MECC AmeriCorps

MECC AmeriCorps
Project(s)	Date(s):
Earth Day/National Vol. WeeK and Global Youth Service	To be celebrated with service projects April 18 and April 25th
√Benefit concert for the Imagination Library	2:00 PM, Sunday April 5 in the Goodloe Center
√State Conference	March 29-31
√Read Across America!	March 2, 2009
√Operation Energy Save	Nov.2008 - Feb. 2009
√MLK, JR Day event √Dinner, Candlelight March & Service	Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 at the First Church of God in Wise, VA. Dinner begins at 5:30 pm; AmeriCorps members be there at 4:30 pm to help.
Incredible Families Volunteer Day	Postponed due to weather; will be held in the spring
√AmeriCorps "Launch" Ceremony	Big Stone Gap - Goodloe Center Nov. 1st
√Imagination Library Project at Home Crafts Days	Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 & 19 MECC campus (75 children enrolled!)
√Grogan Creek Clean-up	Oct 17 in Gate City
√Virginia Hunger Symposium Food Drive & √Make a Difference Day	Food drive -- Oct 13 - 24 Make a Difference day Oct 25th Result: 300 cans of food donated to Appalachia Food Bank
√ Fall Fling	Wise, VA - Sat. and Sun.Oct. 4 & 5 (75 children enrolled!)
√Volunteer Day / Service Nation	Duffield Primary, Sept. 27th
√Service Project: Country Cabin rehab	The Country Cabin - on old Appalachia-Norton road. Sept. 18th
Recruitment of new MECC AmeriCorps members for 2008 - 2009	Summer & Fall semester
√Volunteering with RAM	July 25-26-27 at Wise Fairgrounds
MECC & VT Engage!	All year Pledging & recording of volunteer service
√Urgency of Now National Conference	Atlanta, GA June 1-3, 2008
√Va. Conference on Volunteersim and Community Service	Virginia Beach, VA ; April 22 - 25, 2008 (22nd is a travel day)

Project(s)

Date(s):

Earth Day/National Vol. WeeK
and Global Youth Service

To be celebrated with service projects April 18 and April 25th

√Benefit concert for the
Imagination Library

2:00 PM, Sunday April 5
in the Goodloe Center

√State Conference

March 29-31

√Read Across America!

March 2, 2009

√Operation Energy Save

Nov.2008 - Feb. 2009

√MLK, JR Day event
√Dinner, Candlelight March & Service

Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 at the First Church of God in Wise, VA.
Dinner begins at 5:30 pm; AmeriCorps members be there at 4:30 pm to help.

Incredible Families Volunteer Day

Postponed due to weather; will be
held in the spring

√AmeriCorps "Launch" Ceremony

Big Stone Gap - Goodloe Center
Nov. 1st

√Imagination Library Project at Home Crafts Days

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 & 19

MECC campus (75 children enrolled!)

√Grogan Creek Clean-up

Oct 17 in Gate City

√Virginia Hunger Symposium Food Drive &

√Make a Difference Day

Food drive -- Oct 13 - 24

Make a Difference day Oct 25th Result: 300 cans of food donated to Appalachia Food Bank

√ Fall Fling

Wise, VA - Sat. and Sun.Oct. 4 & 5

(75 children enrolled!)

√Volunteer Day / Service Nation

Duffield Primary, Sept. 27th

√Service Project: Country Cabin rehab

The Country Cabin - on old Appalachia-Norton road. Sept. 18th

Recruitment of new MECC AmeriCorps members for 2008 - 2009

Summer & Fall semester

√Volunteering with RAM

July 25-26-27 at Wise Fairgrounds

MECC & VT Engage!

All year
Pledging & recording of volunteer service

√Urgency of Now National Conference

Atlanta, GA June 1-3, 2008

√Va. Conference on Volunteersim and Community Service

Virginia Beach, VA ; April 22 - 25, 2008
(22nd is a travel day)

Project(s)	Actions:
Tsunami Drive (2004-05)	The Tsunami Drive was a SUCCESS thanks to all those who made donations totalling up to $632.00.
Clean the Creek	Served with Scott Co. Soil & Water Conservation staff and volunteers to clean Cowans Creek, 2007; portion of Clinch River, 2006.
Book Drives/Book Swaps (2006-07)	The book drives/book swaps have been a HUGE SUCCESS this year with drive totals over 3,000 books and growing! Children in each school receive books to take home for their very own. Remaining books are donated to local social agencies and other non-profit and faith-based groups.
Habitat for Humanity Build Buena Vista, VA MLK Day, 2005	In Rockbridge County, VA the MECC AmeriCorps group teamed up with other VA Region AmeriCorps groups as well as the Habitat for Humanity group in helping to build two homes in the Buena Vista area, as well as clean up and prepare for renovations on a building.
Habitat for Humanity Build Big Stone Gap, VA 2006	We helped with the "Big Build" and returned to prep and seed the lawn after the house was complete.
MLK, Jr. Day	We joined with UVA-Wise for the annual "Keep the Dream Alive" celebration in Wise, VA.

Project(s)

Actions:

Tsunami Drive (2004-05)

The Tsunami Drive was a SUCCESS thanks to all those who made donations totalling up to $632.00.

Clean the Creek

Served with Scott Co. Soil & Water Conservation staff and volunteers to clean Cowans Creek, 2007; portion of Clinch River, 2006.

Book Drives/Book Swaps
(2006-07)

The book drives/book swaps have been a HUGE SUCCESS this year with drive totals over 3,000 books and growing! Children in each school receive books to take home for their very own. Remaining books are donated to local social agencies and other non-profit and faith-based groups.

Habitat for Humanity Build
Buena Vista, VA
MLK Day, 2005

In Rockbridge County, VA the MECC AmeriCorps group teamed up with other VA Region AmeriCorps groups as well as the Habitat for Humanity group in helping to build two homes in the Buena Vista area, as well as clean up and prepare for renovations on a building.

Habitat for Humanity Build
Big Stone Gap, VA
2006

We helped with the "Big Build" and returned to prep and seed the lawn after the house was complete.

MLK, Jr. Day

We joined with UVA-Wise for the annual "Keep the Dream Alive" celebration in Wise, VA.