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2009 Governor's Volunteer Awards & Civic Enagagement Conference
Pictures Now Available to View


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Martin Luther King Day

of Service and Learning

January 18, 2010

Click here to find:

  • MLK Service Project Suggestions
  • Toolkits for creating your own Service Project
  • Links to MLK volunteer opportunities
  • Links to MLK speeches
  • Learning Guides and reflection tools for all ages
  • And much more...

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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Senior Corps Programs Throughout Oregon

Applications for funding opportunities to host Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs across Oregon are now available.

Read more about the opportunity and find the necessary paperwork here.

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NEW!

Are you thinking about volunteering?

Don't know where to start?

Visit our new, "How to Volunteer" page and get started in the right direction! 

AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA in Oregon

Upcoming Opportunities for Volunteer Managers

 

Latest AmeriCorps News:

PlayWorks, an AmeriCorps National Program is featured in Portland area newscasts.

Grout Elementary School Asks Nonprofit to Help Make Recess Fun Again
AmeriCorps member Abby Rotwein is making recess fun again.
November 25, 2009

Oregon activist fights to improve the debilitating gaps in our food system
VISTA Alum, Sharon Thornberry with the Oregon Food Bank is still combating poverty throught Oregon.
November 10, 2009

Brandeis’s Heller School Announces Scholarship for AmeriCorps Alums
October 23, 2009

Planting for the Future
Nature Conservancy AmeriCorps members and ODOT create an 80-acre conservation bank near White City.
October 21, 2009

Albany Americorps worker wants to be a physician Building Bridges AmeriCorps member Miao Zhao is creating a new dental program for those who are low income in her community.
October 7, 2009

 

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October 22, 2010

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