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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 02, 2008 |
CONTACT: Siobhan Dugan |
Atlanta - The Corporation for National and Community Service today honored three outstanding Senior Corps volunteers and a private foundation for their extraordinary service with Spirit of Service Awards. The awards pay tribute to the most outstanding participants in each of the Corporation’s programs. This year’s recipients are Foster Grandparent Thelma King of Jacksonville, FL; RSVP volunteer Joel Becker of Hauppauge, NY; Senior Companion Patricia Gratton of Grand Junction, CO; and the Pinkerton Foundation of New York City. The awards were presented on June 2 in front of 1,500 Senior Corps project directors gathered at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. The annual conference, the world’s largest gathering of volunteering and service leaders, brought together more than 4,700 attendees from across the United States for training and networking with the aim of expanding the ranks and effectiveness of America’s 61 million volunteers. “These honorees have gone above and beyond the call to serve and are a shining example of the power of individuals to make a difference,” said Corporation CEO David Eisner. “They represent America at its best and are living proof that service is a solution to some of our toughest problems.”
The Spirit of Service Awards were part of a jam-packed agenda at the Senior Corps gathering, which was the first time all 1,500 Senior Corps project directors have met as a whole since 2002. Other highlights included Assistant Secretary of Aging Josefina Carbonell announcing a three-year partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service to engage 55+ volunteers in serving vulnerable populations; the introduction of new marketing materials for Senior Companions, RSVP, and Foster Grandparents; presentation of new research survey results; and more.
The Corporation for National and Community Service engages more than four million Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to meet local needs through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs. For more information, visit http://www.nationalservice.gov. The National Conference on Volunteering and Service, co-convened by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Points of Light & Hands On Network is the world's largest annual gathering of volunteer and service leaders. For more information, visit http://www.volunteeringandservice.org. ### |
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URL: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1083 |
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