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The Corporation for National and Community Service plays a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service and responsibility. We are a catalyst for change and champion for the ideal that every American has skills and talents to give.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service plays a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service and responsibility. We are a catalyst for change and champion for the ideal that every American has skills and talents to give.
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Don Slater spends four evenings a week at the Douglass Center in Manhattan, Kan., where the Hand to Hand program offers tutoring and homework help to community children. When school is out for the summer, Hand to Hand, which Slater helped establish in 1996, runs a math and reading program.   Don Slater spends four evenings a week at the Douglass Center in Manhattan, Kan., where the Hand to Hand program offers tutoring and homework help to community children. When school is out for the summer, Hand to Hand, which Slater helped establish in 1996, runs a math and reading program.
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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.
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  1/6/2009   Planned System Outage for late January 2009
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  1/2/2009   AmeriCorps Help Texans Recover from Hurricane Ike
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  12/31/2008   President Bush, President-Elect Obama, and General Powell To Headline National Mentoring Month
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  12/31/2008   Communities Gearing Up for Massive Day of Service on King Holiday
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  12/30/2008   King Day of Service Update & Action Request
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  12/10/2008   Gearing Up For the January 19 King Day of Service
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  12/8/2008   The Economic Downturn and National Service
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  12/2/2008   National Service Chairman and Former CEO Urge Service Stimulus
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  11/26/2008   St. Bernard Project Cofounder Named CNN Hero of the Year
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  11/18/2008   Nicola Goren to Run National Service Agency through Transition
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Resource CenterEngaging at-risk youth in leadership development

For years, the field of youth development has stressed the benefit of cultivating leadership skills in teens — oftentimes among those that are already excelling. However, with appropriate encouragement and training, many future leaders can be found among so-called “at-risk” youth. Recognizing this reality, former school counselor, Mariam MacGregor, empowered a new breed of teen leaders at an alternative high school in Thornton, Colorado. This effective practice examines her innovative methods and can prove valuable for national service programs seeking to build future leaders, peer mentors, and tutors. Staff of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (LEARNS) submitted this effective practice in September 2008.

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