ADVISORY/Attendees of National Conference on Community Service Help Bring Facelift to West Baltimore School; Volunteers Team with Baltimore Ravens and Neighborhood Residents.Assignment Desks ADVISORY...Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. (June June: see month. 7) WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2003 Participants of the 2003 National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service being held in Baltimore Baltimore, city (1990 pop. 736,014), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River estuary, an arm of Chesapeake Bay; inc. 1745. , June 8 -10, will volunteer their time for a special day of service to benefit Baltimore communities. The project will help to improve the outside appearance of a school identified three years ago as one of the three worst in the state, due to failing test scores, poor attendance and poor parent participation. The school is now being run by Edison Schools Edison Schools Inc. is a for-profit company that manages public schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1992. History Edison Schools was widely hailed at the beginning of the 21st century as the leader in what "school reformers" saw as the in partnership with the Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). State Department of Education and has improved significantly. The project is being held in conjunction with Volunteer Central's Serve-A-thon 2003: Believe a Day Can Make a Difference, and is organized by the conference special projects committee in partnership with National Civilian Community Corps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), or AmeriCorps*NCCC is an AmeriCorps program in which 18 to 24-year-olds dedicate 10 months to address national and community needs. and United Way of Central Maryland.
Who: Conference attendees from across the country, National
Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service;
Baltimore Ravens and parent, student, staff and neighborhood
volunteers.
What: Furman L. Templeton Elementary School Makeover - interior
and exterior painting, landscaping and replacement of
graffiti-covered wall with mural design.
When: Saturday, June 7, 2003
12 Noon - 5:00 p.m.
Where: 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore, Md.
Convened by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the
Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, the
National Conference on Community Volunteering and National Service
will take place at the Baltimore Convention Center.
The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network supports the vital work of millions of volunteers, who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities nationwide. For more information about local volunteer activities, call 1-800-VOLUNTEER, or visit www.1-800-VOLUNTEER.org. The Corporation for National and Community Service The Corporation for National and Community Service, or CNCS, was created as an independent agency of the United States Government by The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. was established in 1993 to engage Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to their communities. The Corporation oversees AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America Learn and Serve America is a United States government program under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience and Senior Corps, engaging more than 2 million Americans in service to their communities and country each year. For more information, call 202-606-5000 or visit www.nationalservice.org. |
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