4/16/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FULL TIME VOLUNTEERS AWARDED TO COMMUNITY AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS

Corporation for National and Community Service and the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks announce release of organizations being awarded AmeriCorps*VISTA Members COLUMBUS - The Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks (OASHF), an intermediary for the Corporation for National and Community Service, announces the placement of national service volunteers into community and faith-based organizations through its SHARECorps program, an initiative of OASHF and AmeriCorps*VISTA. 34 individuals are being given the opportunity to commit a year of their life to service at 32 organizations throughout the state of Ohio, with the intent of fighting poverty and ending hunger.  

On the local level, those who will be working with the SHARECorps members are getting excited for their arrival and for work to begin. The ShareCorps member for Family Promise of Lorain County will begin their service year with the organization on in late summer or early fall. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with SHARECorps in the coming year. This is an opportunity for us to expand our services within the community by developing two new programs, Just Neighbors and Family Mentoring, to address poverty and hunger," Nicolle Bellmore Pierse, Executive Director of Family Promise of Lorain County.  ...MORE INFORMATION

Family Promise was a feature on the Channel 5 News 11/17/09.