Volunteers in Service to America
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He spent most of his career working for the federal government on social programs like the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022
Volunteers in Service to America was a type of domestic Peace Corps intended to relieve the effects of poverty.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
Today, the United States has some small, underfunded programs of national service, such as AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to America and the Peace Corps.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2020
A pair of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America members have been added, meaning there are now two full-time coalition members, and the group is trying to sketch out a budget to apply for grants.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2015
Vista, or Volunteers in Service to America, was proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, authorized by Congress in 1964 and folded into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2013
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