Hello West Virginia!
In this newsletter we are happy to share some great things happening through our AmeriCorps network in the state, including upcoming training and networking opportunities, featured AmeriCorps programs, job openings in National Service and MORE!
We hope this newsletter inspires you to Stay engaged with AmeriCorps, Be Kind, #VolunteerWV!
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All About Volunteering
April 14th |
1pm - 2PM
Volunteer WV Wednesday
FREE Webinar Series
Psssst! Everyone who registers for this session and tells us their Volunteer Story will receive a FREE Be Kind Baseball cap!
Volunteerism runs deep here in West Virginia. In this session we will discuss what makes a positive volunteer experience, and hear from experienced volunteer program managers and former Governors Service Award winners. We will be mailing "Be Kind" packs out to first 300 people who submit their Volunteer Stories - make sure you tell us how volunteering has impacted your life!
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Featured AmeriCorps Program: Grow Ohio Valley
Grow Ohio Valley is a non-profit based in Wheeling that addresses food access, healthy futures for the community, and so much more. They are working to fashion a new economic landscape, one offering increased prosperity, improved health and a better environment.
Grow Ohio Valley envisions a world where school children think it is “normal” to grow and eat healthy food, and our rural landscape dominated by thriving family farms. They envision a world where there is widespread access to low-cost, healthy vegetables, even in low-income neighborhoods.
The GOV AmeriCorps Program is working to make this vision a reality!
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Leadership Development Opportunity
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is accepting applications through May 1, 2021 for the third class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute, a leadership and economic development training opportunity for people who currently live and/or work in Appalachia.
The Appalachian Leadership Institute is an extensive nine-month program focusing on skill-building, seminars, best practice reviews, mentoring, and networking. The curriculum is anchored by six multi-day seminars followed by a capstone graduation. Sessions are expected to take place throughout the Region should COVID-19 guidelines allow.
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FREE Virtual Conference
WVU Extension Service
Community Leadership Academy
"The Power of Partnerships"
April 15, 22 and 29, 2021
via Zoom Virtual Conference.
Join for an exciting slate of presenters on leadership topics relating to innovation and entrepreneurship, community health, and emerging leadership. The event will be beneficial for community leaders in West Virginia and surrounding states
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Special Shout-Out to Two of Our
AmeriCorps Programs
for Outstanding COVID-19 Response
Congratulations to High Rocks and LifeBridge for being featured in this publication by America's Service Commissions!
On the one year anniversary of the first COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, America’s Service Commissions (ASC) released a new publication, Innovative State Service COVID-19 Response Programs, showcasing outstanding examples of how state-based AmeriCorps and Volunteer Generation Fund programs have been adapting and responding to community needs during COVID-19.
The publication features 79 innovative programs from 50 states and territories, and represents a glimpse into the impressive work of national service programs this past year and the extraordinary efforts of AmeriCorps and volunteer programs to aid those most in need in hyper-local ways.
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Serve with Energy Express this Summer |
Energy Express, a program under the leadership of West Virginia University Extension Service’s 4-H Youth Development unit, is an eight-week, summer reading and nutrition program for children living in West Virginia’s rural and low-income communities. The program is designed to provide learning opportunities and nutrition during the summer months, when children are most at risk for falling behind on reading levels – a preventable loss known as the “summer slide.”
Energy Express AmeriCorps members make learning fun for small groups of school age children by creating a safe, enriching environment focused on reading, writing, art and drama. In addition to learning activities, members eat, family-style meals with children, make family visits and complete a community service project.
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Careers in National Service
Job Opportunities
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High Rocks is HIRING a Business and Operations Manager
Do you have a passion for youth in WV and a strong skill set including organization, communication, people and business management, technology use?
High Rocks, an award-winning non-profit program in Hillsboro, WV, is seeking a full-time Business and Operations Manager. The High Rocks transforms the lives of young people and their impact on communities across the state of West Virginia.
This position will help support program and administrative staff to achieve excellent results in a team-oriented and supportive collaborative environment.
For more information about this position, click here.
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The Salvation Army is hiring in Morgantown
The Salvation Army Potomac Division has an opening for a “Regional Major Gifts Officer” based in Northern West Virginia area.
Job duties include:
- Raise funds to enable the Mission of The Salvation Army by aggressively developing and nurturing current and prospective donors including individuals, foundations, and corporations.
- Respond to inquiries and communicate with donors, advisory organization members, Salvation Army staff and Officers
Sound interesting? View the full job listing here.
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Find a volunteer gig today : |
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