ServiceWire is a project of Youth Service America
encoreservice
TheDay.com - Dodd, DeLauro introduce volunteer-service bills
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 14:52
Responding to what he called “a moment for national service,” Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., introduced four bills Tuesday that would increase federal spending for community volunteer initiatives. The ambitious legislation would “create the architecture and the structure that will serve as the invitation for everyone to serve,” Dodd said. The bills would target everyone from schoolchildren to the elderly and aim to create new bases of volunteers beyond the usual young-adult pool of service-program participants.
Dodd, Cochran, DeLauro Announce “Service For All Ages” Initiative
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 11:11
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today announced the introduction of their “Service for All Ages” initiative, a group of four bills that will expand and strengthen opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities. The initiative includes the Semester of Service Act, the Summer of Service Act, the AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation (ACTION) Act, and the Encore Service Act.
“Similar to the call to serve a purpose greater than themselves first put forward by President John F.
UPDATED: Service for All Ages Press Conference
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 02/24/2009 - 18:10
Senator Dodd and Representative DeLauro help a press conference announcing the introduction of their "Service for All Ages" Initiative—a group of four bills that will expand and strengthen opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities.
