Service Projects
National days of service can play an important part of the AmeriCorps program year. This topic area lists resources related to AmeriCorps Week, MLK Day of Service, and other important service opportunities. Project-specific activities — e.g., disaster preparedness and response, mentoring and tutoring, environmental education, and service-learning — are also included.
Service Events
- National Service Days Calendar
- National Conference on Volunteering and Service
- Effective Practices by Service Event
- MLK Day Service Projects Overview
- 9-11 Day of Service site
- AmeriCorps Week
- Earth Day
- Service Learning
- AmeriCorps Service Project Proposal
- Planning and implementing a successful statewide service event (Effective Practice)
Disaster Preparedness and Response
- Disaster Preparedness and Response Resources
- Conducting a hazard assessment (Effective Practice)
- Understanding the role of staff during disaster deployment and recovery (Effective Practice)
- Responding to disasters with CERT trained volunteers (Effective Practice)
- Creating a community inter-agency disaster organization (CIDO) (Effective Practice)
- CNCS Disaster Services Online Orientation (Online Course)
- Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster (Online Course)
Environment
- Getting classroom support for environmental programs at an elementary school (Effective Practice)
- Recruiting members and volunteers for environmental programs (Effective Practice)
- Finding a job in the environmental sector (Effective Practice)
- Providing outcome indicators for reporting on environmental programs (Effective Practice)
Public Health
- Issue Brief: Health Benefits of Volunteering
- Starting an HIV/AIDS peer education program in your community (Effective Practice)
- Providing oral health care to low-income communities (Effective Practice)
- Providing outcome indicators for reporting on health, nutrition, and human services programs (Effective Practice)
Public Safety
- Issue Brief: Volunteering and Civic Engagement Among Youth from Disadvantaged Circumstances
- Keeping schools open during non-school hours (Effective Practice)
- Providing home security and community safety services to residents of low-income communities (Effective Practice)
- Fostering police and community relationships (Effective Practice)
