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To deepen our understanding of volunteering in America and to promote its growth, the Corporation has created a comprehensive new interactive web tool--called Volunteering in America--that presents and analyzes the latest Census Bureau data on volunteer trends and demographics for all 50 states and more than 125 cities. The new website allows visitors to create customizable data sheets on areas of volunteering that interest them most, and contains links to a variety of useful resources.
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To deepen our understanding of volunteering in America and to promote its growth, the Corporation has created a comprehensive new interactive web tool--called Volunteering in America--that presents and analyzes the latest Census Bureau data on volunteer trends and demographics for all 50 states and more than 125 cities. The new website allows visitors to create customizable data sheets on areas of volunteering that interest them most, and contains links to a variety of useful resources.
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The mystery of a long deceased man named Wilkonson, buried in a historic African American graveyard in our nation's capital, gives reassurance and hope for a better tomorrow to Meg Quinlisk as her AmeriCorps*NCCC team worked to clean up the shrubbery in the graveyard.  His grave reminds her of the many trials and tribulations overcome by Americans long past.      The mystery of a long deceased man named Wilkonson, buried in a historic African American graveyard in our nation's capital, gives reassurance and hope for a better tomorrow to Meg Quinlisk as her AmeriCorps*NCCC team worked to clean up the shrubbery in the graveyard.  His grave reminds her of the many trials and tribulations overcome by Americans long past.   
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A 2005 Spirit of Service Award recipient, Ruth has tended to the needs of 1,100 elderly individuals.   A 2005 Spirit of Service Award recipient, Ruth has tended to the needs of 1,100 elderly individuals.
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  8/25/2008   Three Years After Katrina, National Service Remains a Critical Force in Rebuilding Effort
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  8/20/2008   National Service Agency Announces New Steps to Strengthen Support for Native American Communities
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  8/8/2008   First Class of NCCC Members To Be Inducted at Iowa Campus
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  8/8/2008   AmeriCorps Awards $2.2 Million to Eight Organizations
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  8/5/2008   Learn and Serve America Announces Grants to Boost Math and Science Education through Service-Learning
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  7/28/2008   Volunteering 61 Million Strong; Need and Momentum Grow
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  7/24/2008   National Organizations Selected to Lead 2009 King Day of Service
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  7/16/2008   Planned System Outage, July 16, 8:00 - 8:30 PM EST
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  6/27/2008   CEO Statement on Senate FY09 Appropriations
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  6/27/2008   President Highlights Impact of Service At White House Faith-Based Conference
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Instituting a Day of Service with New Student Orientation

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August 2008
 Instituting a Day of Service with New Student Orientation
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