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A Continued Commitment... TO OUR NATIONS FUTURE!

There are thousands of social service agencies, both publicly and privately funded, as well as individual caregivers. Information and access to these services is fragmented. Many providers do not even have a presence on the web. Consumers of social services need help finding available and accessible resources quickly and in one place. iNforma Nation offers verified information such as links to resource sites, articles, community events, professional and educational workshops, and more for free. Professionals and agencies alike can add free resource and event content, and consumers can use the site to request help in finding the resources or information they need.

Yesterday marked World Intellectual Property Day (Happy Birthday Mom!)

The annual celebration of the role intellectual property plays in shaping the world around us. The theme for this year’s celebration is Designing the Future, with a focus on “the role of design in the marketplace, in society and in shaping the innovations of the future.”


Designs play an increasingly important role in the technology sector. Whether it is the elegant physical design of a smartphone or the innovative user interface of a software application, good design drives market enthusiasm for technology products. And as more and more of our daily activities migrate online and to the cloud, designs will migrate from the shapes of things made in factories to the shapes of things rendered on computer screens. 

Please note... We will be making several MAJOR changes on our site! Be prepared for some awkward viewing and experience possible downtime.

Green Your Home Challenge

Enter Recyclebank’s Green Your Home Challenge for a chance to win over 100 planet-friendly including a grand prize green kitchen makeover.






How do you win? Your Green Your Home score depends on how many actions you complete and how many you get your friends to complete. So, if you really want to win, refer as many friends as you can and get them to take the Green Your Home challenge. Check back each week in April as new rooms are unlocked for you to explore, plus check your email to see who’s in the lead, as well as your score.







Tell The White House What You Are Up To

Be the leader we know you are and host a roundtable conversation with other young people in your community about the issues you care about most, and then report back to the White House! Find out how here. You'll all receive invitations to future events, web-chats, and conference calls with White House officials moving forward. (And if you check the box that requests Administration participation when you sign up, they'll do their best to send someone to participate in your roundtables!)

Get Ready For Our Epic Book Drive

We have teamed up with Better World Books to host the most Epic Book Drive in history. HOW EPIC WILL IT BE? Glad you asked: Our goal is to collect 1 million books from teens nationwide to stock libraries in the Recovery School District in New Orleans. That's because in the Big Easy's low-income neighborhoods, there's only one book for every 300 children, and you can do something to make sure every kid has access to good books.

Sign up at EpicBookDrive.com to lead your own drive and get more info. We'll pay for all of the book shipping, and the top drives will receive prizes like $5000 or E-readers for your school library and $1000 college scholarships!
We’ve teamed up with Better World Books to change that. Join the Epic Book Drive. We want you to run book drives in your schools and communities, and send them to Better World Books (free of charge). We’ll make sure they're donated or sold to raise funds for New Orleans’ Recovery School District libraries.
It's Ludacris if you don't. Actually, its Ludacris if you do. He's our campaign spokesperson. Check back for his PSA!
How you ask? Easy:
  1. Sign up (to the right). We'll send you an e-mail within 3 business days, with access info for the Better World Books portal. There, you'll be able to order book boxes and print mailing labels to ship your donated books free of charge.
  2. Post pictures and tell us why your book drive is so Epic. You can also send us your pix by text message. Text your photo to "epic@dosomething.org". Two people who submit outstanding photos via text will win a $500 college scholarship!
  3. When your drive is done, and no later than May 15th, be sure to access the Better World Books portal and coordinate a shipment of your donated books.
Collect 150 boxes or more, and we’ll make it even easier. Better World Books will pick them up from your school.
The most Epic book drive of all will win a $1000 donation to their school library, and a pizza party for the whole school!

Free Photo Book For Deployed Or Overseas Military

Send a free photo book to a military member stationed abroad (to A.P.O, F.P.O, or M.P.O. addresses only).



Sending a little taste of home to service men and women serving overseas has been a cornerstone of the USO for 70 years and that tradition continues with the USO Photo Book program, powered byRocketLife.
Friends and family can create a 20-page personal photo book and ship it to any APO, FPO or MPO address for free. These full-color, 5”x7” softcover books fit perfectly in a soldier’s cargo pant pocket, yet hold more than 60 photos. RocketLife prints the books for free and the USO pays for shipping.
Supporters simply visit http://USO.RocketLifeProduction.com, generate a coupon code and launch the RocketLife software. RocketLife’s Smart Arrangement™ technology helps anyone create a unique photo book in as little as three minutes or customize it extensively with hundreds of graphic themes, styled text, elegant blending effects and literally billions of border styles. With two clicks, people can copy their photo book layout onto any other item in the catalog, from key tags to coffee mugs. (Any additional purchases through the site benefit the work of the USO.)
Here is one testimonial from the wife of a soldier and his reaction upon receiving a USO Photo Book:
“My husband has been deployed for over 11 months. This is his first deployment since we’ve been together, and this year has been extremely hard for me and my family. I had no idea what deployments were like. A lot of bad things have happened since he’s been gone, so the majority of the time I get to talk to him it’s about business. 
“Receiving a free book from you made my husband’s day! He was so surprised and showed it to everyone in his unit. They were all jealous and wanted to know how I had made the book. For the first time in many months my husband and I laughed and were so giggly on the phone after he received the photo album. This was an excellent morale booster for both of us. He is able to carry it in his ACU pocket and take it everywhere with him. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!”