Today's post is written by Bethany Hamilton, JD, NACHC Community HealthCorps Program Officer and AmeriCorps Alums NAC Member. This is reposted from the AmeriCorps Alums blog published today on 1/30/13.
Today's blog is reposted from the AmeriCorps Alum blog on Dec. 31, 2012.
We heard many great stories of AmeriCorps service in 2012! From the first AmeriCorps Alum in the Senate to lists on the reasons Alums would make fantastic dates, you read and shared with friends and family why AmeriCorps Works and matters in your life.
Here are some of the top posts (based on views) from our blog:
Today's post is written by Hannah Oshin, a Points of Light Corporate Institute fellow and AmeriCorps Alum.
A company has goals, responsibilities and a duty to their stakeholders. There are a set of products and services to be developed, marketed and sold to the masses. A brand created, a mission established and a group of people hired to devote a 24-7 schedule to its success. Now, there is also an overwhelming demand for companies to act as civically engaged citizens.
We've made it to Friday again! Hope you have some fun volunteering to look forward to this weekend. Our staff will be partaking in a volunteer service project this Monday at Friends of Adults and Disabled Children. Look for our blog recap next week.
Exciting news today- the White House will honor 12 AmeriCorps Alums as Champions of Change, including our very own Delores Morton. Watch the events live and learn more at WhiteHouse.gov/live.
Here are the news from this week:
Friends,
Morgan Tracey knows a lot about the word "champion." She's from Champion, Ohio. She's training to be an Olympic champion in skeleton, a sledding event similar to the luge. And on Friday,
she'll be named a White House Champion of Change for her outstanding record of community service.
Tracey put in thousands of hours becoming an athletic champion - and a civic leader.
For a month this summer, Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, is taking a cross-country trip to learn from the people across the country who are rolling up their sleeves and tackling the critical issues before us. Across the nation, she will search out and share the stories of change agents – people who are creating new ways of using their time, talents, voice and money to address the problems they face in their communities. While the political parties are talking about the things that divide us, Points of Light will be
Today’s post is written by Ken Tran, the current External Relations Coordinator with AmeriCorps Alums.
It is hard to believe that a mere three years have passed since President Barack Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
