In honor of Harris Wofford, whose contributions helped establish the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs, our agencies are recognizing individuals who have successfully completed both a full-time service term or its equivalent in AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps or Peace Corps Response.

The Harris Wofford Joint Service Award, established in November 2020, recognizes and honors individuals who have served in both programs since their respective inception in service to our country.

Learn more about former Senator Harris Wofford and his contributions to both AmeriCorps and Peace Corps.

To earn this award, you must have completed service in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps or Peace Corps Response and completed the application form on this page. The criteria for each program are outlined below.

AmeriCorps

  • An AmeriCorps member who has completed at least one, full-time (1,700 hours or one year) term of service or its equivalent, including in AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps, AmeriCorps State and National, or AmeriCorps VISTA,
  • An AmeriCorps member who has completed part-time or reduced part-time service that adds up to one, full-time term of service,
  • An AmeriCorps member who has completed at least 50% of a full-time term of service and exited for a compelling reason (therefore earning a prorated education award), or
  • Anyone who completed AmeriCorps VISTA pre-1994 who meets the above requirements.

Peace Corps

  • A Peace Corps Volunteer who completes the full two-year tour of Peace Corps service or is otherwise given “completion of service” (COS) status,
  • A Peace Corps Volunteer who is medically separated,
  • A Peace Corps Volunteer who is given “interrupted service” status because of circumstances beyond their control, or
  • A Peace Corps Response or Global Health Services Partnership Volunteer who completes twelve months of service within a twenty-four-month period.

Application for the Award

When should I apply for the award?
You can apply for this award throughout the year, and applications will be reviewed annually. To be considered for that year’s award, you must apply by June 30 of that calendar year.

When will I receive the award?
Awards will be conferred annually in the fall. Awardees will be contacted by email to receive their virtual award badge.

Please note that you do not have to apply for this award immediately upon completion of service in both programs. You may have served at any time to apply for the award.

Your story should include the following:

  • Your legal name when you served in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps; 
  • The year(s) of your AmeriCorps service; 
  • The state of your AmeriCorps service;
  • The years of your Peace Corps service
  • The country of your Peace Corps service, using the country name at your time of service; and, 
  • A short statement (100 words or less) about your most important or meaningful contribution during your service.
Programs
You do not have to submit your story to AmeriCorps, but if you choose to, you are consenting to give our agency the irrevocable unlimited right to copy, alter, prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, and publish your story in any manner without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or any third parties. By submitting your story, you represent and warrant that the submission is accurate to your best knowledge, not confidential, not in violation of any contractual restrictions or other third party rights and is your original work. You also represent and warrant that you have not granted anyone else any rights to copy, alter, prepare derivative works of, distribute, display, or publish your story. AmeriCorps reserves the right to grammatically edit or remove user content submitted to this website. AmeriCorps will not be liable to you in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website. By submitting your story, you are releasing and waiving and agreeing to hold harmless AmeriCorps and its agents from any claims, damages, or liabilities arising from the use of your story. You also agree not to bring any claims against the released parties at any time in the future. Finally, you are agreeing to waive any right to royalties or other payment for the use of your story and you waive the right to inspect or approve the released parties’ use of your story. By using this website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out above are reasonable. If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this website to submit a story. 
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