United We Serve
This summer, President Obama is calling on all of us – young and old, from every background, all across this country – to participate in our nation’s recovery and renewal by serving in our communities. From June 22 to September 11, "United We Serve" will begin to engage Americans from coast to coast in addressing community needs in education, health care, energy independence, economic renewal, and other issues. With the knowledge that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when given the proper tools, President Obama is asking us to come together to help lay a new foundation for growth. This initiative aims to both expand the impact of existing organizations by engaging new volunteers in their work and encourage volunteers to develop their own "do-it-yourself" projects. "United We Serve" is an initial 81 days of service but will grow into a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans.
What can you do?
AmeriCorps VISTA Summer of Service
The VISTA Summer Associates program offers individuals the opportunity to become engaged in a community through an existing VISTA project for 8 to 10 weeks during the summer. VISTA encourages existing sponsors and partners who work with disadvantaged youth to consider using the Summer Associates program to enhance their existing programs as appropriate by providing opportunities to engage disadvantaged youth in productive service activities in the summer.
AmeriCorps State and National Summer of Service
AmeriCorps State and National have numerous programs that engage youth in constructive summer activities. Through various partnerships these programs provide tutoring, recreation, art enrichment, service learning and many more opportunities for positive youth development.
Learn and Serve America Summer of Service
Learn and Serve America programs are "filling the gap" for positive summer activity for young people, by increasing the number of youth involved in service-learning, especially those from disadvantaged situations.
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