The Foster Grandparent Program benefits the elderly, the handicapped individuals, and the service agencies involved. Grandparents participate in a variety of supervised activities (such as helping with field trips). The program's success may be attributed to a number of factors, including its cost effectiveness and the availability of retired…

Explains the need to reexamine volunteer programs in light of budgetary problems now found within corrections. Describes two contemporary volunteer programs and uses data pertaining to these programs to further clarify the current status and possible future directions of correctional voluntarism. (JAC)

The Princeton Community Tennis Program, which was started and maintained by volunteers, is described. (RC)

Explores a positive approach to possible volunteer roles which could result in expanded services to media center clients. (Author)

Programs to train occupational therapy activity directors and volunteers have been conducted in the state of Washington from 1958 to the present time. This article discusses them and points out the need for professional leadership and supervision in them. (Author/JA)

Some studies of sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behavior involve college students who volunteered to participate in the research. The present study assesses the impact of volunteer bias when considering random samples of an entire student body. (Author)

Results showed that volunteers were less likely to feel that patients should be restricted in their social functioning than were the nonvolunteers. Volunteers' attitudes toward mental illness became more benevolent toward patients over time, and volunteers may have begun to adopt the ideology of the mental health professional. (Author)

An innovative scholarship Program, in which faculty members contribute from their own finances money to help black students pay for their education, is presented. (CK)

Describes the development of the Springfield School Volunteers program, the make-up of the paraprofessionals, their duties, and the rewards of the program. (AN)

College student volunteers assist in a Saturday morning recreation program for handicapped children. (MB)

Two experiments to determine the effect of competence upon aiding behavior are described. (DB)

The majority of children who met with volunteers showed improvement in grades, attitude toward school, behavior, and general appearance. (Author)