Summer of Service

Hey everyone,

Kevin passed on to me a news release about a new summer initiative by the White House called "United We Serve". Running June 22 through September 11, "United We Serve" will call on all Americans to help renew our country by addressing problems in education, health care, energy independence, economic renewal and and other complex issues. When normal people have the right tools, the can do extraordinary things, and so this initiative aims to both expand existing projects by engaging new volunteers and encourage volunteer activism and independence by providing a way for everyone to have the tools they need. A number of programs and taking part in this initiative, including:

• AmeriCorps NCCC Summer of Service
  
• AmeriCorps State and National
  
• VISTA Summer of Service
  
• Learn and Serve America

I would encourage everyone to take a look at these websites, or check out Serve.gov, and find a project you might be interested in. Only through the hard work of you, the volunteer, does an initive like this survive.

See you on the Mountain,

Nick