AmeriCorps Works... four final photo contest winners!

Today we get to announce our final two photo contest winners!  Take a look at these great shots:

Winner: Best Volunteer Photo

 

Our pick for Volunteer Photo comes from Luis Alberto, VIP Fellow at the Boys & Girls Club of Tustin through OneOC.  We love seeing young volunteers get excited about service!  Luis says, "This is Ori helping to make cupcakes for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tustin fundraiser."  

Winner: Best Overall Photo 

 We love this creative photo from VIP Fellow Nick Larson, and we've picked it as our Best Overall Photo!  Nick serves with The Link: Youth in Action through Cal Poly SLO.  Here is some of what Nick had to say about this photo:

"One of the most difficult populations with whom I have ever worked is eighth grade boys. I discovered this while taking a group of six middle school students on an overnight camping trip with students who are part of a gang prevention program for at-risk youth.  They were a group with very-little-to-no previous experience with activities like kayaking, hiking, and camping, not to mention being away from computers, tv, videogames, and phones. These boys were not perfect angels, but they showed up and participated gladly.  Two days and one night in the great outdoors definitely made an impact on them.  Two weeks later, they still talked about it.  The boys experienced something completely new, their faces revealed a light, and now there are new possibilities that life can bring them."

Congratulations to Luis and Nick!  You've got some prizes headed your way!

Now, hold on to the edge of your seat... our video contest winner will be announced next week...

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... 

VIP Fellows: Get Creative and enter our photo & video contest!

Get creative.  Share your experience.  Show off your impact.

In honor of AmeriCorps Week (March 9-17), we're announcing our annual photo and video contest! 

The photo and video contest is open to all current VIP AmeriCorps members.  Submissions are die March 7.  Winners will be announced during AmeriCorps Week.  Check out complete contest details on the second page of our flier here.

Creative Photo Contest Winner

And our last photo contest winner for the 2012 AmeriCorps Week Photo Contest is (drumroll please!)...

 

This great photo of the KorehLA VIP Fellow team!  It takes the "Most Creative Photo" title.  The photo was inspired by KorehLA's mission to enable volunteers to help foster their student’s love of reading, and was taken at The Last Book Store in Downtown Los Angeles.  Congratulations to Molly Soboroff, the VIP Fellow who submitted this photo!

Check out the blog next week to see our winning "AmeriCorps Works" video!

Volunteer In Action Photo Contest Winner

Our AmeriCorps week photo contest winner for Best Volunteer Action shot goes to:

 

Julianna Whittaker, VIP Fellow at CalSERVES!  This is a photo of a committed volunteer at Bellevue Elementary School, taking part in pumpkin carving with the students she serves.  Congratulations, Julianna!

Day in the Life Photo Contest Winner

Thank you to everyone who participated in our VIP AmeriCorps Week Photo Contest!  Over the next 3 days, we'll be announcing our photo contest winners.

Our first winner, for best "Day in the Life" shot, goes to...

 

James Laske, VIP Fellow at CSU Monterey Bay.  Congratulations!  This is a great photo of James working on a service learning project with a student - helping instill the AmeriCorps ethic of service into a new generation of volunteers!

Check out the blog again tomorrow and Wednesday to see our Volunteer in Action and Creative Photo winners!

VIP AmeriCorps Week Photo Contest

VIP Fellows: Check out our photo contest for AmeriCorps week (March 10-18)!  Put together a video or submit some photos for a chance to be showcased on VIP websites, help us promote AmeriCorps Week, and win cool prizes!

Good luck!

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!