Winter 2009
Recap of National Mentoring Month 2009
Aaron Eilerts Day of Service February 24
College Student Helps Document the Impact of AmeriCorps Members in the Spring Disasters
Governor Culver, Lt. Governor Judge Thank Iowans for Service on MLK Day
2009 Learn and Serve Community-Based Funds and Applications are Available
Service Spotlight- AmeriCorps Member Norma Boge
Governor’s Volunteer Award Nominations due March 9
4th Annual Volunteer Awareness Day to be held in Capitol on Feb. 25
Federal Issue - Serve America Act
Federal Issue - AmeriCorps funding in the House Economic Stimulus Plan
Other Federal News
President Obama Urges Service
President Obama's administration has launched a new website -- usaservice.org -- in order to help Americans find volunteer opportunities that match their time, need, and location. The website also allows users to promote their own service events.
AmeriCorps Alums in Inaugural Parade
Nearly 150 AmeriCorps alumni marched in President Obama's Inaugural Parade last week in Washington , DC . The parade capped two days of national service events throughout the country, including the nationwide “Day of Service,” honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.
AmeriCorps Alums, an organization representing the thousands of former members of all AmeriCorps programs, was asked by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to direct the “Day of Service” as part of the President's inaugural celebration. First Lady Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden joined AmeriCorps alums and more than15,000 citizens, for “Operation Gratitude,” assembling 75,000 care packages for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan .
“President Obama asked has asked all Americans to serve, and countless citizens nationwide are responding,” said Pete McRoberts, a former member of the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service, and AmeriCorps*NCCC alum who attended. “No one knows the spirit of service and sacrifice better than our soldiers and military families, and I was honored to join with so many committed people as we show them our thanks.”
