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Become an SCI AmeriCorps Host Site

SCI is accepting applications for additional SCI AmeriCorps Host Sites. Please review the information below and submit your application or any questions to AmeriCorps@socialcapitalinc.org. Please review the information below before looking at the attached application and position descriptions. The deadline for applications is June 14, 2013 or when all slots are filled so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Information about being an SCI AmeriCorps Host Site

What is AmeriCorps?

AmeriCorps is a program that engages more than 80,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. AmeriCorps State members in this program commit to serving 1700 hours of service from September through the end of June.

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Volunteers Needed for WorldFest

Submitted by Candice McLaughlin on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 2:58pm

Volunteers Needed to Help Out at WorldFest 2013!

WorldFest is a multi-cultural festival celebrating cultural diversity through food, art, music and dance. This annual celebration is coordinated by Social Capital Inc. and the YMCA International Learning Center in Woburn.

When: Sunday, May 19th from 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Where: Woburn Public Library, 45 Pleasant Street, Woburn, MA

What: Volunteers are needed for various tasks such as setting up, cleaning up, and managing the performers.

For more information about this event, please click here.

If you would like to volunteer, please e-mail Candice at cmclaughlin@socialcapitalinc.org with "Volunteer for WorldFest" in the subject line.

Serve People with Developmental Disabilities and Autism

Submitted by Candice McLaughlin on Sun, 05/05/2013 - 5:05pm

The sky’s the limit to volunteer at NuPath Inc., a vocational day program and residential network for people with developmental disabilities and autism (and an SCI partner organization)!

Volunteers can do everything from teaching classes (in gardening, sports, cooking, photography, painting, etc) to just being a buddy to NuPath residents during activities.

Volunteers can also do arts and crafts, play board games, or simply provide company to individuals at Nupath’s Woburn headquarters, Westford Day Habilitation Center, or any of the several residences around Middlesex County.

NuPath can accommodate individual volunteers or groups of people (be they companies, schools, or church groups) to come and spruce up the buildings with new coats of paint or liven up the gardens.

If you are interested in any of these volunteer opportunities, please contact Leigh Wilmot at lwilmot@socialcapitalinc.org.

Martin Luther King Day: A Day on of Service

Submitted by Miriam Bernstein on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 4:40pm

For many people Monday, January 16th 2012 was not just another day off but rather a day on of service. That day SCI Americorps Members were involved in various Martin Luther King (MLK) Day projects throughout the area. At the MLK Day of Service in Lynn, volunteers worked on projects at the YMCA and Lynn Shelter Association, while also collecting food, school supplies and winter wear. Check out the SCI Lynn blog to read more about this event: http://scilynn.org/taxonomy/term/384. While on January 17th, the Woburn Youth Council held a night of service and collected canned goods at the Boys and Girls Club of Woburn. Also in Woburn, AmeriCorps Members held a letter writing campaign for those serving in the armed forces. A write up on this event can be found at: http://sciwoburn.org/content/letter-writing-campaign-troops-through-operation-gratitude. Overall, it's clear that AmeriCorps Members turned this day off into an opportunity for public action and service.

Tweetup Draws About 50 People Face-to-Face

http://woburn.patch.com/articles/tweetup-draws-about-50-people-face-to-f...

"Tweetup Draws About 50 People Face-to-Face," by Nadine Wandzilak, Woburn Patch

Despite the stormy weather, some 50 people turned out for the first #TweetupWob event. It definitely proved to be a good social capital builder, creating new relationships and enabling some previously online only friends to meet in person. Nice recap by Woburn Patch. Thanks to @BeaconGrille for hosting, and @Thoughtfuleats and @Superathens for helping us put it together!

Bringing Virtual Friends Together with Tweetups

Submitted by David B. Crowley on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 6:23am

At SCI, we seek to put information on people's screens that encourages them to get out into the community. Thus it should come as no surprise that we are helping to organize some local Tweetups this summer.

Tweetups bring people using Twitter and other social media tools together around a common theme. For instance, I joined fellow Red Sox fans at the first official #redsoxtweetup earlier this spring. It was a great time, mingling with fellow fans who enjoy Tweeting about their favorite baseball team and other subjects. Oh yes, the enjoyment was enhanced when with the help of my 5 year old I Tweeted the correct answer to a quiz question and won a Kevin Youkilis signed bat! Read more

AmeriCorps Team Joins SCI in Woburn

"Americorps Team Joins SCI," by Staff, The Woburn Advocate

Social Capital Inc. (SCI), a Woburn-based nonprofit, has recently been joined by a new team of AmeriCorps Members.

These new members have been placed throughout the Woburn community, helping several different organizations expand their services to the community during this time of need.
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