As Hurricane Gustav approaches landfall, AmeriCorps Alums is communicating with our official disaster response partner, Hands On New Orleans- which is working diligently with local and state agencies...

As a final reminder, please join AmeriCorps Alums for tonight’s follow up on H.R. 6407 (the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act). It will...

The Vinton Eagle Area News - http://www.vintoneagle.com/index.php?type=&id=1467&PHPSESSID=0f5695725278d834877265489a37ec7a   Volunteers sought to continue clean up work in Vinton area Posted at 2:26 Wednesday July 2nd by...

AmeriCorps Alums is seeking member support to help pass H.R. 6407, the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act.  On Thursday, July 3, 2008 from 8PM...

On Friday, May 16, 2008, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut will introduce the AmeriCorps Act of 2008.  The bill will: Raise the education award to...

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Tapping into the convergence of cause- oriented branding, grass-roots social action, and proliferation of social networks, Zazengo, inc presented...

Some of you may have noticed the recent addition of the "My Impact" link on the AmeriCorps Alums Online Community Menu, and wondered what it...

Atlanta-based Better World Books is seeking qualified candidates to apply for its Account Representative opening in Atlanta, GA.  Better World Books collects and sells books...

The Eastern Region of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps located in Perry Point, MD is currently hiring Team Leaders for our next service year...

Youth Service America seeks dedicated volunteers to review and score Disney Minnie Grant applications. Help us select the next round of outstanding youth-led projects around...

by Ben Adler of politico.com   On a recent sunny day in a park near the Capitol, 79 youths from across the country clapped to...

By Alan Khazei and John Bridgeland Friday night, Senators McCain and Obama began the first of three debates to highlight their approaches to many of...

In the September 22, 2008 issue of Time Magazine, National Service is at the heart of the edition.  Topics include 21 ways to serve America, McCain...

by Suzanne Perry (Chronicle of Philanthropy)   When Sen. Chris Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, addressed last week’s big conference here on national service, he recalled...

By Shirley Sagawa | September 12, 2008 Fifteen years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed legislation creating the AmeriCorps program. He observed that day that...

AmeriCorps Alums is pleased to announced that five schools have joined the list of institutions that offer matches for the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award.  Prescott...

Beginning with the 2007 - 08 Academic Year Prescott College in Prescott , AZ will be providing a dollar for dollar matching grant to students...

New York University: Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service NYU will offer all AmeriCorps alums admitted to the Robert F. Wagner School of Public...

Central College will waive the admission application fee for AmeriCorps or VISTA education award recipients when applicants make an official campus visit through the admission...

Lindenwood University is pleased to offer the Segal AmeriCorps education award matching scholarship, up to $4725, for all AmeriCorps members and alumni who have meet...

On Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Congressman John Lewis announced his intention to introduce legislation eliminating federal taxation...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sandy Scott, Corporation for National & Community Service May 13, 2008 202-606-6724, sscott@cns.gov   Rigorous Longitudinal Study of AmeriCorps Finds Significant Impacts...

By voting to pass Labor-HHS Appropriations bill, Congress has paved the way for the restoration and relocation of two recently eliminated AmeriCorps*NCCC Campuses.  The new...

Late Monday night, the U.S. House and Senate conferees filed the conference report on H.R. 3043, the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill for Fiscal year 2008. The conference bill recommends $873.9...

from "Maryland Nonprofits"   H.R. 2669 - the College Cost Reduction and Access Act -   On Friday Sept. 7,  both Houses of Congress approved a conference committee report...

AmeriCorps Alums is proud to announce Lighting Deals from Amazon.com as our Featured Discount for the week of January 7th.  Each day, AmeriCorps Alums will offer...

You don’t need to pay money to get help with your taxes.  AmeriCorps Alums is partnering with the Beehive.org and H&R Block.  Available during the...

Netflix offers access to 85,000 DVD titles plus a growing library of over 4,000 full-length movies and television episodes that are available for instant watching...

You'll find gifts to celebrate and recognize all of life's milestones at Things Remembered.  For over 35 years, they've been helping customers mark special occasions...

  Beth Kander (AmeriCorps '06) is working on an exciting project called "Yeah, Write Whatever!" (YWW) that will positively impact kids' reading and writing skills.  Her...

AmeriCorps Alums now has a group on LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com . This is yet another way to stay in touch and network with fellow Alums. To...

In conjunction with a recently released longitudinal study, Still Serving: Measuring the Eight-Year Impact of AmeriCorps on Alumni , the Corporation for National & Community Service...

Teampedia ( www.teampedia.net ) is an online collaborative encyclopedia of team building activities and icebreakers that anyone can edit. "I always wished we had something...

BJ Hill , an AmeriCorps NCCC alumnus (Class VII, Denver) has announced his plans to walk across America. Beginning in San Francisco, Hill will hike through...