Around The Web On Volunteering: August 10

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Remember the reality show hoax in the Netherlands, designed to raise awareness about the need for organ donors there? Find out if it worked and what people are saying about it from the International Herald Tribune.
Students of Chinese language from around the world can win scholarships and a chance to volunteer at the Olympics.
This is probably a good strategy because volunteer applications for the Beijing Olympics have set a new world record.
One blogger questions the conclusions of VolunteerMatch’s research on the volunteer habits of Baby Boomers (mentioned here at the Volunteer Logue).
A well-known volunteer debate rears its head at World Hum once more, this time with the author coming down on the side of voluntourism.
See what one Australian volunteer is up to, and find out more about Australian Volunteers International which specializes in organizing career-specific volunteer trips to places which are in need of professionals with particular skills in more than 36 countries.