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Liz McCartney, co-founder of a Louisiana nonprofit that relies on volunteers and AmeriCorps members to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the second annual “CNN Heroes” program. The St. Bernard Project, formed two years ago by McCartney and Zack Rosenburg, has mobilized more than 9,000 volunteers to renovate and reconstruct 151 homes for residents of St. Bernard Parish, an area just outside New Orleans that once was home to 67,000 people that suffered massive damage from Katrina.
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Liz McCartney, co-founder of a Louisiana nonprofit that relies on volunteers and AmeriCorps members to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, has been selected as one of 10 finalists in the second annual “CNN Heroes” program. The St. Bernard Project, formed two years ago by McCartney and Zack Rosenburg, has mobilized more than 9,000 volunteers to renovate and reconstruct 151 homes for residents of St. Bernard Parish, an area just outside New Orleans that once was home to 67,000 people that suffered massive damage from Katrina.
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Allowing each day to be a new start and love to be an action, not a feeling, are the lessons the experiences of Kate Amanna tells readers she learnt in her story of grieving, self-less giving and maturing during the time leading up to and after her joining AmeriCorps*NCCC.   Allowing each day to be a new start and love to be an action, not a feeling, are the lessons the experiences of Kate Amanna tells readers she learnt in her story of grieving, self-less giving and maturing during the time leading up to and after her joining AmeriCorps*NCCC.
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Through Delaware Learn and Serve, Stan Levine serves as the Service-learning Coordinator at the Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Del.   Through Delaware Learn and Serve, Stan Levine serves as the Service-learning Coordinator at the Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Del.
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  10/24/2008   St. Bernard Project Named Top Ten CNN Hero
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  10/24/2008   Sign-up for a My MLK Day Tech Tool Webinar
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  10/3/2008   Learn & Serve Challenge Spotlights Students As Solutions to Community Problems
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  9/22/2008   AmeriCorps Alumni Sought For Prestigious Eli Segal Fellowship
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  9/22/2008   National Service Agency Taps 5 Universities To Expand Research on Volunteering
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  9/22/2008   National Service Agency Turns to Internet to Grow Campus Service
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  9/19/2008   National Service Moves In After Hurricane Ike
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  9/18/2008   What a September!
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  9/17/2008   New Radio PSAs Urge Americans to Fight Poverty by Joining AmeriCorps VISTA
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  9/11/2008   9/11 Anniversary
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Resource CenterPreventing youth from becoming victims of cyberbullying

As more and more students spend more time on the Internet, not only in pursuit of academic activities, but as a way to socialize, there are dangers that tutors, mentors, and parents should be aware of. This effective practice, excerpted from materials written by Vanessa Van Petten, examines the issue of cyberbullying and is from the America Learns Network of tutoring and mentoring strategies.

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