Thomas A. Bryer is associate professor and director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida

• Part One: Partnerships for Service and VolunteerismChapter One: Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of Mayor-led Impact Volunteering Strategies in American Cities Na’eem H. Crawford-Muhammad, Deborah Jospin, Myung J. Lee, Katharine Leonberger, and Shirley SagawaChapter Two: Three Sectors and a University: The Creation of a High Impact AmeriCorps VISTA Project Thomas A. Bryer, Maria-Elena Augustin, and Emily BachmanChapter Three: Connecting With the Community in an Applied Sociology Class Norma A. WinstonChapter Four: The Meaning of Volunteerism to Older Adult RSVP Volunteers Karen Kopera-Frye and Rita MasseyChapter Five: Managing Risk while Managing Volunteers: Avoiding Disastrous Outcomes Dorothy Norris-Tirrell and Stephanie KrickPart Two: Youth Volunteer ImpactChapter Six: Investing in Engagement: Volunteerism and Charitable Giving among MillennialsSara Strickhouser, Jessica Kleinberger, and James D. WrightChapter Seven: Investing In Civic Health – A Case for Streng

This book presents the combined efforts of a diverse group of students, scholars, and practitioners who write about volunteer programs across a dozen countries. The book’s central and enormously important theme is about the impact of civic engagement. There’s something here for everyone. Practitioners and students will enjoy the fresh voices and the first-hand, candid descriptions of volunteer program outcomes. Scholars will find these 17 chapters, given their breadth, offer considerable food for thought in the design of future impact research.