Photo:  USA Freedom Corps photo by M. T. Harmon

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps Desiree T. Sayle presents the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Alexandria Canada-Marcus at the Learn and Serve America Grantee Training Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, on Monday, November 8, 2004. Canada-Marcus, 16, participates in a Learn & Serve America class at Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C. Through the class, she began volunteering at Community Harvest, a local nonprofit organization that works to combat hunger. Learn and Serve America, a program under the direction of the Corporation for National and Community Service, supports service-learning programs in schools and community organizations that each year help nearly two million students meet community needs while improving their academic skills and learning the habits of good citizenship. Learn and Serve America grants are used to create new programs or replicate existing programs, as well as to provide training and development to staff, faculty, and volunteers.

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