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FoodCorps places motivated leaders in limited-resource communities for a year of public service. Working under the direction of local partner organizations, we implement a three-ingredient recipe...
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This "Everything Events" GIZMO provides 4 keys to event planning. Key 1: Community Problem + Response = Event Goal. Key 2: Event Audiences. Key 3: The Right Event. Key 4: Special Event Action...
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The VISTA Notebook GIZMO is meant to help assess your experience and better shape the role you play in helping to alleviate poverty.
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This 57-minute webshop, presented by Suzanne Knizner, project and corporate coordinator with Campaign Consultation Inc., is part 2 of the VISTA Campus tour which discusses how VISTA members can use...
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This 1 hour webshop presented by Susan Hailman (Campaign Consultation Incorporated) discusses how national service programs play a role in sustainable housing and economic growth.
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This 55 minute webinar lead by Suzanne Hailman, the Knowledge Transfer and Utilization Director for Campaign Consultation, Inc., presents a webshop on how National Service can be involved in cultural...
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An AmeriCorps*VISTA serving a low-income population in rural, south central Missouri collaborated with local volunteers and students to help promote the arts. Together they developed experiential...
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One way to communicate the importance of service-learning and volunteering on campus is by demonstrating the work of those involved in service. A fair highlighting the challenges and achievements of...
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Bringing together disparate elements of service-learning under the auspices of a centralized office helps to direct and focus the energy of students and faculty on a college campus. Shannon Zoet, an...
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During a community service fair representatives from local nonprofit agencies and on-campus student service organizations are invited to share information about getting involved in service. This is...
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It is prudent to place work-study students in the community in areas where they can excel based on academic major, interests, and strengths. This will yield a positive learning experience for the...
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College campuses are eager to share information about advancing their civic mission and to gain knowledge from each other. Maine Campus Compact wanted to offer other colleges a forum to meet with...
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"Tunnel of Oppression," an interactive walk-through event that combines visual art, multi-media, poetry and prose, was hosted by the AmeriCorps*VISTA program at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) to...
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Children with incarcerated parents are especially vulnerable to at-risk behaviors and are in a position to receive enormous positive benefits from volunteering and being mentored. National and...
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The Waldport High School (WHS) Kayak Shack is an exemplary youth development project, organized and operated by entrepreneurial students at WHS with support from an AmeriCorps*VISTA member. The...
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Although service is its own reward, it's human nature to desire recognition! At Ferris State University, leadership awards are given annually through a collaboration of the Student Leadership and...
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AmeriCorps*VISTA projects focus on capacity-building strategies to increase a sponsor organization’s overall resources and effectiveness toward achieving its mission. Capacity-building activities are...
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Receiving citizenship training during a service term not only deepens the meaning of service, but helps create a lasting habit of civic engagement. Volunteer Florida procured a grant for five...
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Matching college students with the numerous opportunities for community volunteerism can be challenging without appropriate systems in place. Michigan Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA members,...
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Developing a partnership with a community organization can be a challenging prospect for a first year AmeriCorps*VISTA member, but it doesn't have to be. With a few sound principles and a little...
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For new students at Eastern Michigan University, a service component during orientation week highlights the campus' focus on civic engagement and places service within the larger community context....
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A community gatekeeper is a nonprofit or government agency that has access to potential AmeriCorps members that are not within the Corporation for National and Community Service family. These...
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"Neighborhood improvement and recovery is not just for the experts!" That is the motto of Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles, a community outreach program of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute. NKLA...
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For more than 200 people in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan, help with tasks ranging from home repair to transportation is merely a phone call away. Members of the Washtenaw Talent Exchange are people...
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Schools are a perfect place to teach composting and recycling habits that can last a lifetime. However, sometimes busy teachers and students can use additional motivation and support. At the...
