At long last: Announcing our Video Contest Winner!

We had some amazing, inspiring, and heart-warming videos come to us for our recent video contest, making picking the winner a tough choice!  But at long last, we've chosen:

"This AmeriCorps Life" Video Champ: By Rachel Lebowitz from Outside the Lens

We love this video because it is life as a VIP to an extent; Rachel's video includes a project run by volunteers that she coordinated!

Congratulations, Rachel!

Thanks, everyone, for your submissions!  And have a wonderful rest of your Monday.

Announcing... Photo Contest Winners!

Over the last month, we've held our year-end photo contest:

We asked our VIP Fellows to submit photos that represent life in AmeriCorps VIP.  Thank you to everyone who participated!  We got some wonderful submissions.

We are pleased to announce that we have some winners!

Best Promotional Photo - Submitted by Kim Nguyen, NCOE

 Just look at all of those proud AmeriCorps 'A's!  Pictured are all the VIP Fellows at the Napa County Office of Education: Sonia Ayala, Haley Schandelmier, Cherri Alcantara, Thanh Tran, Naima Wright-Clay, Kim Nguyen, and Aileen Savage.  

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Best Action Shot - Submitted by Anna Sieh, City of Duarte

 We love this photo because it shows both a volunteer volunteering, and a VIP Fellow assisting the volunteer in serving!  Pictured is VIP Fellow Philip Ledesma, who serves at the Foothill Unity Center.

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Most Creative Photo - Submitted by Lindy Capps, Volunteer San Diego

The following is a series of three photos of VIP Fellow Rachel Lebowitz at a service project at the Lakeside River Parks Conservancy on an MLK Day of Service.

 We love this series of photos because they're lighthearted - we're serious about serving and getting things done, but we hope to all have a little fun doing it!

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Congratulations to our winners!

Check out our blog next week to find out the results of our video contest...

Have a great weekend everyone!