"My call to our fellow citizens is to love your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself. Mentor a child. Put your arm around somebody who hurts. Find shelter for the homeless, food for the hungry. All of us working together can change America, one soul at a time."

President George W. Bush
Appleton, WI
March 30, 2004

• AMERICORPS HELPS CONGRESS BUILDING AMERICA.  Members of AmeriCorps joined with members of Congress to build a new Habitat for Humanity home for Charlissa Tomlinson and her three children in a low-income neighborhood in the nation’s capital. The bipartisan build kicked off Congress Building America, a national campaign in which members of Congress will build Habitat for Humanity homes in their home states and districts....
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• Outstanding National and Community Service Volunteers Sought for Spirit of Service Awards.  The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced a national call for nominations for the 2004 Spirit of Service Awards, which pay tribute to the most outstanding participants in each of the Corporation’s programs – Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. The awards will be presented to the winners during a special ceremony at the National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service, June 6-8, in Kansas City, Missouri….
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• PRESIDENT BUSH RECOGNIZES GEORGIA COUPLE FOR DEDICATION TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE.  President George W. Bush met Don and Anita McCoy when he arrived in Greensboro, Georgia, on Friday, April 2, 2004. The McCoys are active volunteers with Greensboro Dreamers, a long-term educational support program that provides assistance to a group of children beginning in elementary school and continuing through their educational careers….
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