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What is AmeriCorps?

Michigan's AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a national service program designed to strengthen citizenship and the ethic of service by engaging thousands of Americans on a full-time or part-time basis to help communities to address their toughest challenges. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) administers AmeriCorps at the federal level and works in partnership with states to develop service programs and create a community-based national service network. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is the administrative agent for Michigan's AmeriCorps.

Spotlight

• 2013 Michigan's AmeriCorps Inclusion Photo & Video Contest
The Michigan's AmeriCorps Inclusion Photo & Video Contest was created to encourage AmeriCorps members and/or AmeriCorps program sites to produce a video to document and display how Michigan's AmeriCorps programs promote, embrace, and incorporate the Michigan Community Service Commission mission of inclusion within their respective service areas. Check out submitted videos here.

• AmeriCorps Funding Creates More Than 1,000 Positions in Michigan
The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) announced today that 22 organizations will receive $6,414,398 in AmeriCorps funding in 2012-2013. These organizations will place 1,063 members in communities across Michigan to help "Get Things Done" in our state.

• 2012 Michigan's AmeriCorps Russ Mawby Signature Service Project Impacts Traverse City
The Russ Mawby Signature Service Project is an annual event. Each year AmeriCorps members from all around Michigan join together for two days of training, teambuilding, and service. In 2012, the Signature Service Project was held in Traverse City, Michigan.

• I AM AmeriCorps: The Viral Campaign
We need you! Have you been affiliated with or served by AmeriCorps (State, National, NCCC, and VISTA) in any way? There is no doubt that AmeriCorps changes lives and gets things done! You can help us make this common knowledge across social media such as Facebook and Twitter. We will attempt to give every user at least one glimpse of what AmeriCorps is doing.

Member/Site Supervisors of the Month

Kate Bolton: April 2013 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member of the Month:

Michigan's AmeriCorps Member of the Month
APRIL 2013: As a child, Kate Bolton attended Lincoln Elementary School in the Petoskey Public School District. She is now serving as a full-time AmeriCorps member in this same building through the Char-Em ISD AmeriCorps program. As part of her service, Kate works with 15 elementary school students reading below grade level. The goal of the Char-Em ISD AmeriCorps program is to help low level readers increase their skills to read at grade level.

Michigan's AmeriCorps Site Supervisor of the Month - April 2013: Diane Gomez, City Year Detroit

Michigan's AmeriCorps Site Supervisor of the Month
APRIL 2013: As a Project Manager for City Year Detroit, Diane Gomez manages a team of ten AmeriCorps Members serving at Clippert Academy Middle School in Southwest Detroit. As this is the first year Clippert Academy has worked with City Year, Diane was instrumental in forming a new working relationship between the school administration and the City Year team. She is present at the school to maintain relationships with the school staff and ensure Corps Members have all the resources they need.

Michigan's AmeriCorps Site Supervisor of the Month - April 2013: Danelle Elliott, Saginaw Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership

Michigan's AmeriCorps Site Supervisor of the Month
APRIL 2013: As the Education Coordinator for the CAN (Child Abuse & Neglect) Council in Saginaw County, Danelle Elliot is responsible for overseeing the Baby Think it Over program. This program is used in schools to help educate students about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs on a fetus. After the presentation, students are given baby simulators to take home over the weekend. Danelle supervises the AmeriCorps members from the Saginaw Substance Abuse Prevention program who help do t ...

AmeriCorps Alums/Alum of the Month

Michigan's AmeriCorps Alum Spotlight - April 2013: Audra Wheeler, Char-Em ISD

Michigan's AmeriCorps Alum of the Month
APRIL 2013: Audra Wheeler's experience as an AmeriCorps member with the Char-Em ISD AmeriCorps program had a very positive influence on her journey as an educator. When Audra began the program, she was thrilled to be placed in a school setting where she could gain real-world experience that would help guide her future endeavors. She was also thankful for the opportunity to help youth and families in her local community in northern Michigan. "I quickly learned that schools need many extra hands," A ...

AmeriCorps Alums
Calling all friends of AmeriCorps! Join AmeriCorps alums, current AmeriCorps members, and champions of service in the AmeriCorps Alums network. Registration is free and entitles you to many benefits, including career search assistance, discounts, and networking opportunities.


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