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Michael Bedford, VIA Executive Director, On The Power Of Volunteering

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First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

from the VIA blog, by Michael Bedford:

Volunteerism gave me access to powerful lessons about myself in the world. After Peace Corps, I have committed my life to humanitarian assistance programs across Asia, having worked on programs in thirteen countries of the Asia-Pacific region. In 2000, I served as Peace Corps Country Director in Bangladesh, and had the wonderful closing of the life circle, where I could help mentor young Americans experience [as I had 30 years earlier], the powerful lessons of themselves in the world.

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from the VIA blog, by Michael Bedford: Volunteerism gave me access to powerful lessons about myself in the world. After Peace Corps, I have committed my life to humanitarian assistance programs acros...
from the VIA blog, by Michael Bedford: Volunteerism gave me access to powerful lessons about myself in the world. After Peace Corps, I have committed my life to humanitarian assistance programs acros...
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