AmeriCorps - “Changing the World Team”

AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is an opportunity to volunteer and make a big difference in your life and in the lives of those around you. It’s a chance to apply your skills and ideals toward helping others and meeting critical needs in the community.

What is AmeriCorps?

Each year, AmeriCorps nationally offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. AmeriCorps members will: reduce childhood obesity by introducing 300 children to healthy activities and food choices and through a One Ton Challenge; reduce poverty by assisting 10 communities to identify and complete projects to enhance the environment to attract business; and enhance veterans’ mental health by providing a platform for them to tell their stories. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be getting things done through AmeriCorps!

Who can join AmeriCorps?

The Piney Woods School AmeriCorps “Changing the World Team” is compiled of seniors from The Piney Woods School and must be a U.S. citizen and 17 years of age.

Benefits of AmeriCorps

Each AmeriCorps member who successfully completes a term of AmeriCorps service will receive an AmeriCorps Education Award*. You can use your AmeriCorps Education Award to pay educational expenses at qualified institutions of higher education, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans. You have up to seven years after your term of service has ended to claim the award of 1,415.00 for the 2011/2012 school year.

As an AmeriCorps member, you will gain valuable experience that translates directly into job experience in your chosen field. You will learn teamwork, communication, responsibility, and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life many find their AmeriCorps year to provide them with more experience and skills than they would have gotten in a traditional, paying job.

What we Do

Module 1
Childhood Obesity

Touch and taste vegetable stand
Kids Cookbook and recipes coloring stations
Face Painting

Module 2

Community Improvement
Beautification Projects and simulations
Clean-Up Projects
Community enlightenment presentations
Help communities respond to disaster

Module 3
We Care Veterans