The Vinton Eagle Area News - http://www.vintoneagle.com/index.php?type=&id=1467&PHPSESSID=0f5695725278d834877265489a37ec7a   Volunteers sought to continue clean up work in Vinton area Posted at 2:26 Wednesday July 2nd by...

AmeriCorps Alums is seeking member support to help pass H.R. 6407, the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act.  On Thursday, July 3, 2008 from 8PM...

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...

Resolutions have been introduced in both the House and Senate recognizing AmeriCorps Week. H.R. 1173 was introduced by the co-chairs of the National Service Congressional Caucus,...

On May 13, the Brookings Institution and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will host a forum with leading policy and public service...

Network of Community Ministries struggles to meet food needs 12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 1, 2008   By CHRIS COATS Chris Coats is a...

AmeriCorps Helps River Town Take a Stand As Mississippi River rises, Clarksville, MO., lauds take-charge disaster team By Mike Stuckey Senior News Editor MSNBC  ...

The Community HealthCorps has launched an alumni program for its AmeriCorps members that will be managed by AmeriCorps Alums.  Through its unique online community technology,...

The 2008 Eli Segal Award selection process is underway.  The selection committee has convened and will be reviewing nominations through the end of this week,...

AmeriCorps Alums is conducting outreach on current and future benefits.  We'd like you to take a quick moment to complete this brief survey.  This survey...

by Ben Adler of politico.com   On a recent sunny day in a park near the Capitol, 79 youths from across the country clapped to...

Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market   By ANNE MARIE CHAKER   Mike Stewart is putting off law school in favor of teaching in Washington...

Des Moines -- In response to severe flooding in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, the federal AmeriCorps VISTA program is making 230 positions immediately available...

On Sunday, June 1, 2008, at the opening session of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Congressman John Lewis (5th Congressional District-GA), announced his intention to...

Yesterday President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (“the HEART Act”), making AmeriCorps more accessible...

New York - It's high school graduation time and the halls are ringing with John F. Kennedy's exhortation to "ask not what your country can...

AmeriCorps Alums is pleased to announced that five schools have joined the list of institutions that offer matches for the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award.  Prescott...

Beginning with the 2007 - 08 Academic Year Prescott College in Prescott , AZ will be providing a dollar for dollar matching grant to students...

New York University: Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service NYU will offer all AmeriCorps alums admitted to the Robert F. Wagner School of Public...

Central College will waive the admission application fee for AmeriCorps or VISTA education award recipients when applicants make an official campus visit through the admission...

Lindenwood University is pleased to offer the Segal AmeriCorps education award matching scholarship, up to $4725, for all AmeriCorps members and alumni who have meet...

On Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Congressman John Lewis announced his intention to introduce legislation eliminating federal taxation...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sandy Scott, Corporation for National & Community Service May 13, 2008 202-606-6724, sscott@cns.gov   Rigorous Longitudinal Study of AmeriCorps Finds Significant Impacts...

By voting to pass Labor-HHS Appropriations bill, Congress has paved the way for the restoration and relocation of two recently eliminated AmeriCorps*NCCC Campuses.  The new...

Late Monday night, the U.S. House and Senate conferees filed the conference report on H.R. 3043, the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill for Fiscal year 2008. The conference bill recommends $873.9...

from "Maryland Nonprofits"   H.R. 2669 - the College Cost Reduction and Access Act -   On Friday Sept. 7,  both Houses of Congress approved a conference committee report...

AmeriCorps Alums is proud to announce Lighting Deals from Amazon.com as our Featured Discount for the week of January 7th.  Each day, AmeriCorps Alums will offer...

You don’t need to pay money to get help with your taxes.  AmeriCorps Alums is partnering with the Beehive.org and H&R Block.  Available during the...

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You'll find gifts to celebrate and recognize all of life's milestones at Things Remembered.  For over 35 years, they've been helping customers mark special occasions...

AmeriCorps Alums now has a group on LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com . This is yet another way to stay in touch and network with fellow Alums. To...

In conjunction with a recently released longitudinal study, Still Serving: Measuring the Eight-Year Impact of AmeriCorps on Alumni , the Corporation for National & Community Service...

Teampedia ( www.teampedia.net ) is an online collaborative encyclopedia of team building activities and icebreakers that anyone can edit. "I always wished we had something...

BJ Hill , an AmeriCorps NCCC alumnus (Class VII, Denver) has announced his plans to walk across America. Beginning in San Francisco, Hill will hike through...