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Monday, January 14, 2008 |
Office of the CEO |
Greetings and best wishes for the New Year. 2008 is off to a strong start and promises to be an extraordinary year for national and community service, as momentum and interest in service continues to grow and as we build on our record of success and impact. Our first major opportunity of the year - the 2008 King Day of Service - is only 9 days away. I hope every member of the national service family is planning to participate. Widespread involvement by our network is a vital step in transforming the King Holiday into a national day of service and in building the society King dreamed of. Its also helps you recruit volunteers, partners, and support to achieve your program’s mission throughout the year. If you have not already done so, please register your service project at http://www.mlkday.gov. It’s an easy way to let everyone know about your King Day project and manage your volunteers, and it’s key for telling the national story of how Americans are honoring Dr. King through service. At the website you can also learn what other projects are taking place, get tools and resources, see the new MLK videos from President’s Council members, and learn about new and existing partners that have committed to making this day a national success. Thanks to strong support from the King family and the leadership of our partners and grantees, more Americans are seeing the King Holiday as “a day on, not a day off.” As we continue to drive home that overarching message, we want your help in pushing out three other points:
On that last point, the Corporation is excited to again be joining with MENTOR and the Harvard Mentoring Project to celebrate National Mentoring Month in January. Many of our state commissions, grantees, and projects are spearheading state and local efforts to raise awareness of mentoring and recruit new mentors. The Corporation’s website offers an array of resources including a mentoring toolkit, research, and links to MENTOR’s website where individuals can find mentoring opportunities and to the official National Mentoring Month site that has mentoring videos from national leaders and information on the January 24th Thank Your Mentor Day. I look forward to the best King Day of Service ever and hearing how your projects build on this momentum throughout the year. In service, David Eisner
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