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Americorps: is a volunteer in your organization’s future?

posted Apr 28, 2009

The federal government is ramping up the Americorps program, so for US-based Orion Grassroots Network members, it may be time to learn about how you can get a 'volunteer' to help you achieve your mission. Americorps volunteers are often called 'free staffers' but that's only partially right. Listen here to audio of the Network's conference call with Americorps experts Amy Potthast of Idealist.org, Jim Wells of Northwest Service Academy, and Chris Wolff of Island Institute. They describe the ins and outs of the program and answer callers questions.

The official site is here and will answer your preliminary questions, but also try this site too.

View all archived audio files of past Orion Grassroots Network conference calls here.

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