Maine Commission for Community Service

Senior Corps Week is an opportunity to highlight the impact of Seniors Corps volunteers in Maine, celebrate their service, and invite others to join. Senior Corps connects today’s over 55’s with the people and organizations that need them most; they volunteer as mentors, coaches, companions to people in need, and contribute experience and job skills. Find out what's going on in your area for Senior Corps Week!

For the past 22 years, the Blaine House Conference on Volunteerism has provided learning and networking opportunities for Maine’s volunteer administrators and program managers. It is the only professional development conference tailored exclusively to the needs and challenges of leaders in the state’s volunteer sector.

Registration open on July 15th!

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is the federal agency implementing the Kennedy Serve America Act.  A summary of the Act is on the CNCS website. The full text is also available on the Library of Congress reference site, Thomas.loc.gov.

What are your thoughts? What are your creative or entrepreneurial solutions?Join the dialog!

Commission staff and board members compiled their thoughts and submitted ideas to CNCS.  Read the full report by clicking "Learn More" below.

8,000+ Maine citizens serve in AmeriCorps, Senior Companions, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Foster Grandparents, Learn & Serve, and RSVP.

Find out what they are doing in Maine and how you could become part of  National Service.