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Fight Poverty with Passion. Thirty-seven million Americans, including 13 million children, live in poverty. VISTA, the AmeriCorps program that fights poverty, needs passionate individuals like you to join us! Click here to join the fight.
Earth Oneders - 2008 AmeriCorps NCCC Team Blog
National Service Gears Up for 2nd Annual AmeriCorps Week

2nd Annual AmeriCorps Week and
2008 Video Contest Under Way!

The second annual AmeriCorps Week, from May 11-18, is a time to salute members and alums, thank community partners, and bring more Americans into service.

You can also vote for your favorite video in our Video Contest! > Learn more

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Know someone who would make a great AmeriCorps member? Want to thank an AmeriCorps member for the difference they’ve made in your life? Send them an e-card today! > Find out more
 
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Corporation for National and Community Service
 
USA Freedom Corps Partnering to Answer the President’s Call to Service
 
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  5/13/2008   Rigorous Longitudinal Study of AmeriCorps Finds Significant Impacts Eight Years Later
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  5/12/2008   AmeriCorps Week Kicks Off with Announcement of 2008 AmeriCorps Grant Winners; Total Portfolio Includes $480 Million and 75,000 Members
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  5/8/2008   AmeriCorps Week Spotlights 540,000 Alums’ Impact and Sustained Service
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  4/29/2008   President Bush Discusses National Volunteer Week
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  4/29/2008   President Bush Honors American’s Armies of Compassion During National Volunteer Week Celebration
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  4/28/2008   President’s Council Thanks Youth Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
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  4/25/2008   MEDIA ADVISORY: White House Officials, Nonprofit Leaders, and Entertainers to Kick Off National Volunteer Week and Highlight Importance of Youth Service
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I first joined VISTA in 1968: the year of the Beatles, flower children, demonstrations, LSD, marijuana, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. After graduate school, I could have joined the demonstrations or “dropped out,” but I wanted to connect to a dividing nation. I needed to get involved. I first joined VISTA in 1968: the year of the Beatles, flower children, demonstrations, LSD, marijuana, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. After graduate school, I could have joined the demonstrations or “dropped out,” but I wanted to connect to a dividing nation. I needed to get involved.   Read More
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