Get Involved ......................... National Service ......................... 8,000+ Utah citizens serve as Foster Grandparents, AmeriCorps, Senior Companions, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Learn & Serve, and RSVP members. LEARN MORE Utah’s 300 AmeriCorps*State members serve critical, unmet needs of our communities in areas such as education, public safety, health, and the environment through partnerships with public agencies, nonprofits, faith-based and other local organizations.  This year these members have mobilized more than 7,000 volunteers who gave over 176,000 hours of service. Interested in getting involved? LEARN MORE
	Full Time Positions Available with Commission (click on position title below for more details) Youth Corps Team Leader
News .............................................................................................. 03/26/09 - Senate Passes Kennedy Service Bill LEARN MORE 03/18/09 - House Passes Expansion of Programs for Service LEARN MORE 01/16/09 - Kennedy and Hatch Issue Call for Service LEARN MORE 01/16/09 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of National Service LEARN MORE 01/08/09 - January is National Mentoring Month LEARN MORE 01/06/09 - MLK Honorees Recognized for Community Service LEARN MORE			Citizen Corps ................................................. A vital component of USA Freedom Corps, Citizen Corps was created to help coordinate volunteer activities that will make our communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to any emergency situation. It provides opportunities to bring government and community leaders from all sectors together to involve the full community in emergency preparedness, planning, mitigation, response, and recovery. LEARN MORE   Volunteer Fare ................................................. "Your own story and the American story are not separate -- they are shared. And they will both be enriched if we stand up together, and answer a new call to service to meet the challenges of our new century." ~President Barack Obama 21 Ways to Serve America
Volunteerism in Utah ............................................................................................... In June of 2006, the Corporation for National and Community Service released its landmark report, “Volunteering in America: State Trends and Rankings” which ranked Utah number one in the nation for volunteering across nearly every sector.  This initial report covered the period from 2002-2005.  In the 2007 report, Utah was also ranked number one and in 2008, the third year of this report, Utah continues to lead the nation in volunteering ranking number one.  On average, Utah's 792,000 volunteers dedicated 146.9 million hours of service per year (between 2005 and 2007). The estimated economic contribution of these volunteer hours served in Utah is $2.9 billion annually.-- THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! LEARN MORE

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