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Friday, February 03, 2012

The Corporation for National and Community Service is committed to engaging all Americans, including veterans and military families, in positively impacting the lives of the military community through volunteering and national service.

Find volunteer opportunities on Serve.gov as well as links to resources that help military families and veterans.
As the First Lady has said, only one percent of Americans may be serving in uniform, but each of us has a role to play in supporting our troops and their families.

On Serve.gov, you can find out how to help.

The President and First Lady, and the Vice President and Dr. Biden are among many who believe that supporting our service members and strengthening our military families is both critical to the Nation’s national security and a national moral obligation. Through the President’s Call to Service, the Corporation is focusing efforts to positively impact veterans and military families.

It is vital that American communities better understand what our troops and their families are facing – and use that knowledge to simply, positively, and productively help those families address the challenges that service to our country has imposed upon them.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is working with veterans in communities across the United States, tapping their unique skills and leadership abilities to tackle assignments ranging from disaster response and mentoring at-risk youth to building homes and helping soldiers returning from war.

Programs such as AmeriCorps and Senior Corps put veterans and military families on a pathway to economic opportunity as they assist others in the military community—and, in doing so, find strength in making an impact on problems here at home.

Learn more about National Service: Supporting Veterans and Military Families

In Idaho, Veterans Help Veterans Fight Unemployment with AmeriCorps

Veterans and Military Families

Of the 130,000 veterans in Idaho, more than 30,000 are registered with the Idaho Department of Labor to receive employment resources and job training. However, budget cuts have put this program in jeopardy.

Posted on 1/30/2012

Back Home and Ready to Serve - Again

Veterans and Military Families

Many years ago, I stepped off a plane from Iraq and onto the tarmac at Pope Airfield in Fort Bragg, NC. The scene was filled with open arms, cheers, the sound of muffled grunts of joy as weeping kids jumped into the arms of their parents, and spouses' soft cries of love and longing. The sounds of reunions were deafening as they bounced off the high walls of the hangar -- it was a sound that I welcomed, and remember to this day.

Posted on 1/23/2012

Click here to read more Veterans and Military Families stories.