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What are the Goals of the Day? How Can Mayors Get Involved? <br />Mayors are encouraged to hold a public event, issue a <br />Highlight how mayors use national service to solve <br />proclamation or other form of recognition, and use <br />their local challenges <br />traditional or social media to highlight the impact of <br />Thank national service members for their commitment <br />national service. Here are several ways mayors can <br />and impact <br />participate: <br />Build public awareness about the value and impact of <br />Issue a mayoral proclamation naming April 9 as <br />national service to the nations cities <br />National Service Recognition Day <br />Highlight the role that national service plays in <br />Visit national service programs or projects in order to <br />recruiting and managing citizen volunteers to focus and <br />highlight their value to the city <br />amplify their impact <br />Invite national service programs (and their members <br />Provide opportunities for mayors to communicate <br />and organizations board of directors) to City Hall for a <br />about the impact of national service to national policy- <br />public roundtable to discuss how they address city <br />makers <br />problems <br />Generate press coverage and online discussion about <br />Issue a press release or report on the scope and impact <br />mayors supporting service <br />of national service in your city <br />Serve with a national service program as a memberŽ <br />Who Can Participate? <br />for a day to highlight the important work being done in <br />Mayors, city or county managers, or other chief executives <br />their community <br />of cities of any size. <br />Use Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets <br />to thank national service programs and members <br />How We Can Help <br />serving in your community <br />CNCS offers a variety of resources that can help mayors <br />Write an op-ed about the unique contributions of <br />learn about national service and volunteering in their cities <br />national service your city <br />expand the scope and impact of volunteering by their <br />residents: <br />Take a group photo with all national service members <br />in your city <br />The annual Volunteering and Civic Life in America <br />report is the most comprehensive data on volunteering <br />Where Can I Learn More? <br />ever assembled, providing detailed information on <br />volunteering trends and demographics in the U.S., allTo learn more or register your city to participate, go to <br />www.nationalservice.gov/mayorsforservice <br />fifty states, and more than 150 major cities. Visit:or contact <br />www.volunteeringinamerica.gov Collin Burton, Office of Government Relations, <br />cburton@cns.gov <br />202-606-6902 or . You can also <br />Each year, CNCS produces National Service State <br />contact the CNCS Director in your state. A list of <br />Profiles that list all funding, projects, and participants in <br />CNCS state offices can be found here: <br />every state. CNCS will also produce profiles for cities <br />http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/contact/ <br />in preparation for the Mayors Day of Recognition for <br />stateoffices.asp <br />National Service. <br />About CNCS <br />The Corporation for National and Community Service is <br />a federal agency that engages more than five million <br />Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior <br />Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and other programs, and <br />leads President's national call to service initiative, United <br />We Serve. For more information, visit <br />NationalService.gov. <br />March 2013 <br />1201 New York Ave., NWWashington, DC 20525202-606-5000 <br />NationalService.gov <br />