EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About AmeriCorps Week!

Lots happened during AmeriCorps Week 2012, and it’s easy to have missed some of the newsworthy headlines that talked about AmeriCorps Works. Grab your coffee, kick up your feet, and put down your copy of The Hunger Games for about 10 minutes (Team Peeta!), as we’ve got you covered on this Friday news roundup! Op- Eds

• Commemorating AmeriCorps Week: Expanding Opportunity Through Service – Huffington Post
• AmeriCorps deserves ample congrats for all does for service and volunteers – The Athens News
• AmeriCorps Works – Havre Daily News
• AmeriCorps Week Here – Herald Journal News

AmeriCorps Members Spotlights

• AmeriCorps Works: VISTA Members Tell Their Story – Sacramento Press
• Local AmeriCorps member honored during National AmeriCorps Week – Nooga
• Minnesotans serve through AmeriCorps – Twin Cities Daily Planet

Program Highlights

• Volunteers Celebrate AmeriCorps Week – The Pitt News
• Celebrating AmeriCorps Week In Oregon – Oregon Live

Government Recognitions

• Montana Celebrates AmeriCorps Week – Explore Big Sky
• Governor Quinn Proclaims AmeriCorps Week In Illinois – ENews Park Forest
• Gov. Perdue Proclaims National AmeriCorps Week in North Carolina – Press Zoom
• AmeriCorps Week Promotes Community Service – Jackson Free Press

Was there local coverage of AmeriCorps Week in your community?  Share with us in the comments below!