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Title: Inspirational Volunteerism Quote


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Elizabeth Seale, Chief Operating
OfficerCorporation for National and Community
Service
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Our Youth At-Risk
  • Risk Factors
  • Drugs, Violence, Alcohol, Tobacco and Promiscuity
  • Protective Factors
  • Meaningful links to families, schools and
    communities
  • Character-building opportunities, such as
    volunteering and service to others

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Corporation for National and Community
Service Our Mission
  • Improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster
    civic engagement through service and
    volunteering.

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Our Focus Areas for 2006-2010
  • Mobilizing more volunteers
  • Harnessing baby boomers experience
  • Ensuring a brighter future for all of Americas
    Youth
  • Engaging students in communities

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Faith-Based and Community Initiative
  • Strong agency-wide commitment to supporting
    FBCOs
  • In FY05, over 370 million (60 of overall agency
    programming funds) went to FBCOs

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Our Programs
  • Senior Corps
  • Learn and Serve America
  • AmeriCorps
  • State/National
  • VISTA
  • NCCC

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I had a heart attack and I said if I ever got on
my feet again I wanted to dedicate my life to
working with children. Because I had a second
time in life, and I want them to have a good
life. That is why I volunteer.
-- Senior Corps Volunteer
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RSVP
Senior Corps Programs
  • Foster Grandparents

Senior Companions
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  • "For our students and faculty, service-learning
    has taught them that working toward common
    community goals can truly make a difference. We
    are empowering the leaders of tomorrow."

- School Superintendent
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Learn and Serve America
  • Grants awarded to schools, colleges, and
    community groups to engage students in
    service-learning opportunities
  • Provides an on-ramp to a lifetime of civic
    engagement for over 1 million students every year

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  • There's a great deal of pride that comes with
    serving your country. I thought I'd never get to
    serve America, but I am.

-- AmeriCorps Member
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AmeriCorps Programs
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorpsVISTA
AmeriCorpsNCCC
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AmeriCorps
  • One year of intensive service
  • 73,000 individuals, age 17 and older
  • Since 1994 450,000 served or are serving

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Benefits
  • 4,725 education award
  • Stipend for living expenses
  • New experiences
  • Skills to last a lifetime

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AmeriCorps
  • Serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public
    agencies and faith-based organizations including
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • American Red Cross
  • Boys and Girls Clubs
  • Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
  • Community organizations

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AmeriCorpsVISTA
  • Over 6,000 AmeriCorpsVISTA members
  • Serve in hundreds of faith-based and community
    organizations and public agencies
  • Working to strengthen families
  • Empower youth to make healthier choices
  • Create businesses
  • Increase housing opportunities
  • Working to bridge the digital divide

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AmeriCorpsNCCC
  • Go where the need is greatest
  • Provide disaster relief in Gulf Region
  • Implement community-wide immunization education
    programs
  • Build homes in low-income communities
  • Team-based residential program
  • 10-month term of service

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Training and Technical Assistance
  • Online training tools free of charge
    implementing or strengthening programs with
    volunteers
  • http//nationalserviceresources.org

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I ask you to be citizens citizens, not
spectators citizens, not subjects responsible
citizens, building communities of service and a
nation of character.
-- President George W. Bush Inaugural Address,
January 20, 2001
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