http://www.americorpsweek.gov AmeriCorps Week is a recruitment and recognition event designed to bring more Americans into service, salute AmeriCorps members and alums for their powerful impact, and thank the community partners who make AmeriCorps possible. en-us Friday, July 03, 2009 0 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/images/logos/acweek_logo.gif http://www.americorpsweek.gov 120 120 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1361AmeriCorps members, alums, and friends will be on hand to cheer the Washington Nationals baseball team on May 16 when the Nats face the Philadelphia Phillies. The evening marks the close of AmeriCorps Week, an annual event honoring the contributions that AmeriCorps members make to our country. As many as 600 AmeriCorps supporters are expected to attend the game. Friday, May 15, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1355Governor Schwarzenegger of California proclaims the week of May 9-16, 2009 as AmeriCorps Week.Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1359On Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 more than 250 Michigan's AmeriCorps members from across the state will focus on restoring Flint's Grand Traverse neighborhood. As part of the 2009 Russ Mawby Signature Service Project, AmeriCorps members will assist with building and landscaping projects and help construct a new play structure for area children in Memorial Park.Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1351When Geoffrey Canada began building a groundbreaking new organization in the mid-1990s to break the cycle of poverty in Harlem, he needed a way to hire 'the army we needed and could afford.' AmeriCorps offered him that army. His 'Peacemakers,' as he termed the AmeriCorps members, were young adults, many from the neighborhood or places just like it. Some had college degrees, but others were in transition. Many people at the time thought these young people were part of the problem, but Canada saw them as the solution to his challenge. And they were welcomed into the public schools by teachers who were wary of outsiders but struggling to keep order in their classrooms.Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1352Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that North Carolina AmeriCorps members will participate in a variety of service projects and activities to celebrate National AmeriCorps Week, May 9-16. The governor also signed an AmeriCorps Week proclamation to thank program members and dedicate this week in their honor. Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1357Mayor Fenty of the District of Columbia proclaims the week of May 9-16, 2009 as AmeriCorps Week.Wednesday, May 13, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1356AmeriCorps Week highlights the work of more than 1,800 AmeriCorps members in the District of Columbia and hopes to motivate more Americans to serve their communities. To commemorate AmeriCorps Week, Serve DC will host service projects at Turner at Green Elementary School, a volunteer recognition ceremony, training sessions, and conferences across Washington, DC.Wednesday, May 13, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1358Gov. Steve Beshear has proclaimed May 9-16 AmeriCorps Week in Kentucky. As part of the annual observance, AmeriCorps programs across Kentucky sponsor special events to promote community service. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1353The third annual AmeriCorps Week is in full swing. Occurring May 9-16, 2009, AmeriCorps week is a recruitment and recognition event designed to motivate more Americans to serve their communities.Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1327Calling service 'the reason that I breathe' and a cause 'near and dear my heart,' First Lady Michelle Obama gave an impassioned address about the central importance of service in her life and in the Obama Administration's vision for America's future to employees of the Corporation for National and Community Service this afternoon.Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/statements_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1328On May 12, 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed employees of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Surrounded by members of the Corporation Board of Directors, senior staff, and 33 of the longest-serving agency employees, the First Lady spoke to about 540 staff gathered at Reagan Building and listening by phone from state offices and AmeriCorps NCCC campuses across the country.Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/statements_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1329On May 12, 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed employees of the Corporation for National and Community Service. After being introduced by Nicola Goren, Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and surrounded by members of the Corporation Board of Directors, senior staff, and 22 of the longest-serving agency employees, the First Lady spoke to about 540 staff gathered at Reagan Building and listening by phone from state offices and AmeriCorps NCCC campuses across the country. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1354During the week of May 9-16, the Red Cross will celebrate the third annual AmeriCorps Week in the United States. AmeriCorps is a program run by the Corporation for National and Community Service as part of the three main National Service Programs.Monday, May 11, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1326From protecting rivers in Minnesota and greening New York City parks to building wheelchair ramps in Florida and restoring Alaska forest trails, the third annual AmeriCorps Week will spotlight how AmeriCorps members are tackling tough national problems through intensive national service. Monday, May 11, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1343Governor Edward G. Rendell today proclaimed this week as National AmeriCorps Week in Pennsylvania and thanked the more than 28,000 young Pennsylvanians who have given more than 35.8 million hours of citizen service to the program since 1994. Monday, May 11, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1342Governor David A. Paterson and First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson today kicked-off the 2009 National AmeriCorps Week, an annual recruitment and recognition event designed to bring more Americans into service while saluting the efforts of AmeriCorps members and alumni for their powerful impact on society. Governor Paterson also announced that the federal government awarded the New York State Commission on National and Community Service nearly $2 million in stimulus funding, the first of two funding awards, which will help recruit new volunteers to existing AmeriCorps programs and help sustain service programs that are suffering in the current economic climate. Saturday, May 09, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1347'I Have a Dream' Foundation of Boulder County, CO honors local AmeriCorps members as the Federal Government expands National Service InitiativesFriday, May 08, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1345Improving water quality, enhancing the environment and bringing attention to Missouri's important watersheds will be how Missouri's AmeriCorps members will demonstrate the continuing impact that the program's volunteers are having across America during AmeriCorps Week. The efforts, part of the event's third annual observance celebrated May 9-16 nationwide, will also include AmeriCorps volunteers conducting water quality tests, removing invasive plant species and trash, and planting habitat-friendly native plant species at 'Stream Team'- sponsored creeks and watersheds across the state. Thursday, May 07, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1323Governor Barbour of Mississippi proclaims the week of May 9-16, 2009 as AmeriCorps Week.Wednesday, May 06, 2009 http://www.americorpsweek.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1348Amachi Pittsburgh, an organization dedicated to helping Allegheny County's children fulfill their God-given purpose, will present the resourceful attributes of "AP Rewards" during National AmeriCorps Week (May 10-16) as part of a Webinar for locally-based Amachi programs and other agencies hosting AmeriCorps VISTA members.Wednesday, May 06, 2009