Beyond Your Year of Service: AC Alums-Heller Event Recap

On December 8th, nearly 100 Americorps Alums, current members and students, faculty and friends of Heller School gathered at WorkBar in downtown Boston for "Beyond Your Service Year: AmeriCorps Alums Networking Social Featuring the Heller School".

The goals of the event were to build the AmeriCorps Alums community in Boston and showcase the unique partnership with the Heller School at Brandeis who has invested $1M in exclusive scholarships through the National Service Scholarship Program.

This one-of-a-kind National Service Scholarship Program is designed to honor national and community service by recognizing those who have served in AmeriCorps. Click here to learn more about our partnership with the Heller School.

After being welcomed and inspired by Mary Bruce, Co-Chair of Boston AmeriCorps Alums Board, and Tom Broussard, Associate Dean of Admissions & Career Services for the Heller School, attendees had the opportunity to participate in either an MBA / International Development or MPP panel to learn more about each program. Current Heller faculty and students, who are also AmeriCorps Alums, spoke about how their service experience influenced their decision to apply for business or policy school, and how their service background makes for a good match with Heller.

WorkBar, with brand new offices at 711 Atlantic Avenue, hosted the event for the second year in a row and provided an ideal venue for networking and convening service-minded idealists.

Click here to see great photos from the event shot by Melissa Blackall (AmeriCorps Alum). Like her photos? Visit her web site.

If you are you interested in applying to the Heller School for Fall 2011 and being considered for one of the AmeriCorps Alums scholarships (up to full tuition), click here for more information about the application process.

The Boston AmeriCorps Alums Board would like to thank everyone who supported the event including Tom Broussard, Denise Riebman and Shana Mongan of the Heller School, Co-Event Organizers Andrea Shaye and Molly Preston from the Heller School (and AmeriCorps Alums), Melissa for shooting the event, Evona from WorkBar for being an ideal host and the many, many Harpoon bottles who brought holiday cheer to all.

TAKE OUR SURVEY

Calling All AmeriCorps Alums in the Greater Boston Area,

We want to know what YOU want from our chapter. Please take our zoomerang survey to give us your ideas and opinions! It will only take 10 minutes of your time!

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228X447Q2G5

We look forward to hearing from you!

SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

In honor of its 10 year anniversary, the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship is coordinating its first annual statewide day of service- Opportunity to Serve. Taking place on Saturday, April 25th, in conjunction with Global Youth Service Day, Opportunity to Serve will bring together current Fellows, community partners, alumni and youth to serve at 6 designated service projects across the state. This project is supported by Youth Service America and the Massachusetts Service Alliance. The projects will take place in Adams, Lowell, Brockton, as well as three located in Boston. You can register for any of the projects here: http://www.formspring.com/forms/?574022-HupjlbEHHU

The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship believes that all young people in the Commonwealth have a right to the resources that they need to be successful in life, including a caring adult, a safe place, a healthy start, an effective education, and an opportunity to serve. We deliver these 5 promises to youth by training emerging leaders who commit one year of service to support and provide these needed resources to youth throughout the Commonwealth. For more information about the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship, please visit www.masspromisefellows.org, or contact Kori Redepenning at k.redepenning@neu.edu.

RSVP NOW for MLK Day Activities

Join AmeriCorps Alums on Monday, January 19th as we partner with various organizations to participate in a national day of service to celebrate MLK day: A day ON not a day OFF!!

Service events will take place at various nonprofits in Boston on Monday, January 19th in the morning and the afternoon. Alums Boston will be working in several locations alongside volunteers from Boston Cares, as well as with AmeriCorps members who are currently serving. The specific activities will be determined by the organizations that we are working with. If you have any questions, please contact Hilary Sullivan at hilary27@gmail.com.

Please RSVP to Hilary- hilary27@gmail.com- ASAP if you are interested in serving on the 19th!!!

Boston Cares and our AmeriCorps partners are looking for specific numbers so that they can decide which project to place us on. Once we have details, we will offer you a choice of projects to participate in.

For now, please commit to joining us for this important day ON! Space is limited, so please sign up now!


We look forward to serving with you,

Alums Boston

News and Events

CALLING ALL BOSTON AMERICORPS ALUMS AND FRIENDS

SAVE THE DATE(S)!!

Monday, January 19 & Tuesday, January 20

Can't make it to D.C. for the festivities? Want to serve and celebrate with folks who know what it's like to do a year of service? Interested in meeting new people?

You are cordially invited to: AmeriCorps Alums Boston-- MLK Jr. Day O' Service (Jan.19) and our 2nd Annual Party this year on INAUGURATION DAY, JANUARY 20TH!!!

As a friend of service, you know that MLK Jr. Day-- this year on January 19th-- is a day ON, not a day OFF. Please save the date and plan to join Boston Alums for an amazing Day of Service... details to come! *** The 'AAlums Boston' Inauguration Party is going to be the place to be on Jan. 20th! We'll have live entertainment, food, drink and plenty of good people. We'll also be replaying the inauguration ceremony for those who may have had to, ahem, work.