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(4/21/2010)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126145558
NPR: A year ago Wednesday, President Obama signed one of the few bipartisan bills enacted in his administration so far: the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The law creates more volunteer opportunities and triples the size of the AmeriCorps national service program. But a year after the legislation was signed, the money is just starting to trickle out.
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I have always had a drive to serve others and work for the common good. But I never fully realized that I could go beyond volunteerism--that my opinion and hard work could influence policy decisions. My views changed when I sat in the office of one of my legislators in Washington, DC.
-Amanda Coffin, University of Maine at Farmington, Campus Compact student leader
