ShoreCorps/PALS Service Partner Sites

ShoreCorps/PALS is now recruiting sites for the 2012-2013 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 contact the ShoreCorps/PALS Office.  Partnership packets are available here.

Full-time partnership contribution fee (per FT AmeriCorps member) will be $8,500.

Half-time partnership contribution fee (per HT AmeriCorps member) will be $6,100.

Quarter-time partnership contribution fee (per QT AmeriCorps member) will be $3,100.

ShoreCorps/PALS Service Sites

Listed below are our partner service sites with the member responsibilities at each of our sites.  Please refer to the organization's website for more information about the agency or specific agency programs.

Caroline County

Caroline County Health Department Prevention – Denton, Maryland
~ AmeriCorps members will be responsible for outreach and recruitment of youth for a coalition youth council, planning and facilitating youth events in the community and managing the youth council’s website, Facebook page, and Twitter account.
www.drugfreecaroline.org

Caroline County Recreation and Parks – Denton, Maryland
~ The AmeriCorps member at Caroline County Rec & Parks will support youth fitness goals in Caroline County and will implement fitness and nutrition workshops for elementary-age school children in Caroline County after-school programs.
www.carolinerecreation.org

Dorchester County

Mid Shore Community Mediation Center - Easton, Maryland
~ The primary responsibility of an AmeriCorps member at our site would be to act as a liaison between home, school, program staff, and volunteer tutors from the Wicomico Board of Education to ensure academic success for al school-age children in our residential program. As a liaison the AmeriCorps member would monitor students’ academic progress and attendance at the tutoring sessions. He/she would discuss progress with parents, work with TLP staff tutors to create action plans for each child, and involve parents in plans and progress.
www.midshoremediation.org

Somerset County

College Preparation Intervention Program – Princess Anne, Maryland
~ The AmeriCorps member at CPIP will recruit students in may be interested in enrolling in a 3-credit college class. He/she will organize college tours and arrange for financial aid and career development workshops.

Somerset County Board of Education – Westover, Maryland
~ The AmeriCorps member at the Somerset County BOE will provide direct service mentoring operations for Somerset County Public Schools, work with supervisors of Student Services to oversee and manage the mentoring program, organize and host orientation for new mentors, and provide other duties to support the mentoring program.
www.somerset.k12.md.us

Talbot County

Talbot Mentors – Easton, Maryland
~ The AmeriCorps member at Talbot Mentors will be responsible for coordinating asset building activities for mentor-mentee pairs for the youth mentoring organization, maintaining ongoing communication with the volunteers in the program.
www.talbotmentors.org

Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center – Easton, Maryland

Wicomico County

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Salisbury, Maryland
~ Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to help children reach their fullest potential through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships and a full range of youth mentoring programs with measurable impact. Big Brothers Big Sisters is a private, non-profit agency which matches adult volunteers with children from single-parent families. The goal of this friendship is to help the child with the tough job of growing up, expose him or her to new learning experiences, and to help strengthen his or her self-esteem.
www.biglittle.org

Fruitland Community Center - Salisbury, Maryland
~Fruitland Community Center provides an after-school program for children in the Fruitland area. Participants enjoy arts, music, scouting, and an emphasis on STEM activities. Member needs to be available during after-school hours- 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., with addition hours during the week a possibility. FCC also runs a summer program in June and July for approximately 25 hours/week.

Junior Achievement - Salisbury, Maryland
~Junior Achievement programs teach financial literacy, work readiness, entrepreneurship in a classroom setting during school hours.  The member will recruit, train and help implement programing in  K-12 classrooms over the five county area of the Eastern Shore.  The member needs to be available during school hours as well as other hours as needed for special events.
www.ja.org

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Kids of Honor, Inc. - Salisbury, Maryland
~Kids of Honor, a youth-based non-profit that empowers youth to graduate from high school.  The member will facilitate the high school program (Y.E.A.H.) and assist fifteen partner programs in Wicomico County.  Member needs to be available during after-school hours- 3:00 to 6:30 p.m.- in addition to other hours during the week.
www.kidsofhonor.org

