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Volunteering 61 Million Strong;
Need and Momentum Grow

The most comprehensive research on U.S. volunteering ever assembled shows volunteering in America is strong and poised for growth, as momentum for service grows across the sectors and the need for volunteers is heightened by the economic downturn. Nearly 61 million Americans volunteered in their communities in 2007 giving 8.1 billion hours of service worth more than $158 billion to America’s communities, according to the Volunteering in America report released on July 28th by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Announced in partnership with USA Freedom Corps, the report reveals an increase of one million volunteers over five years, as Americans answer President Bush’s 2002 national call to service.

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Visit www.VolunteeringInAmerica.gov

Funding Available for AmeriCorps National Programs

Funding is available for organizations interested in applying for AmeriCorps National program grants.  AmeriCorps National grants are made directly by the Corporation for National and Community Service to public or private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, government entities within states or territories, Indian Tribes, and consortia of the aforementioned. There are six types of AmeriCorps National grant opportunities available:

  1. AmeriCorps National Direct
  2. AmeriCorps National Professional Corps
  3. AmeriCorps National Planning
  4. AmeriCorps Indian Tribes Planning
  5. AmeriCorps National Education Award Program
  6. AmeriCorps Indian Tribes

The deadline for Planning Grant Applications is November 5, 2008, 5:00 pm EST.  The deadline for all other applications is 5:00 pm EST on January 13, 2009.

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Press release

Learn and Serve America Announces Grants
to Boost Math and Science Education through Service-Learning

Three organizations will use service-learning to ignite the passion for math and science in thousands of low-income students, thanks to grants announced today by Learn and Serve America. The grants will support service-learning programs that prompt students to use the knowledge and skills from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses to address challenges in their communities. Grantees will use service-learning to increase student interest and engagement in these critical subjects. The grant recipients will emphasize professional development for STEM educators at the middle and high school levels.

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Volunteer Opportunity Spotlight:
America Supports You Freedom Walk

America Supports You, The U.S. Department of Defense’s volunteer support initiative for our troops, will be kicking off the fourth annual America Supports You Freedom Walk from the Pentagon to the National Mall to commemorate the lives lost during the September 11, 2001 attacks.  USA Freedom Corps invites you to join the thousands of others in the Freedom Walk on Sunday, September 7, 2008.

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Ongoing Response, Relief & Recovery Efforts

Hurricane Katrina
Tropical Cyclone Nargis  |  Midwest Floods  |  California Wildfires

NOTICE: It has come to our attention that an organization that calls itself "United States Rebuilding of the Hurricane Affected Cities Program (USRHACP)" apparently has been claiming that USA Freedom Corps is one of its sponsors.  USA Freedom Corps has not and is not sponsoring USRHACP, and there is no association or affiliation between USA Freedom Corps and USRHACP.

 

President George W. Bush presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Caroline Wolf upon arrival at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Monday, August 4, 2008. Wolf is an AmeriCorps member serving at the Literacy Council of Alaska, and also volunteers with Alaska Health Fair Incorporated. To thank them for making a difference in the lives of others, President Bush honors a local volunteer when he travels throughout the United States. He has met with more than 650 volunteers, like Wolf, since March 2002.

President George W. Bush presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Caroline Wolf upon arrival at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, on Monday, August 4, 2008. Wolf is an AmeriCorps member serving at the Literacy Council of Alaska, and also volunteers with Alaska Health Fair Incorporated. To thank them for making a difference in the lives of others, President Bush honors a local volunteer when he travels throughout the United States. He has met with more than 650 volunteers, like Wolf, since March 2002.

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