This program with Sunrise breakfast cereal will give our recruiting more bite and allow us to reach more people than we've ever been able to reach before. The code allows people the option of supporting organic farming or preserving national parks. The money raised will be used to support AmeriCorps programs in support of these two service areas. The box will also provide information to people interested in joining AmeriCorps, and the web site will feature monthly updates and photographs from the three selected volunteers describing their adventures as AmeriCorps members and progress reports on their current projects. More than 150,000 young people have served in AmeriCorps since it was launched in 1994.
Members typically serve for a year and can choose where and how they serve.
They receive a modest living allowance, health insurance, student loan deferment and training. Among the 700 programs offered, AmeriCorps members can preserve national parks, protect the environment, spearhead disaster relief, fight forest fires, run after school programs, build homes, and mentor and tutor children. Sunrise breakfast cereal was created in 1998. The ingredients in Sunrise are certified by Oregon Tilth of Portland, Ore., to be organically grown and processed according to the California Organic Foods Act of 1990. Now that same honor will go to the everyday heroes of AmeriCorps.