For admission to the museum for coverage of the activities June 23-24, check in at the museum's front desk and ask to page Bryan Wallace. The success of the program is recorded in the numbers. This year, it was one of eight in Ohio to receive direct federal funding in a competitive grant process. The federal grant also allows a 24th member to join the volunteer team. The Americorps program for neighborhood and educational outreach in southwest Ohio set up shop in October 1994.
Federal money means less time fund-raising on the local level, say organizers.
Health benefits are also included. The UD AmeriCorps office coordinates the efforts of 30 local educational, government and social service partners to tailor programs for neighborhood development and education initiatives. Volunteers serve with local agencies from Aullwood Audubon to the American Red Cross and the Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority. Specific neighborhoods involved in the program this year include Old North Dayton, Dayton View and Edgemont. She works with the volunteer resources department at the Dayton chapter of the American Red Cross.