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On May 7, 2009, President Barack Obama released his detailed fiscal year 2010 budget request.  The budget requests $1.149 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service and its programs, a 29 percent increase over the FY 2009 enacted level.  This budget strengthens existing programs and invests in new initiatives authorized by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
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On May 7, 2009, President Barack Obama released his detailed fiscal year 2010 budget request. The budget requests $1.149 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service and its programs, a 29 percent increase over the FY 2009 enacted level. This budget strengthens existing programs and invests in new initiatives authorized by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
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I yearned to continue living a “life with purpose” and to reach out to other children to share my love and support. This longing to do more for children led me to become an AmeriCorps*VISTA member with the Amachi program.   I yearned to continue living a “life with purpose” and to reach out to other children to share my love and support. This longing to do more for children led me to become an AmeriCorps*VISTA member with the Amachi program.
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Gale has been a caregiver to elderly neighbors and friends in the community, doing a wide range of activities from providing basic necessities for them like grocery shopping, shoveling their sidewalk to taking a lonely senior out on their birthday.   Gale has been a caregiver to elderly neighbors and friends in the community, doing a wide range of activities from providing basic necessities for them like grocery shopping, shoveling their sidewalk to taking a lonely senior out on their birthday.
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  5/14/2009   National Service Agency Announces 10,000 New AmeriCorps Positions Funded By Recovery Act
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  5/12/2009   Introduction of First Lady Michelle Obama by Nicola Goren, Acting CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service
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  5/12/2009   Remarks by the First Lady at a Corporation for National and Community Service Event
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  5/12/2009   First Lady Thanks Corporation for National and Community Service Employees
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  5/11/2009   AmeriCorps Week Observed from Coast to Coast
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  5/7/2009   President Obama's National Service Budget Request for FY 2010
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  5/5/2009   AmeriCorps Kicks off Video and Photo Contest
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  4/30/2009   Seeking Your Input on Implementation of Serve America Act
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  4/29/2009   Obama Administration Makes Major Progress On National Service in First 100 Days
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  4/27/2009   Service with the Gators
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Resource CenterGenerating discussions about service, justice, and civic engagement

Although service is an active experience, comprising endeavors such as service projects, service days, or regular tutoring sessions, reflecting on service can bring even more meaning for members and volunteers, as participants both see their personal contribution in a larger historical context and explore social issues. This effective practice highlights a discussion series that is designed to encourage challenging and open debate among members, and can be used as a training session or as material for a quarterly retreat.

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