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• Getting to Know the SF Health Corps
  07/14/2008 10:01:24 PM EST
  Last week was one experience I can never forget. I visited the Health Corp in San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium on Friday and met with Charlene Henderson, the AmeriCorps program supervisor.  Unfortunately she was extremely busy, but on the other hand I had the opportunity to meet the majority of the Health Corps group. I had the chance to know about the programs from AmeriCorps members’ point of view.
• National Service and all....
  07/02/2008 01:10:57 AM EST
  I was once approached by a close friend asking “what would you say if I asked you about serving you community?” I replied “sure, I would love to volunteer.” “No, that not what I meant,” he says. I could not understand what he meant until this day. Joining ServeNext as a Summer Intern, 2 years and 11 months later, I finally realized the meaning of Service. While the idea of serving the community is similar to volunteering, service, or rather, national service was not quite what I expected. Comprising of dedicated individuals to “work” towards improving the community and providing service to those of low income, disables, disadvantaged, and those simply looking for the means to help themselves or help others, programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps help closes the gap of inequality.
  
• City Year Graduation
  06/24/2008 02:09:54 AM EST
  Oh, what a day. Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to visit City Year’s graduation in San Jose/Silicon Valley. This is one day I cannot forget. I left my apartment one hour earlier than the time needed because I was afraid I would get lost on my way. And as expected I wandered my way into Downtown San Jose, taking random buses and asking people the directions to the graduation. In the end, I managed to find the location and joined the graduation ceremony 15 minutes in. But without know too much about City Year, within minutes I was able to grasp the mood of the graduation.
• AmeriCorps Can Help!
  06/24/2008 12:56:51 AM EST
  AmeriCorps is incredible. As I was reading several responses to “Still Serving: Measuring the Eight-Year impact of AmeriCorps and Alumni” I realized that the effects of serving in the program have extremely lasting effects. After the study, the results of the AmeriCorps program shows that for those who serve compared to those who thought about serving but didn’t, are relatively much more active in further serving their community.
• a President's Vision for National Service
  06/19/2008 01:10:35 AM EST
  Between Democratic Candidate Barack Obama’s “Call to Serve” plans and Republican Candidate John McCain’s “Putting the ‘National’ in National Service,” both present a strong perspective on expanding national service. The next President must understand the current conditions of US and must be able to mobilize and institute, and execute, if you will, these plans accordingly. McCain has yet to present a plan, but the list of additions Obama has to National Service is promising. Obama's Plans:
  http://www.barackobama.com/issues/service/