49 posts tagged AmeriCorps
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The Wages of Vice and Virtue
http://theraiser.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ wages-of-vice-and-virtue.htmlIf the wages of vice is death, then the wages of virtue -- in the form of community service -- is apparently a better life. A new study finds the following:Alumni of AmeriCorps are more civically engaged, more likely to pursue public service careers in government and the nonprofit sector, and more
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Celebrating National AmeriCorps Week
http://redcrosspdx.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ celebrating-national-americorps-week.…I meant to mention this earlier, but times have been busy. This is National AmeriCorps Week. It's a time to celebrate AmeriCorps members and all of their accomplishments! (Explanation if you don't know about AmeriCorps: It's a full-time volunteer program, sort of like Peace Corps except members volunteer in the US rather than going overseas.
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AmeriCorps Links
http://www.volunteermaine.org/ blog/ americorps-linksAmeriCorps Links May 16 The AmeriCorps website. Great resource for overall information and stories. The Corps Network is the voice of the nation’s 113 Service and Conservation Corps. NCCC member blog with photos.
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Daily News Roundup
http://www.bethechangeinc.org/ changewire/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ daily-news-roundup-3/Cookin’ Good: Volunteer organizations can get pretty specific. For those who enjoy cooking (I personally am a talented microwaver), Christine Carol has launched the Culinary Corps. Right now, they’re working in New Orleans, but they’re looking for new locations and plan to go to Nicaragua in November.
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Huffington agrees with McCain on vision for National Service
http://nationalserviceexpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 16/ huffington-agrees-with-mccain-o…In a largely negative post in response to U.S. Senator John McCain’s speech yesterday morning in Columbus, Ariana Huffington did praise the presumed Republican Party’s Presidential nominee for his vision of expanding voluntary National Service, calling it “moving and effective.” I’ll admit, I found
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Not in the clear yet....
http://amandaalkema.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ not-in-clear-yet.htmlSo I got an e-mail back from the nurse and she said that she would be passing my file on to the Sacramento counselor next week and if i get an e-mail from her to make sure i reply back because i have to be medically and legally cleared before i can report to Sacramento.
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Vision, From a VISTA
http://www.volunteermaine.org/ blog/ vision-from-a-vistaVision, From a VISTA May 15 Guest Post by Kala There is a moment in life when most individuals realize that they ache for something bigger than themselves. This is a realization that poverty and hardship takes place in the very country that we reside in.
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AmeriCorps: take action!
http://midwestgoesca.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ im-copying-and-pasting-this-from-em…I'm copying and pasting this from an email I was forwarded: ------ On Friday, May 16, 2008, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will introduce the AmeriCorps Act of 2008. The bill will: Raise the education award to $6,185,the average annual cost of tuition and fees for an instate student
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Thank God for Garbagemen
http://millersvista.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 15/ thank-god-for-garbagemen/I really have a lot of respect for garbage men. I just put an obscene amount of garbage outside in preparation for the big move and they took everything (even the stuff not in bags) and, may I add, I think they picked it all up in record time.
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May 15, 2008
http://thedailybyteshow.com/ 2008/ 05/ may-15-2008/Mike Gregoire visits the Walla Walla Valley to mark the 15th anniversary of AmeriCorps Patrick Carman book signing at Book and Game Company Walla Walla may turn to Tri-Cities firm for curbside recycling Drug busts in Walla Walla this morning Walla Walla Valley Academy acrobatics team present “A
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