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Make a Difference Day 2009

Mitzi Miller — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:08 +0000

Join statewide volunteers on Saturday, October 24 to celebrate Make a Difference Day!

Make a Difference Day reflects the power that volunteers have to “inspire by example” — volunteers both encourage those they help and motivate others to serve! Find out how you, too, can participate in the day’s many offerings. This special day offers opportunities to serve in many West Virginia communities.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to volunteer, visit www.volunteerwv.org to find an opportunity that matches your interests and geographic location!

See what some programs in West Virginia are doing this week:

LifeBridge AmeriCorps - In honor of Make A Difference Day, LifeBridge…

More about Service-learning on You-Tube and Facebook

Sherry Swint — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:56:40 +0000

The feds are using social media! Learn and Serve America has its own facebook page and YouTube. I took a quick look at the YouTube videos. Many of the short videos are about Learn and Serve’s grantees and their impact on local communities. Peter Bender of Tuff’s University also shares some light on service-learning research. I find the video about Asoka’s Youth Venture particularly interesting.

If you still are not thrilled check out a couple of local videos. Cacapon Institute has a set of videos and Save Our Streams staffer Tim Cradock has started a collection as well but on Vimeo. I am sure there are…

Project FLOW ‘Proclaim Your Fame’ Contest - Enter Now!

Mitzi Miller — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:59:41 +0000

Project FLOW (Future Leaders of Watersheds)

Sumbit your story of service for a chance to win a new GREEN iPod!

Click here for details!

First Lady Encourages West Virginians to be ‘Ready’ for Emergencies

Mitzi Miller — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:52:05 +0000

9/17/2009

Charleston, W.Va. – To mark National Preparedness Month this year, First Lady Gayle Manchin, along with the West Virginia Citizen Corps program, the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Volunteer West Virginia, will announce the launch of ReadyWV, a campaign to help West Virginians prepare for emergencies.

“Disasters will happen and we can’t always prevent them, but we can do our best to prepare for them,” Manchin said. “I encourage West Virginians to prepare their family members, their households, their businesses and their communities for emergencies. I applaud West Virginia Citizen Corps, West Virginia Division of Homeland Security…

Are you ready or are you READY?

Mitzi Miller — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:43:16 +0000

By Rebecca Marquis, Acting Director, Ready Campaign

You may think that you have enough supplies in your pantry to make it through an emergency, but if you have to evacuate, do you have a to-go emergency kit that is easy to grab at a moment’s notice? If an emergency occurs, you might assume you can simply call your spouse or children to see if they’re okay, but what if the phone lines are jammed with others doing the exact same thing? When it comes to you and your loved ones, is having a plan that’s “good enough” good enough? The Ready…