I do not hold membership in any GLO however, I do plenty of public service on my own. My main service is done through AmeriCorps. The program that I am participating in is called CAMPUS LINK. the program seeks to get individuals on Mississippi's college campuses involed with their community. Members must perform a minimum amount of hours depending on their position.
REDUCED PART TIME, EDUCATIONAL AWARD ONLY or EAO'S 381 hours.
PART TIME AMERICORPS or PTAC 900 hours
FULL TIME 1800 hours


Everyone receives an educational award. It can be used to pay tuition or pay off loans. EAO's get $1000, PTAC get $2400, full time gets $4800. Because of the number of hours required of them, full and part time members also get a small living allowance (it's nearly immpossible for you to hold a unless it's at night).
All clock at least 100 tutoring hours. After that the responsibility varies per position.

Each member must clock at least 100 tutoring hours.

Part time and full time members serve as the lead tutors at their assigned elementary school. They must also recruit volunteers to be tutors as well. As the lead tutors they are responsible for the volunteer tutors that they have recruited. They must not only tutor but make sure the volunteers are showing up, properly trained, and theymust also check on the tutors performance and progress with the children.

EAO's mainly serve as recruiters for the program. they must give group presentations in order to recruit volunteers. They must clock 100 tutoring hours. theymust also choose one community agency to perform the rest of their hours with.

Members must put on service projects throughout your year of service on special days such as Make A Difference Day, College Opprotunity Day, Martin Luther King Day, Volunteer Appreciation Week, and any other special projects that you wish to do.

Members must put together and host a community fair on their campus. This is a fair where all agencies in the area that need volunteers are invited on campus to set up booths or tables to educate the campus about their organization and its needs and recruit volunteers.

Tutoring will not give the full and part time members enough hours to fufill their service agreement so they must also do outside hours at hospitals, or community service agencies.

Outside of that their are cluster forums to attend, the statewide conference on volunteerism, a member retreat, and information training sessions.



I love campus link. I have met lots of people and did many things that I can be proud of. We work with everyone from national programs such as Habitat for humanity and Red Cross to local agencies such as The Good Samaritan Center. This is my second term of service. I started out as a volunteer for campus link. I then served as an EAO. Now I am a part time member. I wouldn't trade this experince for the world. I would love to see this program expanded outside of Mississippi.

For more information visit www.campuslink.net