Let's Save Service NOW!
The United States Congress is considering legislation to eliminate funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service from the budget, jeopardizing thousands of service initiatives around the country.
With programs like AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America and Senior Corps at risk, we hope that our agency partners, corporate partners and community volunteers will consider taking ACTION.
Congress is debating this bill now, and they'll be looking to their constituents to see how much -- or how little -- the American people support these cuts. Let's all tell Congress that we cannot afford to lose the critical services these programs provide in our communities.
For some perspective, here's some information of those National Service programs in Tennessee:
· In 2010, over 19,000 National Service participants served in 790 non-profits, schools, public agencies, and faith-based groups across Tennessee.
· These 19,000 gave over 1.1 million hours of service to Tennesseans last year and leveraged an additional 49,700 volunteers.
· Over 50,000 Tennessee citizens received direct benefits from National Service activities such as one-on-one tutoring and mentoring, working with frail seniors and special needs youth, responding to disaster, providing health services, building homes, managing volunteers.
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