Throughout 2009, Global Volunteers is celebrating 25 years of genuine development assistance worldwide and the recognition of our 25,000th volunteer on the ground! In 1984, Global Volunteers began as a unique person-to-person program offering volunteer assistance on broad-based community projects, and grew to pioneer what later became popularly known as “volunteer vacations.” This special anniversary celebration on Dec. 11 highlights our major accomplishments and promotes opportunities to "wage peace" throughout the world in 2010.