several hours a day loafing with other retirees while talking about old times and how ...

Big Bend National Park, where about 260 volunteers log about 50,000 hours annually. Henry Ring (above left) with roommate Alex Brachman on duty at Big Bend National Park. Volunteers clean up items ...