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20 YEARS OF AMERICORPS BARNSTABLE COUNTY
AMERICORPS CAPE COD
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SERVICE
On September 21, 1993, President Clinton signed organizations. With a corps that is 32 members strong,
the bipartisan National and Community Service Trust, and each member required to complete 1,700 hours of
creating AmeriCorps and bringing together Senior service, AmeriCorps Cape Cod leverages over 50,000
Corps, VISTA, and other service programs under a new hours of quality service annually.
federal agency, the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS).
As AmeriCorps Cape Cod celebrated 15 years of
service to the Barnstable County community,
AmeriCorps nationally celebrated 20 years of domestic
service. AmeriCorps members have provided more
than 1.2 billion hours of service addressing critical
challenges from poverty and hunger to disasters and
the dropout crisis. By 2012, AmeriCorps members had
engaged over 4 million community volunteers to aid in
service efforts.
AmeriCorps leverages service as a solution to
America’s toughest problems. Here on Cape Cod, the
community realizes the positive impacts resulting from
15 years of continuous partnerships with community
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AMERICORPS CAPE COD
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SERVICE
On September 21, 1993, President Clinton signed organizations. With a corps that is 32 members strong,
the bipartisan National and Community Service Trust, and each member required to complete 1,700 hours of
creating AmeriCorps and bringing together Senior service, AmeriCorps Cape Cod leverages over 50,000
Corps, VISTA, and other service programs under a new hours of quality service annually.
federal agency, the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS).
As AmeriCorps Cape Cod celebrated 15 years of
service to the Barnstable County community,
AmeriCorps nationally celebrated 20 years of domestic
service. AmeriCorps members have provided more
than 1.2 billion hours of service addressing critical
challenges from poverty and hunger to disasters and
the dropout crisis. By 2012, AmeriCorps members had
engaged over 4 million community volunteers to aid in
service efforts.
AmeriCorps leverages service as a solution to
America’s toughest problems. Here on Cape Cod, the
community realizes the positive impacts resulting from
15 years of continuous partnerships with community
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