What to do: AmeriCorps Week March 11-17

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1 What to do: Ameri Week March What is Ameri Week? Ameri Week is a time to salute Ameri members and alums for their service, and communicate Ameri impact on communities and on the lives of those who serve. It s a time for outreach and to share with your community all the great things that Ameri members like you do. All Ameri members throughout the country will be participating in this week of recognition and communication. What do I do as an Ameri member? It s simple, just spread the word: At WRC we have created a toolkit that helps you share. You ll find the Ameri Week Toolkit on our website. It contains this document, an informational poster, an informational poster with tabs you can cut on the bottom, a signup sheet for tabling events, application cards to hand out, and a PowerPoint slide deck. We ask that, at a minimum, you make a copy of the poster and then call or your local high school or college counselor to make an appointment with them to speak about Ameri and put a poster up in their office where students can see it. We re telling you early, so you have plenty of time to make an appointment around Ameri Week. Our toolkit should have everything you need. Just bring a copy of the poster and show up to your appointment to chat. If you want to go the extra mile, in addition to the above you can also: Make more copies of the poster and put them around town at the churches, libraries, post offices, community centers etc Table during lunch time at a local high school/college and spread the word about Ameri opportunities while you handout copies of the posters or application cards to interested parties. Give a PowerPoint presentation to a classroom, school board, nonprofit, really any group you think would be interested in Ameri. You can use the PowerPoint in the Ameri Week toolkit and combine it with your Martin Luther King Day presentation too. Also, don t forget to put your time for Ameri Week outreach on your timesheet as service hours. Thank you for participating in Ameri Week! We appreciate all that you do! Please contact your WRC coordinator if you have any questions or to tell us how your outreach goes in March. We d love to hear how it went!

2 What is the (WRC)? The WRC is an Ameri project that places full me s pend volunteers in elementary schools and early learning ins tu ons across the state of Washington. Our members serve for 10.5 months helping students reach their literacy goals, laying the groundwork for lifelong academic success! The skills you learn during service can help you prepare for a future career in educa on. What are the benefits of serving with the WRC? Every member serving with the WRC receives: A monthly living s pend of $1,307* (before taxes) Basic health insurance coverage An educa on award worth $5,920* that can be used to pay for future schooling costs or exis ng student loan debt * S pend and educa on award amounts subject to change for each service term How do I apply for a posi on with WRC? To contact or learn more: Call: (toll free) E mail: Reading@esd.wa.gov Website: become a member

3 What is the (WRC)? The WRC is an Ameri project that places full me s pend volunteers in elementary schools and early learning ins tu ons across the state of Washington. Our members serve for 10.5 months helping students reach their literacy goals, laying the groundwork for lifelong academic success! The skills you learn during service can help you prepare for a future career in educa on. What are the benefits of serving with the WRC? Every member serving with the WRC receives: A monthly living s pend of $1,307* (before taxes) Basic health insurance coverage An educa on award worth $5,920 How do I apply for a posi on with WRC? To contact or learn more: Call: (toll free) E mail: Reading@esd.wa.gov Website: become a member

4 Want to be Notified When Positions Open Up? Fill Out This Sign-Up Sheet First Name Last Name Address Pre-K or K-4 WA Region (N,S,E,W) or city

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