AmeriCorps: Getting Things Done

To view the AmeriCorps web site, click on the picture above.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act,
which established the Corporation for National and Community Service and brought a full range of
domestic community service programs under the umbrella of one central organization, AmeriCorps.

AmeriCorps Facts

AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than
70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet needs in
education, public safety, health, and the environment.

AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies and community organizations.

Since 1994, more than 400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance
to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service.

My service in AmeriCorps was affiliated with the non-profit organization, the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition. To view its web site, click on the picture above.
In August 2005 I joined Literacy AmeriCorps in West Palm Beach, Florida. I had just graduated from college with a degree I did not want to use, and I needed a change in my life. My primary service was tutoring English and non-English speaking high school students in reading, but I also started a dance program for young girls, and assisted with a family literacy program. AmeriCorps changed my life personally and professionally and placed me on the path to becoming an educator. To view more pictures from my service year, click on "AC Slides" below.

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(Information from this page was taken from http://www.americorps.org/)