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""This is a major contribution to the literature on social participation and voluntary action. It is the first systematic ethnographic study I know that treats volunteers and the institutions they create."" -- John Van Til, author of Growing Civil Society ""Students and faculty interested in the issue of homelessness will find the book instructive... Recommended."" -- Choice Why do people volunteer, and what motivates them to stick with it? How do local organizations create community? How

Voluntarism --- Shelters for the homeless --- Emergency housing for the homeless --- Homeless persons shelters --- Homeless shelters --- Refuges for the homeless --- Transitional housing --- Emergency housing --- Homeless persons --- Voluntary action --- Volunteer work --- Volunteering --- Volunteerism --- National service --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Partnership for the Homeless (New York, N.Y.) --- Voluntarism. --- Institutions, associations, etc. --- Networks (Associations, institutions, etc.) --- Organizations --- Voluntary associations --- Voluntary organizations --- Social groups