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AmeriCorps members will serve in nonprofit organizations to fill the service gap created by budget declines and decreased financial donations.

They will serve primarily as capacity-builders doing service activities that expand, strengthen and improve a community’s ability to deliver resources in sustainable ways. Members will also recruit and manage volunteers

Members will be placed at host sites throughout the state and will implement new programs, expand existing programs, or increase the quality of existing programs in order to provide access to fundamental resources.

Members serve at the following sites:

Central Oklahoma Integrated Network System, OKC Opry Herigage Foundation of Oklahoma

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Tulsa - OKC Parents Assistance Center, OKC

Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, OKC Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma- OKC

Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, OKC Southwest Community Action Group-ACMI House, Altus

Oklahoma City Museum of Art - OKC The Education & Employment Ministry, OKC

Oklahoma Goodwill Industries

For information, contact:

Paula Wackenheim
730 W. Wilshire, Suite 101
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
(405) 858-7278
pwackenheim@okamericorps.com

AmeriCorps members may serve a term of service during a 10-12 month period. After successful completion of their service, members who are enrolled on or after September 1, 2010 will receive the following education award amounts for their respective term of service:

Full-time 1,700 hrs. $5,350

Half-time 900 hrs. $2,675

Quarter-time 450 hrs. $1,415

Minimum-time 300 hrs. $1,132

Education awards may be used to pay off qualified student loans or may be used at any Title IV school. Members have seven years to use their education award.

For more information, please contact:

Melinda Points

(405) 858-7278

The Oklahoma Community Service Commission is a non-profit state commission whose primary purposes are to integrate, expand and sustain volunteer service initiatives across the state of Oklahoma as well as fund and administer AmeriCorps programs in Oklahoma.

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