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June 22, 2009, 07:04 PM ET
Online Network Promotes Service Campaign
Are you participating in President Obama’s summer service campaign? Two college students are hoping you’ll consider recording your experiences through a new social-networking site.
Chris Golden and Nick Troiano started the United We Serve networking site to help people taking part in the White House effort share ideas and learn from each other’s volunteer experiences.
Volunteers can post photographs, videos, stories, and lessons from their activities. They might want to use the site to seek ideas for volunteer projects, provide ideas to people interested in starting similar efforts in other parts of the country, and encourage their friends to volunteer, said Mr. Golden.
The Web site has no affiliation with the White House campaign, but Mr. Golden said he had been in touch with the administration and was hopeful that the Corporation for National and Community Service would agree to a partnership. Mr. Golden and Mr. Troiano worked with the social-networking site ning.com to establish a platform for the effort.
Inspired by their participation in last fall’s Service Nation Summit, the two initially created myimpact.org as a “virtual roof” under which young volunteers could share stories about their service. Mr. Golden said they pushed forward with a site to coincide with the beginning of the summer service campaign, but plan to unveil a more comprehensive networking site later this year.
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