Volunteering at any level, in any capacity, or with any contribution of time will have a meaningful impact. In return for your efforts to influence positive change, you will derive much satisfaction. As a bonus, you’ll have a lot of fun and forge friendships with colleagues that will last a lifetime.
Volunteer nominations are now open! click here For more information. The deadline to submit a nomination for an ACR and/or Foundation committee position is June 1. Microvolunteering opportunities are always open.
Joan M. Von Feldt, MD, MSEd, FACR, FACP, is the president of the ACR, professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also staff physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.
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Volunteer nominations are now being accepted for the ACR and Foundation Board of Directors, as well as ACR, ARHP and Foundation committees and councils. We would like all members interested in serving the College as a volunteer to complete the volunteer nomination survey. For mentors who think they know someone who would benefit from becoming an ACR volunteer, we would ask you to nominate them for a volunteer opportunity. The deadline for submission is June 1.
Reference
- Mead M. (Beeman WO, ed.) The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books. Sept. 15, 2005.