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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, July 16, 2007

CONTACT: Sandy Scott
Phone: 202-606-6724
Email: sscott@cns.gov
   

PHOTO RELEASE: Images from Day 1 of the 2007 National Conference on Volunteering and Service
 

David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, pitched in to assemble disaster preparedness kits during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Philadelphia. The kits will be distributed to elderly residents of the Philadelphia area. The project was made possible through the generous support of Indepence Blue Cross. Partners in the service event included the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.
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 Attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service gather with local volunteers to assemble more than 1,000 disaster preparedness kits, which will be distributed to elderly residents of the Philadelphia area. The project was made possible through the generous support of Indepence Blue Cross. Partners in the service event included the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.
Click to Enlarge		 Members of City Year Philadelphia welcomed conference attendees to the opening plenary session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. The City Year AmeriCorps members lead the audience in warm-up exercises to get the plenary session, and the conference, off to a good start.
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Philadelphia Mayor John Street offered attendees at the National Conerence on Volunteering and Service a warm welcome to his city.
Click to Enlarge		 Philadelphia Mayor John Street, left, and David Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast Corporation, present the Points of Light Foundation Community Leadership Award to Sister Mary Scullion, during the opening plenary session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Scullion has been involved in service and advocacy for the homeless and mentally ill persons since 1978. She is the co-founder, executive director and president and Project H.O.M.E., a Philadelphia-based organization that provides provides affordable housing, economic development, access to employment opportunities, adult and youth education, and health care for the homeless.
Click to Enlarge		 During the opening plenary session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell outlines the ways in which Pennsylvania is meeting the five promises that were made to America's children during the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia in 1997. At the time of the summit, Rendell was mayor of Philadelphia, and has made fulfilling the promises outlined in t hat summit a hallmark of his tenure, first as mayor, and currently as governor.
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Actress Victoria Rowell greeted attendees at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Philadelphia. Rowell, who grew up in foster care, urged conference attendees to reach out to children in the foster care system and to improve the conditions under which foster children live. Rowell, the author of The Women Who Raised Me, a book about growing up under the case of a series of foster mothers, later autographed copies of her books for conference attendees.
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Click to Enlarge		 Alma Powell, chair of the America's Promise Alliance, exhorted attendees at the National conference on Volunteering and Service to continue their efforts to fulfill the promises to America's children made during the 1997 Presidents' Summit on America's future. Mrs. Powell noted the many signs that progress has been made, but added that much challenging work remains to be done.
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Several Senior Corps Spirit of Service honorees were recognized by David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, during the opening plenary session of the national Conference on Volunteering and Service. From the left are Senior Companion Fausta Sawal of Seattle, WA; Eisner; Foster Grandparent Frances Livingston of Shreveport, LA; and RSVP volunteer Marianne Cullers of Manhattan, KS.
Click to Enlarge		 David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, welcomes attendees to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service at the opening plenary session.
Click to Enlarge		 David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, congralates AmeriCorps members who were honored with Spirit of Service awards during the opening plenary session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. From left to right are AmeriCorps member Crystal Utley of Jackson, MS; Eisner; AmeriCorps*NCCC Western Region Tearm Red 4; AmeriCorps*VISTA Winny vanGils of St. George Utah; and AmeriCorps alum Alaric Phillips of Baltimore, MD.
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Michelle Nunn, co-founder and CEO of the Hands On Network, announces organization's merger with the Points of Light Foundation.
Click to Enlarge		 The Corporation for National and Community Service presented Spirit of Service Awards to outstanding service-learning participants during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Pictured from the left are Jerry Bridges, Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; Amy Cohen, Director of Learn and Serve America; service-learning student Joey Bowman of Prescott Valley, AZ; Gail Robinson, manager of service-learning for the American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC; service-learning instructor Kari Simon-Pieters of St. Johns, MI; and Liz Seale, Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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