About our AmeriCorps programYiA AmeriCorps provides people of all ages and backgrounds with service opportunities to meet critical needs in Flagstaff, Arizona and Coconino County.
We are a state AmeriCorps program located in Flagstaff, Arizona
Our program is flexible, with both part-time & full-time assignments.
We tutor in schools, protect the environment, serve local government, support social service agencies, and much more!
In 2005, our AmeriCorps members benefited Flagstaff and Coconino County by:
- Impacting 11,616 community members through our three focus areas of community strengthening, tutoring and mentoring, and public safety
- Tutoring over 100 children in reading, math, and other subjects
- Collaborating with 211 different local organizations and agencies
- Collaborating with 2,936 other local volunteers on common service projects
2008 AmeriCorps
Members and Mentor meet with our legislators
on "Legislative Awareness Day" at the Capitol in Phoenix.
AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and
national service programs that connects
more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive
service to meet our country’s
critical needs in education, public safety,
health, and the environment.
AmeriCorps members serve with more than 3,000
nonprofits, public agencies, and
faith-based and community organizations. Since
1994, more than 400,000 men and
women have provided needed assistance to millions
of Americans across the nation
through their AmeriCorps service.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi