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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

.$170 billion each year, according to AmeriCorps, the federal agency focused on national and community service. And participating in community service programs can lead to better job prospects for volunteers, that same agency has found. You can take care of local parks, conservation areas, community gardens, and more.

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Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ben Duda is executive director of AmeriCorps Alums and graciously agreed to share some thoughts on this as guest post. Let’s Help AmeriCorps Alums Use Their Experience to Keep Giving Back. He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources.

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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are? 

Candid

Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, the U.S. Nonprofits can maximize participation by encouraging potential volunteers to take advantage of paid volunteer time off, asking for skills-based volunteers, and helping connect companies to local communities. According to the U.S. in 2022-23.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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$370 Million In AmeriCorps Grants Available

The NonProfit Times

AmeriCorps, the national service program that annually matches volunteers with community needs across the country, will award grants totaling more than $370 million to nonprofit and faith-based organizations spanning the public and private sectors for the upcoming fiscal year. 30, said AmeriCorps spokesperson Lucero Gamez.

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Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers

Candid

Census Bureau and AmeriCorps, between September 2020 and September 2021 formal volunteerism across the United States fell to its lowest rate in nearly three decades. Weve also seen a marked increase in food gleaning programs driven by volunteers to address food sovereignty issues. According to the U.S. For example, in the U.S.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership.

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