L.O.V.E. It Forward Online Community Service

MENTOR, a founding partner of America’s Promise Alliance, has joined with other national nonprofit organizations in aggregating volunteer service opportunities that will support the President and First Lady Obama's United We Serve campaign for volunteerism.

Launched in June, United We Serve encourages Americans to get involved this summer in volunteer activities that will make their communities better places to live. The campaign will culminate September 11, which has been designated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, to commemorate victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

MENTOR's database of mentoring opportunities is being featured so that potential volunteers can find quality mentoring programs at www.serve.gov — the hub for United We Serve — in addition to visiting www.mentoring.org . Other nonprofits with volunteer databases that are being featured include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Idealist, Network for Good, United Way and VolunteerMatch.

This wealth of information has been organized by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Google, Facebook and the Craigslist Foundation into a new online volunteer recruiting tool called All for Good. In addition, All for Good offers tool kits to help people organize projects, such as creating a community garden or conducting a home energy audit.

"We wanted to be part of the United We Serve effort so we can reach even more potential mentors," said MENTOR Chief Administrative Officer Tonya Wiley. "By being able to feature our database of quality mentoring programs with a wider audience, we may appeal to Americans who might not have visited our Web site. This will be a win for everyone involved, especially children and our communities."

To learn more about United We Serve, go to www.serve.gov . For more information about All for Good, go to www.allforgood.org . And, to learn more about mentoring, visit www.mentoring.org .