We've Got Time to Help.org

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more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/07/unemployed-volunteers-mak_n_708089.html

In her new book about the challenges facing the American middle class, Arianna profiles people struggling to recover from the recession. In this excerpt, she writes about Seth Reams, a concierge in Portland, OR, who was laid off in 2008. Tired of wallowing in his extended bout of unemployment, Reams decided to organize ways to help others in his community through his website, We've Got Time To Help. Check out the slideshow at the bottom of this story for photos of his latest projects.

Seth Reams, who lost his job as a concierge in December 2008, took an energetic approach to his job hunt, circulating his résumé to more than three hundred potential employers. But when he got no bites, Reams told KOMO Newsradio in Seattle, he felt useless, "like I wasn't a member of society anymore, like I wasn't contributing to household anymore." Frustrated, he and his girlfriend, Michelle King, who worked as an assistant administrator analyst at a health insurance company, brainstormed ways for him to stay productive during his job search.