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June 9, 2008 Thank you for your interest in The Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps, the local initiative of the national AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps was created in order to give United States citizens the chance to serve their country by giving their time and talents to strengthen our communities in the areas of: education, environment, public safety, and human needs. Citizens can serve with the Corps for up to two years in exchange for a living stipend, educational monies, and a wealth of experience. Participants in this branch of AmeriCorps would have the opportunity to serve at a non-profit or governmental organization within: Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana, Somerset, or Westmoreland Counties. A full-time position requires 1,700 hours, and the part-time positions require 900 hours, to be served over a pre-designated one-year period. For the 2008/2009-program year, the full-time living stipend will be $11,400 divided over the course of the program, with an educational money voucher of $4,725.00 awarded upon successful program completion. The part-time living stipend will be $6,035 with an educational money voucher of $2,362.50 awarded upon successful program completion. Full-time members may also be eligible for health care and/or child care benefits; and qualified student loans may be put into forbearance while a member is serving, with the accumulated interest paid. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien, and be at least 17 years old to participate in any AmeriCorps program. The PMSC generally has members ages 18 up to and including senior citizens with a variety of educational degrees. The 2008/2009 program year will begin August 25, 2008 and will run until the following August. If you are searching for a position that enables you to serve your country, offer your talents to make a difference in your community, interact with people, and learn and apply new skills, perhaps the Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps/AmeriCorps is for you. To find out more about the benefits of serving with PMSC, please review the packet of information. If you have questions regarding our program, please contact us by phone: (814) 472-7690, fax: (814) 472-5033, or e-mail: pmsc@pmsc.org If interested in becoming a member during the 2008/2009 program year, please complete the online application We will have 75 full-time positions and 10 part-time positions. We will accept applications May through November.
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