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Today marks the start of AmeriCorps Week, and we are thrilled to announce a brand new campaign called #IamAmeriCorps. Throughout the week, we will take you inside the lives of five amazing AmeriCorps members and alumni like you have never seen before. Get ready for some amazing stories from across the country!
Follow the National Service Instagram this week to see five new AmeriCorps member and alumni stories as we begin our #IamAmeriCorps series.
It’s AmeriCorps Week!
It’s AmeriCorps Week and we’re ready to tell some great stories about how #AmeriCorpsWorks for our nation!
Watch this space and our other social media channels for more all week long.
Visit the AmeriCorps Week page
View MoreWhat the President Said About AmeriCorps
Becoming My Brother’s Keeper
See How AmeriCorps Responded to Michigan Flooding
AmeriCorps members from across the nation helped Michigan residents recover from the August 2014 flooding by providing debris removal and clean-up assistance for their damaged homes.
Watch this video from FEMA to learn more.
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Washington State is Ready for AmeriCorps Week
AmeriCorps Director Bill Basl (above left) swears in Stanley Lambchop (also known as Flat Stanley) as Washington’s newest AmeriCorps member as Serve Washington prepares for the 2015 AmeriCorps Week. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recognizes the value of AmeriCorps in his state and has issued a proclamation for AmeriCorps Week (above right).
Looks like Serve Washington is ready for AmeriCorps Week. Are you?
Watch for #AmeriCorpsWeek on social media as the weeklong event approaches March 9-13.
Learn more about AmeriCorps Week
View MoreEnergizing Our Community
Standing on the Shoulders of National Service Giants
By Marianne Sierocinski
Eli Segal Fellow shares thoughts from experience at national service headquarters
VISTA Volunteers: 50 Years of Taking on Poverty
Google Backs AmeriCorps VISTA STEM Initiative to Teach Code
Google is joining forces with the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Boys & Girls Club of America to focus ondigital literacy and raise interest in STEM studies through the CS First initiative.
AmeriCorps VISTA will play a large role in the effort, dispatching volunteers to spend a year helping develop the program at Boys & Girls clubs in Oregon, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington state, Boston, and Chicago.
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VISTA: First Class
A New Service Opportunity for Veterans
Article promotes qualities military retirees bring to classrooms as educators
An op-ed by in The Sumter Item highlights the opportunity for the more than 400,000 veterans who call South Carolina home to continue their service through AmeriCorps and Teach For America.
“About 100 Teach For America AmeriCorps members have a military background. Part of You Served For America, Now Teach For America - the initiative to put the power of transitioning military veterans and spouses to work in our nation’s highest-need schools - these educators bring with them unique leadership skills gained in military training. Skills such as being entrepreneurial and adept in discontinuous environments, exhibiting high levels of resiliency and team-building, and assuming high levels of trust make veterans powerful classroom leaders and colleagues.”
Thought for today …
AmeriCorps reading tutors have this up on their classroom wall.It’s all about the service!
@americorps @VolunteerFla pic.twitter.com/Hz5gS8wYJJ
— LitAC PBC (@lacpbc) February 11, 2015Innovation and Impact
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