Change your Facebook Profile Picture in Honor of AmeriCorps Week

Looking to help promote AmeriCorps in celebration of service?  Check out the AmeriCorps Week website, which has all kind of banners and even an avatar made just for your Facebook profile picture.  Use it to help promote AmeriCorps this week!

AmeriCorps Alums' Annual AmeriCorps Week Webinar

Happy AmeriCorps Week!

AmeriCorps Alums hosts an annual AmeriCorps Week webinar for current AmeriCorps members and Alumni.  This year's webinar is titled "Inspirational Pathways of Service and Leadership" and will feature five AmeriCorps alumni on a panel discussing their post-AmeriCorps careers.  It takes place tomorrow from 12 pm - 1:30 pm PT.

Interested in learning more or participating?  Check out more information here.

Fast Facts about AmeriCorps Impact

AmeriCorps week starts tomorrow.  This year's theme is "AmeriCorps Works" - but have you ever wondered just how we know that AmeriCorps works?  Well - here are some facts about AmeriCorps Impact from the AmeriCorps Week Impact Guide:

775,000:  Number of people who have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994.

1 Billion: Total number of hours served by AmeriCorps members since 1994.

3.5 million: Number of disadvantaged youth tutored, mentored, or served by AmeriCorps
members in fiscal 2011.

3.4 million: Number of community volunteers managed or mobilized by AmeriCorps
members in fiscal 2011.

$480 million: Value of cash and in-kind donations leveraged by AmeriCorps members in
fiscal 2010.

15,000: Number of nonprofit, faith-based, and community organizations served by
AmeriCorps members.

$2.2 billion: Total amount of Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards earned by AmeriCorps
members since 1994.

$7.6 billion: Amount of AmeriCorps funds invested in nonprofit, educational, and faithbased
community groups since 1994.

Get the word out about your AmeriCorps Week events

AmeriCorps Week (March 10 - 18) is fast approaching, and AmeriCorps members, alums, and service-lovers all over the country are looking to celebrate service in America by... well, serving!  So get the word out about service opportunities (or any other AmeriCorps Week events) at your organization and help others get involved!  Here are a few places you can list your AmeriCorps Week events:

• AmeriCorps Alums Events website
• Idealist (click on "post a listing" at the top right corner of the page)
• VolunteerMatch (click on "register" to get started)
• Craigslist (put a posting in the volunteer section for your area's page)

Still looking for ideas of events you can hold during AmeriCorps Week?  Find some great resources over at AmeriCorps Alums.