Gathering Showcases Impact of Volunteers in Disasters and Other Critical Issues

New Orleans – Witnessing first-hand the power that national service and social innovation has had in restoring the Gulf Coast, nearly 4,000 service leaders from across the country gathered in New Orleans today to kick off the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS).

Group to Provide Meals and Louisiana Hospitality

Hoopa, Calif. – The AmeriCorps Hoopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps (Hoopa TCCC) is currently hard at work in Southeast Missouri, helping residents recover and rebuild after devastating flooding in April.

National Conference on Volunteering and Service Showcases Innovative Solutions to Community Challenges

Largest Gathering of Volunteer and Service Leaders Convenes in New Orleans, June 6-8

Joplin, Mo. -- In the wake of the nation's deadliest tornado in six decades, more than 80 AmeriCorps members are working night and day to assist first responders and victims in the recovery efforts in Joplin, Mo.

With the death toll at 126, more than 700 people injured, and thousands of structures destroyed, the EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin last Sunday flattened everything in its path, leaving residents to scramble to find missing family members and find immediate shelter.

Patrick Corvington, CEO

Corporation for National and Community Service

Commencement Address

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

May15, 2011

Fifth Annual Event Comes at Time of Growing Demand for AmeriCorps

Washington DC -- Every day in communities across the nation, AmeriCorps members are improving schools, rebuilding after disasters, providing health services, preserving the environment, fighting poverty, and meeting other local needs.

The fifth annual AmeriCorps Week, taking place May 14-21, honors these public servants, who work quietly and without fanfare across the U.S. to improve the lives of millions of our most vulnerable citizens.

National Service Responds to Alabama Tornadoes

Washington, D.C. – As Alabama starts the rebuilding process from the deadly tornadoes that caused severe damage across the state, national service participants and volunteers are working hard to ensure affected communities get help needed to recover.

6 Institutions Receive Presidential Award, 641 Recognized Overall

Washington, D.C. – As colleges across the country honor their graduates this commencement season, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today honored the nation's leading institutions of higher education for their support of volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.