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President Obama Signs Landmark
National Service Legislation
Act Launches New Era of Service
at Time of Great Need; National
Service CEO Named
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2008-2009 ShoreCorps/PALS-AmeriCorps members
reciting the AmeriCorps pledge!
Lasting social change
requires a commitment.
If you are up to the challenge of committing
yourself to one year of service through ShoreCorps/PALS - AmeriCorps, please
read on!
ShoreCorps/PALS - AmeriCorps
at Salisbury University
is NOW accepting
applications for the
2009-2010 service year
(which starts in September,
contingent on funding)!
Applications will be
accepted until all positions
are filled
CLICK HERE
to
download a 2009-2010 application in Word format!
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ShoreCorps/PALS - AmeriCorps
members engaged the
community around the Garland
Hayward Youth Center in
Princess Anne on Saturday,
May 16th and completed some
great projects!
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Washington D.C. – President Obama
delivered an early victory for a
central cause of his Administration
by signing into law a sweeping
expansion of national service that
will engage millions of Americans in
addressing local needs through
volunteer service.
The President signed the landmark
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
today at a Washington DC elementary
school, joined by Vice President
Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama,
Dr, Jill Biden, Members of Congress,
former President Clinton, former
First Lady Rosalyn Carter, and an
audience of nonprofit leaders and
national service volunteers. The
President was introduced by the
bill’s namesake and longtime service
champion Senator Kennedy, who
co-authored the legislation with
Senator Orrin Hatch.
After signing the bill, the
President, First Lady Michelle
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Dr.
Jill Biden, and former President
Bill Clinton will plant trees and
restore habitat in an environmental
service project with AmeriCorps
members and high school students at
a local park.
The Serve America Act reauthorizes
and expands national service
programs administered by the
Corporation for National and
Community Service, a federal agency
created in 1993. The Corporation
engages four million Americans in
result-driven service each year,
including 75,000 AmeriCorps members,
492,000 Senior Corps volunteers, 1.1
million Learn and Serve America
students, and 2.2 million additional
community volunteers mobilized and
managed through the agency’s
programs.
From
www.americorps.org
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Minimum Application Requirements
v
Applicants
must have a strong interest in serving youth and adolescents for a
full year (September 2009-September 2010).
v Applicants
must possess a high school diploma or GED.
v
Applicants
must be at least 20 years of age.
v
Applicants
must have reliable transportation.
v
Applicants
must be available to attend the tuition-free, mandatory AmeriCorps member
class at Salisbury University on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. during
the Fall and Spring semesters.
v
Applicants
must be able to provide documentation that they are “citizens, nationals, or
permanent resident aliens of the United States.” To document this status,
a
US birth certificate or US passport is required.
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Are you interested in
becoming a service site &
hosting an AmeriCorps member
at your organization for a
year?
Reva Oliver
(left), AmeriCorps member
with Kids of Honor, is shown
here with her site
supervisor, Kristi
Richardson (right), at our
annual Holiday Party.
ShoreCorps/PALS is currently recruiting sites for the
2009-2010 program year. If you are part of a non-profit agency or school
and are interested in having an AmeriCorps member at your site, please complete
a Partnership Packet and send to
Brenda Holden, Program Director. Packets will be accepted on a first come,
first serve basis.
Brenda Holden:
beholden AT salisbury DOT
edu
Full-time
partnership contribution fee
(per AmeriCorps member) will
be $7,200.
Part-time partnership contribution fee (per AmeriCorps member)
will be $4,100.
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