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11/19/2009 |
Making a Difference - by Austin Odell, YouthBuild AmeriCorps
ESD 101 AmeriCorps
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Make a Difference Day was nothing new for the AmeriCorps members of NEWESD 101. The team has hosted the community service event each October for the past four years. Whether members are enrolled in the Spokane Service Team, Washington Reading Corps, YouthBuild, or Revitalization, all AmeriCorps members are engaged in service.
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11/19/2009 |
Harnett Volunteer One Of 20 Honored By Governor
My Daily Record
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Harnett County resident and volunteer Joyce Rosser was one of 20 citizens in the state recognized by thegovernor. Awarded for outstanding volunteerism, Mrs. Rosser was presented a medallion by the N.C. Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service.
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11/18/2009 |
Help for seniors choosing drug plan
KJCT - ABC 8
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Tuesday, members from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, or RSVP, spent several hours helping seniors through the often confusing selection and enrollment process.
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11/18/2009 |
Helping hands learn skills
The Daily Advertiser
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Hebard, washed out of her native New Orleans four years ago by Hurricane Katrina, was swinging a hammer with other volunteers on Tuesday as they constructed three new homes in Lafayette as part of the Habitat for Humanity-Job Corps Blitz Build initiative.
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11/17/2009 |
Governor Granholm Appoints Jim Vella to State Service Commission
The Michigan News
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Lansing, MI – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that James G. (Jim) Vella, President of Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services, was named chair of the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC). He was elected unanimously by the MCSC Board of Commissioners. Granholm appointed Vella to the MCSC on October 2, 2009.
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11/17/2009 |
RSVP offers plenty of options for volunteers around Kittitas County
Daily Record
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ELLENSBURG — Studies show that volunteering can lead to better health resulting in greater longevity and a decrease in depression. Take 91-year-old Stan Dudley of Ellensburg as proof. He’s been a volunteer with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Kittitas County for at least 25 years.
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11/17/2009 |
Rancho Resident You Should Know: Stacey Droll
The Rancho Cordova Post
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Droll, 24, is an Americorps*VISTA volunteer who has been stationed in Rancho Cordova to work with the Communities and Physicians Together (CPT) program. Her role in the program is to help doctors connect with their community through projects that promote good health and well-being, and so far, she has seen great success with her work.
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11/17/2009 |
Giving a little push
Albert Lea Tribune
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As an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow, Langseth takes students who need a little push to succeed and mentors them. He also takes at-risk students and takes them to do service projects so they can learn the benefit of this in the community.
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11/17/2009 |
Community Engagement Collaborative Aims To Improve Campus and Community Service
The University of Texas at Austin
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The Volunteer & Service Learning Center (VSLC), a program of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin, introduces this month the Community Engagement Collaborative (CEC), a program to document the university's efforts to tackle societal issues such as hunger, homelessness and domestic violence in Austin.
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11/16/2009 |
Americorps inducts 16th class into service
Cedar Valley Daily Times
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VINTON — Americorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) Class XVI, the second to come from Vinton’s North Central Region Campus, was officially sworn into service Friday during a ceremony at Vinton-Shellsburg High School.
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11/16/2009 |
Gifted Graduates Give Back
Too Shy to Stop
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If you live in or near Boston, Detroit, Miami, or one of sixteen other major US cities, you might notice people clad in red jackets and Timberland boots. Do you know the significance of this uniform? Those enterprising people are members of City Year, a ten-month service opportunity for young Americans ages 17-24.
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11/16/2009 |
UNITE Service Corps helping 16 schools
The Truth - East KY Media
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“We have had tremendous success with our AmeriCorps partnership,” noted Gary Perkins, UNITE Service Corps project director. “Most schools in our region have a need to improve mathematics skills, and we all know the problems that substance abuse causes within our families, schools and communities.”
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11/16/2009 |
‘I Am’ aims high
Observer
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Joyce Smith sends out a special thanks to Jann Ball, Dr. Andrea Zevenbergen, the Interactive Theater Society, Martha Diaz and SUNY Fredonia's AmeriCorps VISTA, and the Psi Chi Honor Society.
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11/16/2009 |
College scholarships for the Powells
Buffalo News
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Mayor Byron W. Brown, home builder David Stapleton of David Homes and Joshua Randall, chief operational officer of WNY AmeriCorps, pledged to find a way to continue the extraordinary outpouring of thousands of volunteers that in a week's time transformed the appearance of a poor neighborhood and gave many a renewed sense of hope and purpose.
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11/16/2009 |
County Teaming With AmeriCorps on Invasive-Plant Removal
Sun Gazette
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The grant funding will be augmented by $27,590 in county funds to pay for a combined 10,000 hours of work from the six AmeriCorps program participants. Each of the students will receive $11,400 in the coming year for 1,700 hours of work.
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11/15/2009 |
YouthBuild students help create Festival of Trees displays
Pantagraph
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The Baby Fold came to us and told us what they needed," said Suzanne Fitzgerald, executive director of YouthBuild McLean County. "We're AmeriCorps members and the students go where service is needed. We adjusted our schedule to help out.
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11/15/2009 |
PHOTOS: Genesee AmeriCorps workers help at 'Extreme Makeover' site
The Daily News
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‘‘Extreme Makeover’’ completed its taping Saturday of work on the home of Delores Powell and her four children. The episode is expected to air early next year.
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11/15/2009 |
Hawk-N-Lotta Turkey for Thanksgiving aid
The Free Lance-Star
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Brooke Point High School's Learn and Serve students are finding that warmth in service of others.
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11/15/2009 |
Volunteer center supporter a big believer in giving back
The Post Crescent
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These people have a lot of knowledge and wisdom to give back to the community," she said. "After retirement, sometimes older adults need to feel they are still a vital part of the community, and the RSVP helps them do that.
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11/15/2009 |
Finishing touches go on Powell house
The Buffalo News
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Volunteers moved with purpose. Before a group photo, Tina Dalka of AmeriCorps told the group to hurry. "We don't have time for this. We have to get back to work," she said.
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