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June 11, 2017

Since 1994, more than 1 million Americans have given 1.3 billion hours of service through AmeriCorps. Some of their stories are at this link.

In communities across New Jersey, AmeriCorps/VISTA volunteers are active meeting these and other pressing needs. Some members serve full-time to fight hunger and illiteracy, improve health services, and increase housing opportunities. These young men and women, 18 to 24, commit to a 10-month, full time residential program for this purpose, establishing an early connection to service and its critical importance to them and to the people they serve.

NJ.com/Opinion (Linda Stamato is co-director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Edward J. Bloustein School), June 11, 2017

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