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Recruiter's Column: Christopher Scott


Christopher Scott is the President & Founder of A Day of Hope as well as an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member working out of the United Way in Modesto, CA. A Day of Hope is a non-profit organization that delivers hundreds (soon to be thousands) of food baskets to needy families for Thanksgiving. As an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member Christopher works with non-profit organizations in Stanislaus County helping doing capacity building and creating sustainable systems for find, recruiting, and retaining volunteers.

An avid blogger, Christopher is always trying to find new ways to reach out and help more people. Whether it be by delivering a food basket on Thanksgiving to a needy family, speaking about non-profit leadership to a small group, training a non-profit org. on volunteer leadership, or just being a mentor to someone else that wants to have a positive impact on the world.

On May 23, 2007 A Day of Hope was awarded the Greatest Achievement Award. Beating out over 80 other clubs and organizations to claim the award.

Christopher lives in his small apartment in Turlock, CA.

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