April 1, 2005: Headlines: Community: Population: Internet: Peace Corps: America's Peace Corps Volunteers. 170,000 strong since 1961
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April 1, 2005: Headlines: Community: Population: Internet: Peace Corps: America's Peace Corps Volunteers. 170,000 strong since 1961
| Friends of the Peace Corps - 170,000 Strong 170,000 is a very special number for the RPCV community - it's the number of Volunteers who have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. It's also a number that is very special to us because March is the first month since our founding in January, 2001 that our readership has exceeded 170,000. And while we know that not everyone who comes to this site is an RPCV, they are all "Friends of the Peace Corps." Thanks everybody for making PCOL your source of news for the Returned Volunteer community. |
America's Peace Corps Volunteers. 170,000 strong since 1961
America's Peace Corps Volunteers. 170,000 strong since 1961
Democracy Did It
They dig wells and build houses. Teach children and their parents how to read. They're America's Peace Corps Volunteers. 170,000 strong since 1961 when a young president challenged a new generation to become global citizens, to help make the world a better place. The responsibility for peace, he said, is the responsibility of our entire society. The Peace Corps: a president's idea, a generation's commitment. Democracy did it.
When this story was posted in March 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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| Crisis Corps arrives in Thailand After the Tsunami in Southeast Asia last December, Peace Corps issued an appeal for Crisis Corps Volunteers and over 200 RPCVs responded. The first team of 8 Crisis Corps volunteers departed for Thailand on March 18 to join RPCVs who are already supporting relief efforts in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and India with other agencies and NGO's. |
| RPCVs in Congress ask colleagues to support PC RPCVs Sam Farr, Chris Shays, Thomas Petri, James Walsh, and Mike Honda have asked their colleagues in Congress to add their names to a letter they have written to the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee, asking for full funding of $345 M for the Peace Corps in 2006. As a follow-on to Peace Corps week, please read the letter and call your Representative in Congress and ask him or her to add their name to the letter. |
| Add your info now to the RPCV Directory Call Harris Publishing at 800-414-4608 right away to add your name or make changes to your listing in the newest edition of the NPCA's Directory of Peace Corps Volunteers and Former Staff. Then read our story on how you can get access to the book after it is published. The deadline for inclusion is May 16 so call now. |
| March 1: National Day of Action Tuesday, March 1, is the NPCA's National Day of Action. Please call your Senators and ask them to support the President's proposed $27 Million budget increase for the Peace Corps for FY2006 and ask them to oppose the elimination of Perkins loans that benefit Peace Corps volunteers from low-income backgrounds. Follow this link for step-by-step information on how to make your calls. Then take our poll and leave feedback on how the calls went. |
| Make a call for the Peace Corps PCOL is a strong supporter of the NPCA's National Day of Action and encourages every RPCV to spend ten minutes on Tuesday, March 1 making a call to your Representatives and ask them to support President Bush's budget proposal of $345 Million to expand the Peace Corps. Take our Poll: Click here to take our poll. We'll send out a reminder and have more details early next week. |
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I am trying to reach a peace corp volunteer . She was Mary Sharpe and she did her duty in Barbados 1976-1978.She taught art at Primary school and her roommate was Melissa Richardson. Mary's last known Address was in Denver in 1979. She can reach Adrian Lovell at a22love@hotmail.com
I am looking for Trish Mcdonald who apparently served in Serowe, Botswana in the late 1970s. I am from Botswana and living in Ottawa, Canada.
i am tryin to rearch Sherrice Johnson, she served at LENTSWELETAU CLINIC during 2004-2006.she can reach Petunia at ptgaol@STUDENT.MONASH.EDU
I am trying to reach the family of Bill Grusendorf - volunteer in Peru from 1961/2 to 1965 - I have some of his artwork and would like to give it to the family. You can reach me at : Bengel1910@yahoo.com