Closing Session Celebrates Champions of Service

In today’s closing session, attendees enjoyed music from R&B legend Percy Sledge and a celebration of truly inspiring champions of service.

Luminaries including the “

” British Correspondent John Oliver, New Orleans chef

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’s Nicole Lapin and First Lady of New Orleans Cheryl Landrieu participated and celebrated volunteers from across the country.

Board Chair Mark Gearan awarded the President’s Higher Education Community/Service Honor Roll to six universities for outstanding civic engagement.

‘s Michelle Nunn and acting CNCS CEO Robert Velasco II said good-bye to the Big Easy and set the course for the future.

We learned about the volunteer sector’s plan for the

, where Points of Light’s

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, CNCS and dozens of other organizations will work together to create the single-largest expression of service in history.