In the News - One Economy National Volunteer Program

"A Tent for All"

posted Apr 12, 2010 7:21 AM by Unknown user [ updated Apr 12, 2010 7:27 AM ]

Tariq Shaheed, a One Economy AmeriCorps*VISTA serving in California, has been able to see how much access to a computer with Internet can impact someone's life first hand. He was featured in an article in the VISTA Viewfinder issue highlighting programs across the nation helping to bridge the digital divide. Read more in the article "A Tent for All"

| Attachments: A Tent for All.pdf

"Diminishing the Digital Divide"

posted Feb 9, 2010 8:41 AM by Unknown user

Mandi Sonnenberg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Rockhurst University, writes about a partnership between Rockhurst University and the Phoenix Family Housing Program. The article talks about Tina Coles' (a One Economy AmeriCorps VISTA) work at Phonex Family. Read more in the article "Diminishing the Digital Divide: 'Technology in the Classroom' to the Streets".

| Attachments: Diminishing the Digital Divide.pdf

'Queen Bee' program is life-changing experience

posted Feb 9, 2010 8:20 AM by Unknown user [ updated Feb 9, 2010 8:31 AM ]

Courtney DuBose, 2009 VISTA Summer Associate, created and facilitated the "Queen Bee in Me" program at The Hive in Bertie County, North Carolina. The program was a great success. To learn more about the program read the article that appeared in the local newspaper, the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald.

| Attachments: Queen Bee Program is life changing experience.pdf

"AmeriCorps Volunteer Makes Mark on Area"

posted Dec 28, 2009 6:52 AM by Unknown user [ updated Feb 9, 2010 8:32 AM ]

On Saturday, November 21, 2009, Kansas City VISTA Thomas Del Greco was in the Kansas City Star. The front page of the local section featured a column titled "AmeriCorps Volunteer Makes Mark on Area" about Thomas and the Kansas City Beehive! Here is a link to the article on the Kansas City Star website: http://bit.ly/5bhgm1.

And of course, don't forget to stop by the K.C Beehive! http://kansascity.thebeehive.org/

| Attachments: AmeriCorps Volunteer Makes Mark on Area.pdf

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