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December 30, 2004: Headlines: Fund Raising: PC Fund: Peace Corps Fund Web Site: Peace Corps Fund plans event for September 29, 2005
Peace Corps Fund plans event for September 29 in New York City
Peace Corps Fund plans event for September 29 in New York City
December 30, 2004
Dear RPCVs:
The Peace Corps Fund marks its second year by drawing new support from the Daimler/Chrysler Foundation with a $15,000 challenge grant to continue to support our Global Neighbors project; securing a venue for our first major fundraising event in New York City; and securing office space at a non-profit incubator in Manhattan.
The fundraiser, "A Celebration of Service" is Thursday, September 29th 2005 (in lower Manhattan's Historic Puck Building, at 295 Lafayette Street on the corner of Houston Street and Lafayette, across from the famous Angelika movie theater). We will honor Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who teach in the New York City public schools.
We at the Peace Corps Fund deeply believe that the role of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers is at a crossroads in American history. The RPCV domestic service dividend, or Third Goal, once assured of energy and support at the highest levels of government and society, has languished since John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps. The Third Goal of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers helping Americans here at home understand the world has not been fully realized.
Despite the extraordinary work of many RPCVs and groups in their communities, without recognition of our full potential, the role of RPCVs in American life risks fading away. Yet the need for RPCVs as role models for community service, international education and social responsibility is greater than ever. As you know, more than 170,000 Americans who have served in Peace Corps are making a difference here at home and can be found as leaders in political life, education, government, business, and the arts. The Peace Corps Fund seeks to broaden their impact--and the impact of all former Volunteers--to help Americans understand the people and cultures of other countries. The potential is great; the need is even greater.
In this New Year we are calling on the gifted RPCV community to help us endow this noble cause with a fund large enough to ensure that Third Goal service- the RPCV domestic dividend-has permanent and substantial resources. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for what promises to be an extraordinary "Celebration of Service" and a terrific good time. We look forward to RPCV groups who would like to sponsor and send representatives as well as others who may simply wish to provide direct support. RPCV groups and individuals can purchase tickets directly from our website at www.peacecorpsfund.org. We also welcome your recommendations for event sponsors. Sponsorships range from $5,000 to $50,000.
Finally, we wish you all the best of holidays and a prosperous New Year. On behalf of the Peace Corps Fund, we thank you in advance for your support of the Celebration.
Sincerely,
Barbara Anne Ferris John P. Coyne
Co-Founder Co-Founder
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When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help? |
| The World's Broken Promise to our Children Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005. |
| Our debt to Bill Moyers Former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers leaves PBS next week to begin writing his memoir of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Read what Moyers says about journalism under fire, the value of a free press, and the yearning for democracy. "We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country," he warns, "or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia." |
| Is Gaddi Leaving? Rumors are swirling that Peace Corps Director Vasquez may be leaving the administration. We think Director Vasquez has been doing a good job and if he decides to stay to the end of the administration, he could possibly have the same sort of impact as a Loret Ruppe Miller. If Vasquez has decided to leave, then Bob Taft, Peter McPherson, Chris Shays, or Jody Olsen would be good candidates to run the agency. Latest: For the record, Peace Corps has no comment on the rumors. |
| The Birth of the Peace Corps UMBC's Shriver Center and the Maryland Returned Volunteers hosted Scott Stossel, biographer of Sargent Shriver, who spoke on the Birth of the Peace Corps. This is the second annual Peace Corps History series - last year's speaker was Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn. |
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