What Is AmeriCorps Week?

Each year during AmeriCorps Week, we recognize the commitment of AmeriCorps members and alums by highlighting the extraordinary impact AmeriCorps makes across our nation every day. This year, AmeriCorps Week will take place from Saturday, March 10 through Sunday, March 18, 2012.

The two main goals for AmeriCorps Week 2012 include:

• Connect AmeriCorps members and alums with each other so they feel they are a part of a nationwide effort.
• Communicate AmeriCorps’ powerful impact on critical problems and on the lives of its members and alums.

The theme this year, AmeriCorps Works, communicates the value and effectiveness of AmeriCorps while providing flexibility to be used in many different contexts. It provides an overarching framework to communicate AmeriCorps triple bottom line return on investment -- for the recipients of service, the people who serve, and the larger community and nation.

Everyday across the nation AmeriCorps members are tackling America's toughest problems in:

• Disaster Services
• Economic Opportunity
• Education
• Environmental Stewardship
• Healthy Futures
• Veterans and Military Families

To show how AmeriCorps works in your community you can:

• Host a roundtable for influential people in the community.
• Bestow community influentials with the title of Honorary AmeriCorps Member for a Day.
• Speak to a community group.
• Host an open house.
• Organize a community recognition or appreciation event.
• Create a short-term service project.
• Document your impact.

Learn how you can highlight your work by using the AmeriCorps Week Impact Guide. You can also use social media to share the positive impact that AmeriCorps has on our communities. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter (@AmeriCorps, #AmeriCorpsWeek), and don’t forget to use hashtag #americorpsweek.

And be sure to check back to this website regularly for the latest news, resources, and other updates regarding AmeriCorps Week!