AmeriCorps and Montana Campus Compact

AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.  AmeriCorps members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations.  They tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters.  Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation of National and Community Service.   http://www.americorps.org/

Montana Campus Compact

MTCC is a coalition of Montana college and university presidents, chancellors, and deans committed to the civic purposes of higher education.  The Board of Directors believes that by creating a supportive campus environment for involvement in community service, colleges and universities can best prepare their students to be active, committed, informed citizen leaders in their communities.  To support the mission, MTCC promotes activities that:

• Develop students' citizenship skills and values;

   

• Encourage collaborative partnerships between Montana 's campuses and communities; and

   

• Assist faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research.

   

For more information on MTCC connect to their website: http://www.mtcompact.org/

Montana Campus Corps

The mission of the Montana Campus Corps is to engage more students in extra-curricular community service.

Campus Corps strives to:

• Address critical community needs by coordinating service initiatives and engaging students in service;

   

• Strengthen partnerships between local communities and neighboring colleges and universities;

   

• Develop a large body of student leaders who have a lifelong commitment to service;

   

• Create an institutional ethic of service among Compact member schools.

   

The Montana Campus Corps is an affiliate of the AmeriCorps National Service Network. AmeriCorps is the national service initiative signed into law by President Clinton.  AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance during their service term. Upon successful completion of a term of service, members receive an Educational Award to assist them in paying for college. Applications and more information can be received from the Center for Service-Learning or can be accessed at http://www.americorps.org.

AmeriCorps Members at the University of Montana-Western

Campus Corps

Team Leader: Patrick Callaway

Patrick serves the Beaverhead County Red Cross Service Center and supports the other corps members.

Corps Member: Joanne Illig

Joanne serves with the Youth Connections Mentoring Program and the Youth Challenge Tutoring Program in Dillon.

Corps Member: Nancy Reuter

Nancy serves Dillon’s youth by teaching a SpaceWard Bound After-School Program twice a week.

VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America)

Holly Williams

Holly serves Dillon’s Food Commodities Program for Seniors.