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OFBCI > AmeriCorps > LeaderCorps LeaderCorps

The mission of Indiana AmeriCorps LeaderCorps is to strengthen the National Service movement and identity in Indiana though effective outreach, community-wide service projects, and civic engagement.

               

Membership

  • Membership is open to current Indiana AmeriCorps members who are in full, half, reduced half, quarter, or minimum time service. 
  • Any Indiana AmeriCorps member may apply with the approval of their program director. 

Service

The areas of service that LeaderCorps members will take part in center around both their own professional development and in creating a community for Indiana AmeriCorps.  These include:

  • Outreach presentations
  • Event planning
  • Gathering member stories
  • Monthly training conference calls
  • Yearly retreat

Benefits

  • For Members
Opportunities for leadership training in several areas including event planning, fundraising, meeting facilitation, service project development, communication skills and community outreach. The potential to attend the National Conference on Service and Volunteerism (Washington DC, 2013) with transportation reimbursement, lodging, and conference fees taken care of by the OFBCI.
  • For Programs and Host Sites
A highly trained and enthusiastic National Service member with a dedicated network of national service contacts throughout the state. A person that will promote a higher awareness of AmeriCorps in the community through their own outreach and participation in service projects.  Leadership for both the community and other AmeriCorps members. Leadership for both the community and other AmeriCorps members. For programs with multiple sites, the benefit of connection between members and programs.  A trained person to help, if needed or wanted, with program site trainings – as directed by the Program Director. 
  • For OFBCI and Indiana AmeriCorps
Highly skilled and motivated ambassadors of service and local connections to community through LeaderCorps members. Connection and community, as well as, a general esprit de corps throughout the state of Indiana. 
  • For the Community
An active and trained leader who can "get things done" on a grassroots level by motivating people through modeling an ethic of service through strengthened leadership and communication skills. 

 

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