University College to host AmeriCorps presentation

MEXICO -- In honor of AmeriCorps Week, local AmeriCorps member Samantha Lueloff will be conducting an AmeriCorps informational presentation at University College at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

This presentation is open to students, community members, and anyone interested or curious about AmeriCorps, serving their community, or earning a $5,500 education award.

AmeriCorps engages more than 80,000 men and women in intensive service each year through more than 15,000 nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps members help communities tackle pressing problems while mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve.

Members gain valuable professional, educational, and life benefits, and the experience has a lasting impact on the members and the communities they serve. For more information, go to www.AmeriCorps.gov.

The presentation will be held in Room B at University College, 13 Brown St., Mexico, and will last approximately 30 minutes with time after for questions. Samantha Lueloff is an AmeriCorps State member serving at Rumford Group Homes, Inc. under the Community Resource Corps AmeriCorps program which is a division of Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and funded by the Maine Commission for Community Service. Lueloff will be available afterwards to talk one-on-one with anyone seeking additional information or resources.

Refreshments will be provided.

For more information or to RSVP, call University College at 364-7882.