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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Spirit of Service Awards, which recognize outstanding service and leadership by participants in each of the Corporation's main programs.  The deadline for Senior Corps and AmeriCorps nominations is March 30th.  The Senior Corps and AmeriCorps awards will be presented to the winners during special ceremonies at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, June 22-24, in San Francisco, CA. The Learn and Serve America awards will be presented at the National Youth Leadership Conference, March 18-21, in Nashville, TN.
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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Spirit of Service Awards, which recognize outstanding service and leadership by participants in each of the Corporation's main programs. The deadline for Senior Corps and AmeriCorps nominations is March 30th. The Senior Corps and AmeriCorps awards will be presented to the winners during special ceremonies at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, June 22-24, in San Francisco, CA. The Learn and Serve America awards will be presented at the National Youth Leadership Conference, March 18-21, in Nashville, TN.
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I believe that some of the richest people in this world are those who have so little.  After I graduated from college last year, I decided to spend a year serving in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps - here's a story about one little boy that I met along the way.   I believe that some of the richest people in this world are those who have so little. After I graduated from college last year, I decided to spend a year serving in the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps - here's a story about one little boy that I met along the way.
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Rob’s relief efforts include helping evacuees acquire low interest loans. Rob also served for two months in Alabama and Louisiana during the Hurricane Ivan relief efforts in 2004.
  Rob’s relief efforts include helping evacuees acquire low interest loans. Rob also served for two months in Alabama and Louisiana during the Hurricane Ivan relief efforts in 2004.
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  2/26/2009   President Obama’s FY 2010 Budget Request for National Service
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  2/25/2009   Peace Corps and National Service Agency Team Up on Recruitment
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  2/25/2009   President Obama Calls for American Generosity in Time of Crisis
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  2/24/2009   National Service Legislative Update
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  2/18/2009   Implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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  2/13/2009   Congressional Action on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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  2/10/2009   Senate Passes Stimulus Bill with National Service Funding
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  2/4/2009   Boston Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Alan Solomont Named Chair of National Service Agency
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  2/4/2009   Korean-American Community Leader Hyepin Im Joins Board of National Service Agency
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  1/28/2009   National Service Legislative Update
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Resource CenterInvolving college students and community members in a social awareness event

"Tunnel of Oppression," an interactive walk-through event that combines visual art, multi-media, poetry and prose, was hosted by the AmeriCorps*VISTA program at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) to raise participant awareness and increase social consciousness in students and community members. In order to plan, organize and carry out the "Tunnel of Oppression" event, members of the EMU AmeriCorps*VISTA program enlisted the help of non-AmeriCorps*VISTA students as well as campus faculty and staff. AmeriCorps*VISTA member Angelina Hamilton Broderick (Michigan Campus Compact) submitted this effective practice in 2005.

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