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AmeriCorps members gain valuable career skills and bolstered civic and community engagement while building homes and refurbishing computers

YouthBuild USA

AmeriCorps grantee

AmeriCorps was there to give Caitlin the opportunity and experience to make a change in the trajectory of her career.

Caitlin Clooser

AmeriCorps alumnus

“She was forced into a marriage years ago and since then, was continuously abused by her husband. This woman was the first person that I translated for during my year of service.”

Zhara Keshwani

AmeriCorps member

He worked to establish a formal volunteer program at Garden Harvest, a Maryland organic farm that donates its produce to soup kitchens and homeless shelters.

Earl Millet

AmeriCorps alumnus

She completed fundraising development projects at RefugeeOne, a refugee resettlement agency in Chicago.

Blair Brettschneider

AmeriCorps alumnus

Germain Castellanos served in AmeriCorps as a Youth Developer with the Youth Conservation Corps in Waukegan, IL, where he was honored with the title of AmeriCorps Member of the Year in 2005.

Germain Castellanos

AmeriCorps alumnus

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