Posted on February 2, 2012, at 3:31 pm  The 12th annual AmeriCorps Cape Cod Canal Clean-Up is approaching! This year’s event will occur on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 from 9 AM to 1 PM.
In addition to cleaning up trash along the Canal, volunteers will have the opportunity to paint a mural, maintain a trail, build a rain garden, and install signage and dog waste bag dispensers. There will also be a variety of environmental educational booths and demonstrations. Free bagels and coffee will be provided for breakfast, as well as pizza for lunch.
Take this opportunity to help beautify the Canal and volunteer alongside other community members! Stay tuned to this website for more details and updates on Canal Clean-Up! Please contact canalcleanup@barnstablecounty.org with any questions.
Posted on February 2, 2012, at 11:13 am  On Jan. 16th, 2012 148 community volunteers along with AmeriCorps members and staff made MLK Day “A Day On, Not a Day Off” by addressing needs of housing and hunger on Cape Cod. This year AmeriCorps partnered with Our First Home, AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, the Lower Cape Outreach Council, Cape Cod Center for Women, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cape and Islands. Highlights from the day included;
- Honoring of 6 community volunteers with the Presidential Call to Service Volunteer Award with letter from President Obama, an honor bestowed upon volunteers for serving at least 4,000 volunteer hours over a lifetime.
- Rehabilitation of a home to be sold for affordable housing in Yarmouth.
- Painting of the residential AIDS shelter, Foley House, as well as the ‘Great Hall’ in Provincetown.
- Construction of garden beds and food collection bins, as well as the collection of 300 food items and 50 future pledges for food donation for the Lower Cape Outreach Council.
- Tied 50 fleece blankets, embroidered over 30 terry cloth towels, and created over 150 teddy bear dental hygiene kits to be donated to Cape Cod Center for Women.
- Created banners for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cape and Islands
AmeriCorps Cape Cod would like to thank the Massachusetts Service Alliance and Barnstable County for providing the funds to make this day possible, as well as our community partners and all the community volunteers who came out to make this day of service a success.
Posted on October 27, 2011, at 2:33 pm By Ruby Buchholtz
Licked by wolves, dressed as a lobster, ate an oyster, assisted in a dissection of a harbor seal, used a chainsaw and began planning a volunteer event; and that all occurred in just one week of this amazing program. I have just begun the Americorps Cape Cod program and already I have pushed my limits of conformability to the maximum.
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Posted on October 10, 2011, at 3:15 pm 
The vision and mission of the AmeriCorps Cape Cod program is to offer a diverse group of trained adults a 10-month, full time, residential living opportunity serving the critical environmental and disaster preparedness needs of the fifteen towns within Barnstable County.
Our goal is to address community needs through service. We also engage citizen volunteers of the Cape on land and water based conservation projects and disaster preparedness. Service includes education and outreach to citizens and visitors on critical environmental and disaster preparedness needs of the region.
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