[Community-service] {Disarmed} Fwd: Marching Into Healthy Futures

Cheryl Fields cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 01:37:56 UTC 2014


Darian,
WOW! We have the ability do emplement all of these programs, chapters,
affiliates, and nationally!
Where do you want to start? smiles

Blessings,

Cheryl

On 3/7/14, Darian <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I read these posts, I imagine that the people in them are blind. I
> imagine that these people are blind people doing the service work and I
> think that these are things that are division can do.
> What do you see as possible when you read this post?
>
> This electronic message has been brought to you by my mobile device.
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>> From: "National Service Press Office"
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>> Date: March 7, 2014 at 12:02:28 PM PST
>> To: ds94124 at aol.com
>> Subject: Marching Into Healthy Futures
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>> Dear Colleagues and Communicators,
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>> Whether they're tackling childhood obesity, helping prevent disease, or
>> encouraging physical fitness, our national service members make our
>> communities better, healthier places to live.
>>
>> This week's updates highlight the great work they're doing. Read on below
>> and learn more!
>>
>> Thanks and have a great weekend,
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>> The External Affairs Team
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>> P.S. -- This week, President Obama released his FY 2015 Budget request. Go
>> to our website for more.
>>
>> AmeriCorps Leads to a Healthier Future: Too many of our nation's citizens
>> have unhealthy eating habits and don't get enough exercise. Our AmeriCorps
>> members are changing that. As part of our continued celebration of the
>> 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps, CEO Wendy Spencer introduced Healthy
>> Futures month by highlighting the important work that our members do to
>> keep communities healthy.
>>
>>
>> Service Changes Lives: National service transforms both communities and
>> the lives of those who serve. Bicell Walker says his participation in the
>> AmeriCorps program PowerCorpsPHL has given him a fresh start. "I advise
>> anybody who has this opportunity to take it and do good with it," he says.
>> Watch and share his story (featuring an appearance by Philadelphia Mayor
>> Michael Nutter).
>>
>>
>> Welcoming a New Class: This week, the national service community welcomed
>> members of AmeriCorps NCCC's 20th class at the Vicksburg campus in
>> Mississippi. The induction featured more than 300 members from two
>> neighboring campuses (affectionately referred to as the "Southlantic"
>> region.) Special guests included Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs, Jr.,
>> AmeriCorps NCCC Director Kate Raftery, and FEMA Corps Program Liaison
>> Alfred Claud. Know anyone who would make a great AmeriCorps NCCC corps
>> member? The application deadline for next year is April 1!
>>
>>
>> Serving Those Who Served Us: In 2013 alone, about 27,000 AmeriCorps
>> members and Senior Corps volunteers supported organizations serving nearly
>> 1.5 million veterans and military families in more than 200 communities
>> across the country. AmeriCorps VISTA member and Army veteran Neal Pointer
>> explains why service with Habitat for Humanity means so much to him: "When
>> you look at all the different ways that we've assisted in
>> homeownership...we've probably touched the lives of somewhere between 120
>> and 150 veterans." Watch and share this story of service with your
>> networks.
>>
>>
>> National Service in the News
>> Senior Corps
>> HUGS can work wonders in the community
>> Pocono Record (PA), March 4, 2014
>> Since its inception in April 2012, the Sock-It-To-Me program distributed
>> more than 2,000 pairs of socks, as has recently distributed 80 pairs of
>> gloves and 150 hats. In addition to the many store-bought items, many of
>> the socks and hats were hand-knitted and crocheted by RSVP volunteers.
>>
>> Aid for Seniors
>> Monroe News (MI), March 2, 2014
>> The center has received an $88,942 grant to support volunteer activities
>> from the Corporation of National and Community Service (CNCS). The award
>> is part of a competitive grant for the Retired Senior Volun-teer Program (
>> RSVP), one of three Senior Corps programs administered by CNCS.
>>
>> Social Innovation Fund
>> At Last, Someone Invented Innovation!
>> The Huffington Post (NY), March 4, 2014
>> Innovation is such a big deal in the civic sector (nonprofits and partners
>> doing society's work) that the White House hosts a Social Innovation Fund.
>> It's modest but influential and everyone in the sector wants its
>> attention, even more so than the attention we have sought for innovation
>> funding from foundations for over a century.
>>
>> AmeriCorps
>> 'Night of Stars' celebrates volunteers, kids' reading progress
>> KSL-TV (UT), February 28, 2014
>> [VIDEO] Volunteers in KSL's Read Today AmeriCorps program got to see the
>> mid-year results of their tutoring in a big-screen production. Here's the
>> trailer: kids are doubling their reading progress. "Feeling like you're
>> contributing to someone's development is just great," said tutor Mark
>> Hammond.
>>
>> AmeriCorps NCCC
>> Work broadens camp's appeal
>> Delaware County Daily Times (PA), March 5, 2014
>> Signs designed in harmony with the setting are placed sequentially by a
>> group of young AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps workers read
>> in succession down the gravel entry lane...AmeriCorps deploys the groups,
>> comprised of 18- to 24-year-olds who are game for a little adventure
>> somewhere away from familiar environs of home.
>>
>> AmeriCorps VISTA
>> AmeriCorps VISTA program Joins Forces with Mayor for Blanket Drive
>> Corsair (FL), March 4, 2014
>> Pensacola State College's AmeriCorps VISTA program is taking strides to
>> change this wretched reality. AmeriCorps VISTA is a service program
>> designed to help eliminate poverty in America. PSC's branch of the
>> program, headed by Michael Listau, provides volunteer opportunities to the
>> students and staff at the college.
>>
>> National Service Blog
>> Creating Fit Bodies and Fit Minds
>> By Paul Caccamo, Executive Director of Up2Us
>> NationalService.gov, March 6, 2014
>> For too many years we have addressed the equation of "fit body and fit
>> minds" as requiring two separate interventions. For the mind, we've looked
>> toward mentoring. For the body, we've turned to physical activity and
>> health education. But our AmeriCorps investment proves that a national
>> service member can be the catalyst to fit bodies and fit minds.
>>
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