Notre Dame Mission Volunteers

Established	1995
Exec. Dir.	Sister Katherine "Sissy" Corr
Office	Baltimore, MD, USA;
Homepage	www.ndmva.org

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers – AmeriCorps is a faith-based non-profit organization founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1992. In 1995, NDMV sought a partnership with AmeriCorps to allow for an increase in the number of members, offering greater community service in financially-limited sites. This partnership formed Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps.^[1] Its members serve in seventeen sites across the United States and four international sites in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Peru. Its National Office is currently based out of Baltimore, Maryland.

Mission

NDMVA serves in memory of St. Julie Billiart who sought to educate those in most need. The organization seeks to break the cycle of poverty through education and literacy, giving communities the strength they need to sustain them and live out their god – given potential. NDMVA members provide hands-on support to economically disadvantaged communities. They tutor children and adults (literacy, GED, and ESL), organize after-school enrichment activities, model and teach conflict resolution and parental effectiveness, and involve community professionals in the learning process.

Approach

NDMVA creates holistic educational programs for at-risk children and adults in economically disadvantaged communities. We target children in Head Start and school settings as well as adults who are high school dropouts in need of GED, literacy, or parenting skills. Our volunteers are recruited from the local communities and from college campuses nationwide. To further our goals, we develop service partnerships with groups and individuals in the public and private sectors.

Our members work to empower the economically disadvantaged and oppressed through education and personal hands-on support. They tutor children and adults (literacy, GED, and ESL), organize after-school enrichment activities, model and teach conflict resolution and parental effectiveness, and involve community professionals in the learning process.

We seek to build community among our members, as well as the people with whom we work. Currently, our members come from 20 states and myriad racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our multicultural, ecumenical group is bound together by common ideals of service, educational empowerment, community building, and a desire to translate spiritual values into action.

Baltimore,MD; Bend, OR; Boston, MA; Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Dayton, OH; Hartford, CT; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC; Watsonville, CA; Wilmington, DE

• I Have A Dream Foundation Boulder, Co
• NativityMiguel Network of Schools
• Serviam Girls Academy
• Sound Youth Seattle, WA

External links

• Notre Dame Mission Volunteers - AmeriCorps
• AmeriCorps Faith-Based booklet
• 2010 Spring Newsletter
• Apply to Notre Dame Mission Volunteers

References

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