Salisbury's Promise- Salisbury, Maryland
~Salisbury’s Promise is a branch of America’s Promise. This program embodies Five Promises which will help youth become productive citizens: Caring Adults, Healthy Start and Future, Safe Places, Marketable Skills and Opportunities to Serve. This experience provides over 100 local students with Marketable Skills through effective education about career acquisition tools and opportunities. 
http://www.americaspromise.org/Our-Work/100-Best-Communities-for-Young-People/Past-Winners/2010-Winners/Wicomico-County-Salisbury-MD.aspx

Salisbury Zoological Park - Salisbury, Maryland
~Conduct on-site and off-site Zoo education programs designed to foster an understanding of and appreciation for diversity and to encourage environmental stewardship and community-based action designed to improve the world in which we live.  The member will also assist with the care and handling of the education animal collection, volunteer recruitment and training, office tasks and cleaning necessary for educational programming.

www.salisburyzoo.org

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Stop the Violence - Salisbury, Maryland
~Stop the Violence provides an after-school program for children in the Church Street area of Salisbury. Students get help with homework, tutoring, reading assistance, computer use, and sports activities. Member needs to be available during after-school hours, approximately 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., with addition hours during the week a possibility.

Village of Hope- Salisbury, Maryland
~The Translational Living Program at Village of Hope seeks to provide a long-term safe, and encouraging residential community of women and children who are striving towards a life of independence and fulfillment. We provide transitional living housing for homeless women with or without dependent children. This is a two year program at which time we provide counseling, individual and group for each women. The director and the case worker develop monthly  programs to benefit the resident’s transition back into the community such as; budgeting  workshops, parenting classes, nutritional programs, etc.
www.villageofhope.us

Ward Museum- Salisbury, Maryland
~The Ward Museum is a crucial interdisciplinary learning resource for the Delmarva Peninsula. The museum’s Education Department serves over 19,000 youth and adult students every year through a variety of dynamic, hands-on programs, tours, and summer camps that focus on exploring birds in nature, discovering birds in culture, and creating birds in art. The museum offers programming to schools, home school, scouts and other organized groups. www.wardmuseum.org

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Wicomico County Public Library - Salisbury, Maryland
~AmeriCorps members at the Pittsville Branch of the Wicomico Public Library will plan and lead afterschool library activities for elementary and middle school students, participate in branch story time programs, serve as a library liaison to the school and help develop a youth advisory group for the Branch.  The member will interact with students, school staff and volunteers.

Wicomico Mentoring Project - Salisbury, Maryland
~Assist the mentoring coordinator at Salisbury Middle School with all duties of the Wicomico Mentoring Project.  The member will interact with students, school staff and volunteers.
http://www.wicomicomentors.org

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Worcester County

Delmarva Discovery Center – Pocomoke City, Maryland
~The Delmarva Discovery Center on the Pocomoke River serves as a source of learning and discovery for the public through the preservation and interpretation of its cultural and natural heritage.  The member will develop and deliver scientific presentations, coordinate volunteer scheduling and training, assist with live animal care and promote publicized program opportunities.
http://delmarvadiscoverycenter.org/

Worcester County Health Dept. - Prevention Office - Snow Hill & Berlin, Maryland
~Assist prevention specialists with the provision of prevention services specifically directed towards youth.  Serve with specialist to assist youth in several gender specific groups and after-school programs with a focus on prevention of risk-behaviors (i.e., tobacco use, alcohol or other drugs, etc.).  Also participate in outreach activities to disseminate information concerning these risk behaviors.
http://www.worcesterhealth.org/treatment-menu

Worcester County Health Dept.  - Helping Adolescents Recovery Today (H.A.R.T.) - Snow Hill, Berlin, Ocean City, Maryland
~ The AmeriCorps member helps to educate adolescents on the dangers of substance use, goal setting, healthy life skills and pro-social activities. The member also works with youth and their families to develop appropriate natural supports in the community. The target population is high-risk adolescents in need of a stable role model, those returning from out of home placement, or those in danger of being placed out of the home due to behavior issues.
www.worcesterhealth.org

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Contact ShoreCorps/PALS for more information.