ServiceWire is a project of Youth Service America
Service News
Community Shares Stories of Priceless AmeriCorps Service at the Northwest Service Academy Luncheon
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 13:33
A gathering to celebrate Northwest Service Academy.
Monday, 50 members of the extended Northwest Service Academy community gathered at the Lower Columbia Center here in Portland to share stories of the remarkable impact NWSA has had in the community and in their own lives. The gathering felt like a celebration and, frankly, a closing of sorts.
Interview with the New Team: Inner City Teaching Corps of Chicago Corps Members Begin a New Year
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:48
New volunteer teaching corps members of the Inner City Teaching Corps of Chicago.
On June 10th, 15 recent college graduates moved to Chicago to begin their service with the Inner-City Teaching Corps’s Volunteer Teaching Corps. ICTC Recruitment Director Jim Conti contributed this post introducing the newest members of one of ICTC’s communities.
Elected Officials Come to the Aid of Northwest Service Academy
Submitted by servicewire on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 14:27
In early June, one of the most vibrant AmeriCorps programs operating in the Pacific Northwest — Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) — was notified that its latest funding request to the Corporation for National and Community Service was denied, with no warning and no explanation — after 16 years of achieving its performance goals, and establishing itself as one of the country’s top AmeriCorps programs addressing critical environmen
Service Nation Asks: How Do You Find Volunteer Opportunities?
Submitted by servicewire on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 23:07
Be The Change, Inc. — the folks behind the Service Nation movement to grow funding and support for service opportunities — have launched a survey to ask you how you find volunteer opportunities.
A Service Nation blog post explains:
Community Launches Letter-Writing Campaign to Demand an Apeal on the NW Service Academy Decision
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 11:17
About a month ago, one of the most vibrant AmeriCorps programs operating in the Pacific Northwest — Northwest Service Academy (NWSA) — was notified that its latest funding request to the Corporation for National and Community Service was denied, with no warning and no explanation — after 16 years of achieving its performance goals, and establishing itself as one of the country’s top AmeriCorps programs addressing critical environmental and related social issues.
Blue Engine’s Nick Ehrmann Wins an Echoing Green Fellowship
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 17:20
Idealist.org Grad Fairs in DC and New York this Week!
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 13:05
Saving Northwest Service Academy
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 13:48
Shirley Sagawa’s New Book Sees Citizen Engagement as a Solution
Submitted by servicewire on Sat, 05/29/2010 - 06:23
By Put Barber, editor of the Nonprofit FAQ on Idealist.org.
Senate Recognizes VISTA’s 45th Anniversary
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 19:41
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution honoring the work of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), for its 45 years of work towards alleviating poverty, and other accomplishments.
