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		<title>Remembering Joplin &#8211; Two Years Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado landed in the town of Joplin, Missouri. Nearly every resident was impacted by the disaster &#8211; Within hours the tornado took the lives of 161 people and destroyed approximately 7,000 homes and businesses. At 2:30 am the next morning, the first AmeriCorps team arrived. Since then, AmeriCorps Alums [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5770&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AmeriCorps Alums and the MSW@USC: Continuing to Make a Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Heinrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AmeriCorps Alums is excited to announce a new $5000 scholarship for AmeriCorps alumni at the University of Southern California top-ranked online Masters in Social Work degree program.  Read below about an alum who’ll be completing the program this spring and to learn more about how you can be part of the MSW program. After two AmeriCorps tours [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5760&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Heinrich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AmeriCorps Alums Chapter Network offers a unique opportunity for alumni to build and develop leadership and career skills by serving in a chapter leadership position.  But rather than just tell you about it ourselves, we wanted you to hear how the opportunity has benefited our alumni straight from their own mouths. Below are the stories [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5666&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AmeriCorps Helped Fulfill a Childhood Dream</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s guest post comes from Jen Rudolph, Program Animal Specialist at Rhode Island Zoological Society On January 1, 2008, after a very difficult time in my life, I woke up and made a promise to myself that I would find a way to change the world for the better.  Of course, this is an overwhelming goal [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5746&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An AmeriLove Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s guest post comes from Margaret Garvey, Founder and Director of Arizona Serve. Currently, they&#8217;re recruiting for AmeriCorps VISTA positions starting this summer. You can find these opportunities at My AmeriCorps by searching &#8216;Serve Yavapai&#8217; under program name. I am not really a morning person. So, in July of 2006 when I boarded the airport shuttle in Prescott, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5739&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to &#8220;I Serve Because&#8230;&#8221; Video Contest Winners!</title>
		<link>http://blog.americorpsalums.org/2013/05/10/congratulations-to-i-serve-because-video-contest-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of collecting submissions and days of voting in the “I Serve Because…” Video Contest, we have a winner! Congratulations to Erica Gordon, an AmeriCorps Alum who served with College Forward in Austin, TX.  Erica’s story – from switching careers to finding her passion through AmeriCorps, inspires us to make an impact in the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5730&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for Your Favorite “I Serve Because…” Top 10 Finalist!</title>
		<link>http://blog.americorpsalums.org/2013/05/07/vote-for-your-favorite-i-serve-because-top-10-finalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alums, thank you for sharing your “I Serve Because…” story of service with AmeriCorps Alums and Save Service, a campaign led by Voices for National Service and ServeNext!  We really appreciate that you took the time to show your support for national service by participating in the first ever “I Serve Because…” Video Contest. In [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.americorpsalums.org&#038;blog=6161441&#038;post=5720&#038;subd=americorpsalums&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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