ServeMinnesota has gathered some of our favorite recent social media posts about AmeriCorps and service. Follow our social platforms at @ServeMN and #IServeMN to let us know what posts you think are most noteworthy.
- We appreciated the Corporation for National and Community Service‘s tribute to President George H.W. Bush, who was a strong advocate for dedicating oneself to service:
2. AARP Minnesota posted an essay by ServeMinnesota CEO Audrey Suker about how AmeriCorps is an especially good choice for people over 50:
3. The spirit and fashion choices of this Conservation Corps member (and his channeling of Borat) are pretty wonderful:
4. Minnesota Math Corps members in the East Twin Cities Metro took time to volunteer at The Sheridan Story to pack meals for children and families:
5. In Massachusetts, this AmeriCorps Cape Cod member shows our birds need a little help when it’s cold outside:
6. Scholar Coaches from Minnesota Reading Corps hand out a wide variety of books to families at a school “Literacy Night”:
7. We were especially drawn in by the AmeriCorps member’s Reading Corps shirt in this recent post from Working Nation about how lives are changed by a year of service:
8. Although he isn’t on one of our Minnesota lakes, we loved the sentiment of this post from a former AmeriCorps member whose service led to his current career in wildlife management (plus, what a catch!):