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On a rainy early morning in
1960, then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged
students at the University of Michigan to serve their country by
living and working abroad. Since then, countless lives have been touched
and changed by the tens of thousands of Volunteers who have answered
that call and served in the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps service, however, continues long after Volunteers leave
their posts. President Kennedy stated that the third goal of the Peace
Corps is to "strengthen Americans' understanding about the world and
its peoples." By sharing their Peace Corps experience and host country
culture, returned Volunteers can fulfill their third goal commitment
during Peace Corps Week 's global celebration.
Peace Corps Week is an opportunity for our returned Volunteers and their
extended Peace Corps family—staff, friends and family of Volunteers,
as well as friends of the Peace Corps—to partake in promoting cross-cultural
understanding, world peace, and friendship by shining a spotlight on
the important work of our Volunteers around the world and the continuing
service that returned Volunteers bring to communities in the United States.
More Peace Corps Week tips and Third Goal information coming soon!
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