AmeriCorps Week 2012 will take place March 10 – 17, 2012!

AmeriCorps Week is an opportunity for AmeriCorps members, alums, grantees, program partners and friends to demonstrate AmeriCorps' impact on critical issues, bring more Americans into service, and thank the community partners who make AmeriCorps possible. AmeriCorps Week shines a spotlight on AmeriCorps' impact in communities across the country in order to motivate more Americans to join AmeriCorps or volunteer in their communities. There has never been a better time to share the AmeriCorps story!

The two main goals for AmeriCorps Week 2012 are:

1. Connect AmeriCorps members and alums with each other so they feel they are a part of a nationwide effort.
2. Communicate AmeriCorps’ powerful impact on critical problems and on the lives of its members and alums.

The theme this year, AmeriCorps Works, communicates the value and effectiveness of AmeriCorps while providing flexibility to be used in many different contexts. It provides an overarching framework to communicate AmeriCorps triple bottom line return on investment -- for the recipients of service, the people who serve, and the larger community and nation.

The Corporation recently launched its AmeriCorps Week 2012 webpage. It is filled with ideas, resources and opportunities to promote your activities. Please check out the sight and make a plan for your AmeriCorps program to get involved!

As you develop your plans, please keep the New Yorkers Volunteer Office up-to-date. We will be gathering information and photos before and after AmeriCorps Week 2012 that we will then share with the Corporation for National Service and our partner organizations within the State, as well as post on the New Yorkers Volunteer website. Please send (1) a brief description of your event or service project, (2) the name, phone number and email address of a project point of contact with your agency, (3) the time of the event and complete street address where it will occur, and (4) include if your project is open to community volunteers or any material resources volunteers can bring to help support your event. Be sure to send any press clippings, press releases, invitations, and photos to NewYorkersVolunteer@newyorkersvolunteer.ny.gov.