When you choose AmeriCorps, you choose to make a difference in your community and your life, too. AmeriCorps alum and current AmeriCorps State and National Training Manager Colleen Holohan shares how the relationships she created during service transformed her life. 

In 2004, I was deployed to the Middle East and then forward deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in the early years of Operation Enduring Freedom.

To commemorate AmeriCorps’ 30th anniversary, alumnus Rob Haynes shares what service was like in the 1994 AmeriCorps inaugural class.

Our twenties are a time for new experiences, creating our future, and living life to the fullest. There will be challenges, people that come and go, and difficult choices but choosing the direction of your life is exciting, empowering and sometimes a little frightening. But this phase of life should also be fun. Here are five ways to get your twenties off to a great start.  

From March 12 -18, AmeriCorps members, AmeriCorps Senior volunteers, alumni, and thousands of organizations united to celebrate their commitment to serve others, as part of the annual AmeriCorps Week celebration, recognized the second full week of March.

Black History Month is the national celebration of the significant contributions of Black Americans to the ongoing story of America. From the fight for social equity, LGBTQI+ rights to climate justice, Black voices have long been at the forefront of progress in American history. At AmeriCorps, it’s no different. From tackling food security, systemic inequality to closing the gaps in our education and public systems, Black AmeriCorps members, AmeriCorps Senior volunteers, staff, and alumni have helped build a foundation for getting things done in communities across the country. 

AmeriCorps alumnus Caleb shares how he found a career path through service when going through a challenging time.

The past few years were difficult.  

The global pandemic and events of 2020 and 2021 emphasized the inequity in our world. Communities from San Jose to Chicago, Charleston, Pittsburgh, El Paso, Atlanta, Buffalo, and beyond are still healing from hateful attacks. Americans are looking to rebuild and break down barriers that lead to such tragedy.   

Kevin Bautista served as an AmeriCorps member with College Possible Chicago coaching students and providing the same support he once needed as a first-generation college student. 

As a young professional, for most of my career I was either an AmeriCorps member, a volunteer, or a leader of volunteers. My career in service began in 2017 when I accepted a role as an AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity. After recruiting and leading volunteers in their mission to build affordable housing for a summer, I was hooked. I signed on for an additional year as an AmeriCorps member with a desire to “get things done,” as we say.