AmeriCorps Works... for our (first 2) photo contest winners!

Thank you to all of the creative VIP Fellows who entered in to our AmeriCorps Week photo and video contest!  We're proud to announce a couple of our winners today... drumroll please!

Winner: Best Service Photo

VIP Fellow Amy Chi (left) with volunteers for Western Youth Services.

Our winning Service Photo comes from Amy Chi, VIP Fellow with Western Youth Services through OneOC.  Here's what Amy says about this picture:
"The name of this event is the Valentine's Day Card Project.   For a week Western Youth Services, a nonprofit mental health organization, coordinated a card project for Valentine's Day.  We wanted to provide an opportunity for the children who seek our services to work on a fun activity and to reflect on the meaning of the  holiday.  We were able to collect a large array of colorful, thoughtful, and very lovely slips [from the kids].  On Valentine's Day, we took all 241 slips over to Soka University in Aliso Viejo, where students volunteered their time and helped us turn all the slips into beautiful cards."

Winner: Best Member Photo

Our pick for Member Photo comes from Hannah Elliott, VIP Fellow with the Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center through Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz.  This picture depicts Hannah (on the far left, in her AmeriCorps gray T-shirt) with the group of volunteers that gathered to build a garden at Tyler House, a residential substance abuse recovery program for teens.

Congratulations, Amy and Hannah! Keep a lookout for some prizes coming your way in the near future!

Check out our blog tomorrow to see our final two photo contest winners...