SERVICE IN SOCIETY

Day 3 Service and our

History

OUR HISTORY
a

volunteer program run by the

U.S. government
Established by Executive Order by
President JFK in 1961

OUR HISTORY
What

do you know about it?

OUR HISTORY
MISSION:

providing technical assistance, helping people

outside the United States to understand American culture,
and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other
countries. The work is generally related to social and
economic development.
WHO? U.S. citizen, typically with a college degree, who
works abroad for a period of two years after three months
of training.
WORK WITH governments, schools, non-profit
organizations, non-government organizations, and
entrepreneurs in education, business, information
technology, agriculture, and the environment

OUR HISTORY

220,000 volunteers
141 countries

OUR HISTORY
AmeriCorpsis

a civil society program

supported by the U.S government,
foundations, corporations, and other donors
Often compared to the PEACE CORPS as its
domestic counterpart
Created by BILL CLINTON in 1993

OUR HISTORY
GOAL

: helping others and meeting critical

needs in the community
MEMBERS commit to full-time or part-time
positions to fulfill assignments in the fields of
education, public safety, health care, and
environmental protection

OUR HISTORY

800,000 volunteers
since 1994

OUR HISTORY
Serve

America Act
Signed by President Obama in 2009
Expands AmeriCorps

OUR HISTORY
Five

new service corps were created which address

the needs of low income communities:
Clean Energy Corps to encourage energy efficiency
and conservation
Education Corps to help increase student
engagement, achievement and graduation
Healthy Futures Corps to improve health care
access
Veterans Service Corps to enhance services for
veterans
Opportunity Corps

OUR HISTORY
Clean

Energy Corps to encourage energy efficiency

and conservation
Education Corps to help increase student
engagement, achievement and graduation
Healthy Futures Corps to improve health care
access
Veterans Service Corps to enhance services for
veterans
Opportunity Corps
Which would you
volunteer for?