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Jul 6, 2008

"Good is the transcendence of self in service to others." --Michelle Nunn

The Hands On Network

Twenty-one years ago, Michelle Nunn was a recent University of Virginia graduate and a fledgling community activist. Motivated by her life-long zest for civic involvement and a sense of personal responsibility, she co-founded a small organization called Hands On Atlanta. Today that has grown into the largest volunteer organization in the country, and Nunn is at the helm of it all. "We have 370 volunteer centers across the country that are mobilizing people and literally putting people to work in everything from delivering meals to people who are homebound, to tutoring and mentoring children, to building wheelchair ramps," shares Nunn in this Good magazine interview.