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Volunteering in America 2010The Corporation for National and Community Service recently released Volunteering in America 2010. Across the country, 63.4 million Americans volunteered to help their communities in 2009, an additional 1.6 million volunteers when compared to 2008, contributing 8.1 billion hours of service, which has an estimated dollar value of nearly $169 billion. Vermont’s volunteer rate is particularly high ranking 7th in the nation for volunteer hours per capita. The Burlington Metro area has 37.6% of residents volunteer - ranking them 9th within the 75 mid-size cities. For a full report go to: http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov. Restorative Justice Panel Volunteers Receive Award
To view the Nomination Form, click here. To learn more about the Restorative Justice Panels, visit http://www.cedoburlington.org/neighborhoods/programs_and_services/cjc/restorative_justice.htm. Volunteers at Bike Recycle VermontDan Hock, an AmeriCorps VISTA at Bike Recycle Vermont, helps fix up bikes for low-income Vermonters. The work done at Bike Recycle would not be possible if not for the volunteers who come in and give their time. They help give low-income people a chance at independence by providing them with alternative transportation. Dan and his volunteers at Bike Recycle provide insight on how to fix bikes, as well as providing bicycles at affordable rates. To read more, go to the news story at http://www.wcax.com/global/video.asp?clipId=4695160&autostart=true. 2010 Neighborhood Night of Success Slideshow
This is a slide show of neighborhood leadership award nominees...People
who make Burlington a great place!
This slideshow features individuals who were nominated for Neighborhood Leadership Awards for the 10th Annual Neighborhood Night of Success that was held on March 25, 2010. The people in this slideshow demonstrate the qualities that make Burlington such a special place to live, work and play. They deserve to be recognized for contributing to the beauty of this community. 4/15/10 Burlington National Service Launch & Celebration held on September 17thThe National Service Launch and Celebration was held on Thursday, September 17th from 3:00 to 3:45 pm on the City Hall Steps at the Church Street Marketplace. The program included a keynote by Mayor Bob Kiss, members of Vermont’s Commission on National and Community Service, remarks from AmeriCorps Members, Alums, and supervisors, as well as the “swearing in” of our 70 new Members. The launch and celebration was the culminating event in a 3-day training for the 70 new A*Corps and VISTA members and 20 agency partners who will sponsor them. Mayor Kiss said, “For more than 16 years Burlington has been hard at work fostering volunteer efforts to address issues of poverty using VISTA Volunteers. The addition of ‘these new resources and volunteers provides Burlington with a great opportunity to tackle and solve some of Vermont’s most daunting problems. As of today, we’re on our way.” A video of the full program is available at: http://www.cctv.org/node/81988. Thank You, Green Up Volunteers!Many, many, many thanks to all of you who came out on to help us on Green Up Day (May 1, 2010)! The day was a great success. The totals for the day: 580 volunteers and 628 bags of garbage collected. Thanks to your great efforts, the City is now Green and ready for Spring! 5/10/10
Thank you to the nearly 400 people who made the Martin Luther King holiday a 'day on not a day off' in Burlington. People of all ages and abilities gathered at Burlington City Hall on Monday, January 19 for a Service Rally and then divided into teams for an afternoon of service projects. Some of the projects included: collecting canned food for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, cleaning cars to be distributed by the Good News Garage, cleaning toys and painting furniture at the VNA family room and constructing benches at Lawrence Barnes Elementary School. Volunteers returned to City Hall to hear local activist and comedian, Oliver Barkley, followed by a free community dinner. The annual event finished with a performance by UVM's step team 'Urban Flava' and a performance of Dr. Seuss' 'The Sneaches' by youth theater troupe, 'Very Merry Theater.' The event was organized by CEDO's AmeriCorps*VISTA members with sponsorship from many local businesses. To view local press coverage go to:
1/23/09
All are welcome to the Old North End Community Dinners held the second Thursday of every month, 5:30 pm at the McClure Multi-Generational Center, 241 N. Winooski Avenue (next to the old Dairy Queen). FREE! For more information. call Charlie Giannoni at 660-9870. To donate food or help serve dinner, call Janet Hicks at 863-3860. 6/15/08 Burlington, VT Selected as a Learning Community with Every Day DemocracyBurlington was selected as a learning partner in the Communities Creating Racial Equity (CCRE) initiative due to the 2003 Racism Study Circles and for the vision behind this current project. The CCRE initiative works with nine cities nationally and is funded by the Mott and Kellogg Foundations and the National Study Circle Resource Center. While it does not provide funding in year one (grant money is a possibility in the future), it will provide us with extensive technical assistance, evaluation, and profile our work on this initiative throughout the United States. Link: http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/index.aspx. 6/11/08 |
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