To: The United States House of Representatives
Save Americorps NCCC
Help save Americorps NCCC. NCCC has impacted American communities for 20 years, let's make sure it keeps impacting for another 20.
Why is this important?
A few days ago a subcommittee in the House of Representatives approved a bill to underfund The Corporation for National and Community Service. If this legislation is approved by the Full Committee it will likely go to the floor of the House for a vote, from there to the Senate and then finally to the President.
If this bill is actually passed into law then AmeriCorps NCCC will be completely underfunded and will cease to exist.
So let's take a second and list some quantifiables from NCCC during the year 2014.
-removed 1,179 acres of brush/undergrowth to prevent fires
-helped to construct 281 houses with Habitat for Humanity
-assisted over 17,000 homeless people
-over 24,000 at-risk youth
I can't even begin to explain how much of an impact NCCC has made when it comes to disaster recovery services. Two examples I can think of are Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina.
This is just a small portion of the impact that AmeriCorps has had in the past year. These numbers aren't even covering what Americorps State/National and Americorps VISTA has done. Not only does Americorps serve local and national communities but they also serve its members. They do this by building and developing leaders, guiding people on the right path and exposing individuals to life experiences and lessons that they may have never gotten if they hadn't joined.
I have served two years with Americorps and I am about to serve a third year starting this august. Learning about this bill has made me upset beyond anything. Americorps has changed my life and helped mold me into the person I am today.
All I ask is that you stand beside me and help prove to those in the House of Representatives that don't realize how much of an impact Americorps has made throughout the United States in the past twenty years.
If this bill is actually passed into law then AmeriCorps NCCC will be completely underfunded and will cease to exist.
So let's take a second and list some quantifiables from NCCC during the year 2014.
-removed 1,179 acres of brush/undergrowth to prevent fires
-helped to construct 281 houses with Habitat for Humanity
-assisted over 17,000 homeless people
-over 24,000 at-risk youth
I can't even begin to explain how much of an impact NCCC has made when it comes to disaster recovery services. Two examples I can think of are Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina.
This is just a small portion of the impact that AmeriCorps has had in the past year. These numbers aren't even covering what Americorps State/National and Americorps VISTA has done. Not only does Americorps serve local and national communities but they also serve its members. They do this by building and developing leaders, guiding people on the right path and exposing individuals to life experiences and lessons that they may have never gotten if they hadn't joined.
I have served two years with Americorps and I am about to serve a third year starting this august. Learning about this bill has made me upset beyond anything. Americorps has changed my life and helped mold me into the person I am today.
All I ask is that you stand beside me and help prove to those in the House of Representatives that don't realize how much of an impact Americorps has made throughout the United States in the past twenty years.