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| Red Lake Nation Partners In Service to America |
| For more information contact: Myrna Hardy, Director Red Lake Americorps Red Lake Minnesota 218-679-2667/2675 email: americor@mail.paulbunyan.net |
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| Partners In service to America 2004-2005 This program year (2004-2005) Partners in Service to America will select 29 (21 Full time, 8 part time) members 17 years or older. A member must have a GED certificate or diploma by the end of the program year. Qualities sought in potential members include: leadership, a positive attitude, willingness to work to accomplish improvements for their community, willingness to be supervised, high energy, assertiveness, initiative, ability to avoid alcohol and drug abuse. Members will provide services to Red Lake Nation at the following service sites: Education Ponemah/Red Lake Elementary/St. Mary's School where members will become trained qualified tutors for students in the elementary schools. Ponemah/Red Lake Head Start where members will provide school enrichment to students. Public Safety Equay Wii Ga Mig Women's Shelter where members will present a domestic violence curriculum to 250 students at three school settings. Jourdain/Perpich Extended Care where members will provide daily activities for the residence. Boys & Girls Club where members will provide non-academic school enrichment to youth in. Community strengthening where members will recruit volunteers from the community to provide services for presented needs. Member Development where members will receive intense training in various areas such as self-esteem, leadership, team building and CPR/First aid. OVERALL: National service began here in 1993 where Members of the Summer of Service cleaned a local creek and created a park around their work. Since those first days, 321 members have served 32,978 children, 933 preschoolers and 2,154 elders. They planted over 8,000 trees, created an interpretive trail, tested water and wild rice in Nett Lake, Minnesota, helping that community to gain drinkable water and eradicate a type of milfoil. They cleaned hundreds of houses for frail elderly and delivered them water and food. They tutored elementary children, helping to raise reading levels and assessment scores. They assisted at the flood disaster in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They were co-planners and presenters of EVERY positive community event. Partners in Service to America is an integral part of life at Red Lake. Red Lake AmeriCorps members are young single women and men, single parents, high school dropouts, college and tech students and are highly respected by their peers. Each year over a 100 applications are submitted for 25 to 30 positions. This year, Americorps will be selecting 29 members. Applications, although currently filled, were being accepted now at the AmeriCorps office. |
| About the Corporation The Corporation for National and Community Service provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and country through three programs: Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Members and volunteers serve with national and community nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies to help meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas. The Corporation is part of USA Freedom Corps, a White House initiative to foster a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility, and help all Americans answer the President's Call to Service. AMERICORPS Fifty thousand Americans are serving their communities 20 to 40 hours a week through AmeriCorps. Most AmeriCorps members are selected by and serve with local and national nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, City Year, Teach for America, and Boys and Girls Clubs of America, as well as with a host of smaller community organizations, both secular and faith-based. In exchange for a year of service, AmeriCorps members earn an education award of $4,725 that can be used to pay for college or graduate school, or to pay back qualified student loans. About half the members also receive a modest living allowance of $10,197.00 full time and $5,400.00 for part time. AmeriCorps operates in a decentralized manner that gives a significant amount of responsibility to states and local nonprofit groups. Roughly three-quarters of all AmeriCorps grant funding goes to Governor-appointed state service commissions, which award grants to nonprofit groups to respond to local needs. Serve Minnesota ServeMinnesota is a nonprofit organization that cultivates private partnerships and funding to support Minnesota AmeriCorps (the domestic peace corps) and other service programs in Education, Public Safety, Human Needs, Environment and Homeland Security Our Vision It is our hope that all Minnesotans will engage in service that strengthens the well-being of both self and community. By creating meaningful opportunities for all people to serve their communities, ServeMinnesota supports the growth of community service and volunteerism in Minnesota, paving the way for significantly stronger and healthier communities. To learn more about the Corporation, AmeriCorps or Serve Minnesota go to the following websites: |
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