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6/7/2012 |
Washington Reading Corps helps kids
Bremerton Patriot
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Clark and Myers are AmeriCorps volunteers for the Washington Reading Corps program, which gives college graduates a boost to their resume while they help kids learn reading. Clark worked as a children’s librarian in Philadelphia before joining AmeriCorps.
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6/5/2012 |
Jennifer Kingsley's Neighbors: Chemung County seniors honored for volunteer service
Star-Gazette
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Marian, a retired registered nurse, has been a member of RSVP for nearly 20 years and has accumulated more than 2,324 hours of service. She also volunteers with Meals on Wheels and is in her third term as Deacon with the Horseheads Presbyterian Church.
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6/5/2012 |
Glee - Dianna Agron And Liam Hemsworth Raise Funds For At-Risk Students
Contact Music
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Hamm's onscreen daughter Kiernan Shipka, Modern Family actress Ariel Winter and soul singer Robin Thicke also turned out on Saturday (05May12) to meet and greet locals for the City Year Spring Break: Destination Education event. The annual party benefits the AmeriCorps organization, which provides aid to troubled youths and kids from low-income families.
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5/7/2012 |
Volunteers Receive Flag; Introduce Senior Wheels
WTAP-TV
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It's called Senior Wheels and it offers transportation for county residents over fifty-five. "Going to get a haircut, going to the barber shop, what if a friend passes away and you just want to go to the visitation, or your loved ones in a nursing facility, you'd just get in a car and go and visit, but that's not possible for everybody," explains those with the program. The program is funded by a onetime grant from the Washington County Commissioners.
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5/6/2012 |
Chrysalis Students Learn Firsthand about Growing Food
The Taos News
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Students have been working in a “Grow Dome” for several months as part of their agricultural curriculum, headed by Miguel Santistevan and with the help of his Agricultural Implementation, Research and Education (AIRE) group. The dome was constructed last fall with the help of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and funding from AmeriCorps and the Kellogg Foundation, according to information from the Youth Corps.
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5/5/2012 |
U.S. Secretary of Education and Super Bowl MVP Honor Youth Volunteers in Washington
Juvenile Justice
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Monday, the state honorees will visit the Walker-Jones Education Campus, where they will present books and hold reading sessions for local elementary school students. At the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Corporation for National and Community Service CEO Wendy Spencer will announce the country’s top ten youth volunteers for 2012, who will be rewarded with $10,000 in cash awards and grants from the Prudential Foundation.
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5/5/2012 |
Domestic Violence on the Rise; Resources Cut
Concord Monitor
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I am extremely grateful to our six staff and two AmeriCorps volunteers who work so very hard every day (as well as nights and weekends) to help victims/survivors. But it's getting worse, and we'll be able to keep up only so much longer.
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4/29/2012 |
Meet-and-Greet with Wendy Spencer, CNCS CEO
Global Citizen
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On Wednesday, April 25, we were delighted to partner with Experience Corps to host a discussion and reception for Wendy Spencer, newly appointed CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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4/29/2012 |
Joplin and Tuscaloosa Became Sister Cities of Destruction
Tuscaloosa News
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AmeriCorps set up the area’s volunteer reception center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University, at the western edge of Joplin, two days after the storm.
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4/28/2012 |
Closing the Gap: Programs Aim to Make College Possible for Poor
La Crosse Tribune
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Between graduation and law school, the 22-year-old La Crosse native joined AmeriCorps and now works for a Milwaukee program that prepares low-income students for college. She wants to make college a reality for students who might otherwise see it as an unattainable dream.
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4/27/2012 |
Auxiliary Member Works to Preserve Vets Stories
Nashoba Publiching
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After being accepted into the AmeriCorps program, Stumpf pledged to lodge 300 hours of service to the VHP program over the year, meeting veterans, discussing their experiences and producing video interviews with them.
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4/27/2012 |
A Social Entrepreneur Links Affordable Housing to the Green Economy
GOOD Magazine
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AmeriCorps sent Gring to Boulder, Colorado to help Habitat for Humanity adopt LEED green building standards. The volunteer organization's commitment to those standards isn't just environmental; green buildings are cheaper over time and easier maintain, so what starts as affordable housing stays affordable. Gring earned his certification in building green homes and helped develop ways of making homes that used less water and energy out of safer and more sustainable building materials.
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4/27/2012 |
United Way AmeriCorps Marks 14 Years of Service
The Ponca City News
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United Way AmeriCorps program officially ends in Ponca City with the completion of the 2011-12 program year, marking 14 years of service to local communities. The program was designed and implemented to address the needs of underserved youth and families. AmeriCorps members provided tutoring and mentoring, parent education classes, recreational and leadership activities, and after-school programs for nonprofit organizations within Kay County and in outlying rural areas.
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4/27/2012 |
A Social Entrepreneur Links Affordable Housing to the Green Economy
GOOD Magazine
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AmeriCorps sent Gring to Boulder, Colorado to help Habitat for Humanity adopt LEED green building standards. The volunteer organization's commitment to those standards isn't just environmental; green buildings are cheaper over time and easier maintain, so what starts as affordable housing stays affordable. Gring earned his certification in building green homes and helped develop ways of making homes that used less water and energy out of safer and more sustainable building materials.
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4/26/2012 |
Gang Task Force Gears Up to Meet Summer Goals
Albany Herald
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As college students, AmeriCorps cadets are more readily accepted by young people in the community, making them solid role models for younger students.
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4/26/2012 |
Seniors Give Back to Students
The Hagerstown Herald-Mail
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The Intergenerational Program is part of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program or RSVP at the Commission on Aging. Charlotte Levens, intergenerational program coordinator, said most volunteers tutor students in math and reading, one at a time or in small groups.
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4/26/2012 |
The Waffle House Index
FOX News
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The measure is based on the reputation of the Waffle House restaurant chain for staying open during extreme weather and for reopening quickly.
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4/26/2012 |
Using Business to Help At-Risk Middle Schoolers
New York Times
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The students are paired with volunteers who know about budgeting and marketing. They meet after school twice a week, for 10 weeks, and are guided by full-time staffers and paid teaching fellows from AmeriCorps who also work with the students during school hours. Later this spring, they will make final presentations to their mentors and teachers. The program also offers homework help and tutoring.
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4/25/2012 |
Triple Bottom Line: Welcome to The Real World: Truckee, California
Sierra Sun
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When I started out at SBC as an AmeriCorps member, I focused on the development of our energy efficiency program, the Sierra Nevada Energy Watch, where I became en¬trenched in the world of Cali-fornia energy and climate is¬sues and developed countless new professional skills. At the same time, I quickly got settled in the Truckee lifestyle and took full advantage of all the backpacking, skiing, music and more that Truckee-Tahoe has to offer. I was definitely enjoying my new life.
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4/24/2012 |
Looking for a Few Good Boomers to Help Others
Associated Press
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What we have with the transition of the boomers across the traditional age of retirement is a great opportunity," says Dr. Erwin Tan, who heads the Senior Corps program at the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency in Washington.
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