A willingness to work hard and a great attitude – that is what Amanda Schwantes brought to her AmeriCorps year with the Parasol AmeriCorps Team in Incline Village, Nevada. Amanda took charge of her assignment as a volunteer recruiter for the Tahoe Rim Trail Association with gusto.
Your generosity has been amazing. We have spelled AmeriCorps at $100 in donations per letter. That means we have $1,000 raised toward our goal of $10,000 to help Nevada’s AmeriCorps programs continue. So let’s do it again. Starting with the “A” in AmeriCorps. $10 from 10 friends will add it. Can we count on your…
Dannyn Smith was awarded Nevada AmeriCorps Member of the Year in 2010. Why? Take a moment and read about his AmeriCorps success story!
How do you describe it? The impact volunteering has—not on the person who receives the help, but on the volunteer. Volunteering is good for your health, good for your resume, but there is also an emotional charge that comes with service which can uplift you in profound and transformative ways. That feeling is at the heart of one of the stories a young volunteer named Kevin told me.
I kept what Carol Dweck, in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, calls a growth mindset (as opposed to a fixed mindset). I understood that success would be built on lots of failures as part of the learning experience, but eventually I would become technically savvy. With each new thing I accomplished, I amazed my kids… How did Mom do that?
Here is an excellent book for anyone interested in change, whether it is social change, organizational change, or even change at the individual level. The book is: SWITCH: How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip and Dan Heath This book is a good summation of recent findings in behavioral psychology about how…
It’s the end of the college year for students on Nevada campuses and also time to wrap up the student work groups that Nevada Volunteers organized at colleges across the state for their Higher-Education Initiative. Stephanie has been part of this initiative to inspire more students to become involved in their surrounding communities, and she has been quite busy building a bridge.
It’s the 45th anniversary of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America). I am one of over 175,000 Americans who have joined VISTA since 1965, dedicating a year of their lives to tackling poverty and building capacity in our nation’s nonprofit sector. President Kennedy envisioned the program in 1963 and it was implemented by President Johnson two years later. VISTA is a program I am proud to be a part of for many reasons. Here is one of them.
National AmeriCorps Week runs from May 8 to May 15. AmeriCorps and VISTA programs will be spotlighted nationwide. Nevada Volunteers administers five AmeriCorps programs that provide services all across Nevada. 249 AmeriCorps members serve 62 Nevada agencies statewide. Here are some photos of Nevada’s AmeriCorps members getting things done!
It’s a difficult time to be looking for work. Melanie knows. She’s been doing it, and trying to keep a positive attitude. Some days it is not so easy, but Melanie’s found the perfect antidote: volunteering.