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Michigan Community Service Commission

235 S. Grand Ave., Suite 1108, Lansing, MI 48933

Since the inception of the organization in 1991, the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) has been using service as a strategy to address some of Michigan’s most pressing problems. In the past twenty years, we’ve invested more than $100 million in communities for volunteer initiatives, which leveraged an excess of $85 million in local funds, engaged more than one million people in volunteerism, and impacted critical issues such as disaster preparedness, education, foreclosure, healthcare, and the environment. We’ve shown that people who are willing to give their time and services to others truly can make a difference in our state.

What We Do

Since the creation of AmeriCorps in 1994, Michigan has been home to more than 22,000 Michigan’s AmeriCorps members. These members have committed at least one year of their lives to supporting a nonprofit or public agency, and have given a collective 26 million hours of service. Though relatively new and only in its second year of existence, the Volunteer Generation Fund increases the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support, and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments. Across Michigan, more than 76,000 citizens were engaged in this statewide effort in 2011, advancing a new era of volunteerism in which every day citizens combat our most complex issues with service.

Our Future

There is no doubt that Michigan has been hard hit in recent years. Faced with growing community need and shrinking budgets, an alternate solution to the state’s unique challenges is both increasingly necessary and important. The Michigan Community Service Commission thoroughly believes that national service programs like AmeriCorps and the Volunteer Generation Fund are a cost-effective and proven strategy to address these growing community issues. Through the dedicated support of national service members and generous community volunteers, these programs provide a powerful capital return: benefiting the people who serve, those who are served, and the larger society and state. The stories of national service impact shared here are just a few of many examples that illustrate how a small national service investment can be a foundation for change and a lasting community solution.

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