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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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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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Statewide service events can be a milestone in an AmeriCorps member’s service term — connecting a member to the larger AmeriCorps community and allowing him or her to see the power of...
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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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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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InterCorps Councils connect and coordinate programs statewide, share resources, promote leadership skills and an ethic of service, and provide a forum for service members to voice collective opinions...
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Promoting service-learning and citizenship education in K-12 schools and institutions of higher education is a large undertaking that requires a unique collaboration. In Florida, the Florida Alliance...
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In their efforts to revitalize and enhance low-income communities near and around the Atlanta University Center's six campus university grounds, student volunteers, assisted by AmeriCorps*VISTA...
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There are about 75 AmeriCorps*VISTA members serving in 35 community technology centers (CTCs) across the country (2002). The CTC VISTA project is a collaboration between AmeriCorps*VISTA, the...
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Community technology centers (CTCs) provide access to information technology and related learning services to children and adults in economically distressed communities. More than 75 AmeriCorps*VISTA...
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The Rio Grande Valley, located in the southern portion of Texas and partly along the Mexican border, encompasses four counties and covers over 4,200 square miles. AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Senior...
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Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, Inc.'s primary mission is to build safe, decent, affordable housing with low-income families in need. In order to support these activities, Habitat for Humanity...
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Often low-income nursing home and assisted living facility residents are unable to advocate for themselves in the areas of social, legal, physical, and mental health. Many of these elders do not have...
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The Super Pantry Program of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank conducts a seven-week program on nutrition education and life skills for recipients of the USDA Food Stamp Program in the rural area...
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The New Horizon Community Development Corporation in Dallas County, Arkansas responded to the lack of youth activities in their community by providing an out-of-school program during summer break.
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Often the cost of legal services prevent low-income and disadvantaged individuals from receiving necessary legal services. The Minnesota Justice Foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, links law...
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Economic development is the difficult task being led by a community grassroots organization in La Pine, Oregon. AmeriCorps*VISTA member Robyn Rorke worked with the La Pine Community Action Team to...
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This 2001 study, K-12 Service-Learning: A Strategy for Rural Community Renewal and Revitalization by National Service Fellow Steven A. Henness, examines community development-oriented service-...
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An AmeriCorps*VISTA member serving with Passaic County Legal Aid Society in New Jersey produces a monthly public access television program that presents free legal resources to the community. Each 30...
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The Helping Hands program at Cornerstone Outreach Center in Amarillo, Texas is a one-on-one mentoring program that helps people living in poverty become self-sufficient. Helping Hands is run by...
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AmeriCorps members can help get the word out about what AmeriCorps is and how other people can participate. This effective practice is based on the booklet by the Corporation for National and...
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Faith Community United Credit Union is a financial cooperative owned by its members who live, work, and worship in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is a certified Community Development Financial Institution...
