In many cases, these organizations provide direct assistance to local communities. Here’s a look at some national civic-minded groups that call on Americans of all ages to give back to their communities and help others.
Volunteers With Vision
AmeriCorps is a group of volunteer organizations. More than 1.5 million Americans ages 17 and older are helping others through its various programs. Volunteers with AmeriCorps tutor children, build affordable housing, clean up parks, and help communities after disasters strike.
AmeriCorps’s NCCC traces its roots to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which was founded during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young adults ages 18 to 26 who volunteer in NCCC can choose from several volunteer options that last from 10 to 11 months. NCCC specializes in hands-on projects related to homeland security and disaster relief. It also offers “summer of service” options. Volunteers can spend up to three months working on environmental issues or affordable housing projects.
Another AmeriCorps group, in 1964, is Volunteers established in Service to America (VISTA). Individuals organize reading programs, improve health services, and assist other community organizations.
After serving with AmeriCorps for a year, volunteers receive an education award that they can use to pay for schooling or to pay back a school loan. To learn more about this organization, go to www .americorps.org.
Homes for the Unhoused
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Putting the Pieces Together
Americans needed to begin to put the past behind them, come together, and plan for the future in the spring of 1865. But Abraham Lincoln, the man best equipped to lead them and who had hoped to restore the country as smoothly and peacefully as possible, had been assassinated.
LAST SHOTS
The last Confederate forces in the Civil War didn’t surrender in the spring of 1865 or on a battlefield.
AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS
A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.
A Plot to Kill President the
For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.
Let the Thing Be Pressed
In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began a nearly 10-month campaign in Virginia.
HEALING THE NATION
President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time on March 4, 1865.
A Helping Hand
The spring season is hard in any agricultural society. Plants and animals are too small to eat.
WAR SHERMAN-STYLE
As far as Union Major General William T. Sherman was concerned, the Civil War had gone on long enough.
PEACE TALKS
The fall of Fort Fisher made clear that the Confederacy’s days were numbered. Southerners were tired and hungry.
FORT FISHER'S FALL
Outnumbered Confederate soldiers inside Fort Fisher were unable to withstand the approach of Union troops by land and the constant Union naval bombardment from the sea.
