Central Kentucky RSVP Elizabethtown Aware that three Central Kentucky counties have landfills but no environmental or recycling education programs, RSVP volunteers joined the Nelson County government, businesses, and civic groups in a program to educate the public about the need to recycle. Two RSVP volunteers and other community volunteers distributed 3,000 educational brochures to Nelson County businesses, schools, and households. In only six months, the landfill manager reported that recycling at the landfill had doubled. As a result, the educational effort is expanding to neighboring Hardin and LaRue counties. Senior Connections AmeriCorps members in Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union and Webster counties serve through the Green River Area Development District providing home repair, home management, caregiver relief and home safety assessments that enhanced quality of life for low-income at risk seniors.
Members also recruit community volunteers to assist seniors.
Athletes in Service to America, Northeastern University Lexington AmeriCorps members from the University of Kentucky provided individual and group instruction to more than 4,000 children in Buffalo schools. The members mentored the children, enhancing academic success while reducing youth violence. Additionally, the members teamed up with a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate to begin the construction of a new house. Senior Companions provide respite services to 20 families who are caring for homebound family members, most of whom suffer from Alzheimer's or dementia. One Senior Companion provided respite care for a woman caring for her husband and her son, both of whom were mentally retarded.