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AmeriCorps Announces 2023 Volunteer Generation Fund Grants Competition

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The Volunteer Generation Fund focuses on investments in volunteer management practices that increase both volunteer recruitment and retention. The 2023 grant competition will fund programs that address the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on students.

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How nonprofits engaged volunteers during the COVID shutdown

ASU Lodestar Center

Students gravitated to online classes. Note: The Technology Evolution in Volunteer Administration Study is funded by AmeriCorps, a U.S. He is principal investigator of the Volunteer Management Capacity Study; the second wave was funded by AmeriCorps for 2017-2021. Restaurants shut down. federal government agency.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Piper Trust funded an expansion of the Encore Fellowships program that originated in California. Volunteers received stipend support from several sources, including federal AmeriCorps programs, private foundations and school districts.

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Four Strategies for Effective Nonprofit Volunteer Engagement and Programs

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Tasks that are less urgent, like picking up trash outside or calling a game of bingo, can be assigned to volunteers like high school students or groups that are interested in one-time opportunities. Celebrate your volunteers like you celebrate your donors According to AmeriCorps , 23.2%

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application. Jacqueline Yannacci oversees the California Volunteers Program Department which comprises the state’s AmeriCorps programs, California Climate Action Corps, Disaster Services, and Volunteer Services.

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Senator Hillary Clinton at the Service Nation Summit!

Have Fun - Do Good

In 1993, President Clinton formalized national service, like Kennedy did with the Peace Corps, and created AmeriCorps. Since its formation, AmeriCorps has served thousands of organizations and nearly 3/4 of AmeriCorps' members continue to serve after they complete their AmeriCorps service, and often go into public service.

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Webinar: Welcome Messages That Work

Care2

Emily has been with Care2 since 2007 and has enjoyed working with the teams of Sierra Club, NRDC, American Humane Association, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Planned Parenthood and many more. A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club.

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