| What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service program
often called "the domestic Peace Corps" that
provides thousands of Americans of all ages and
backgrounds the chance to make a difference in their
communities through service. In return for a year of
service, members receive a living allowance, education
award, healthcare benefits, education loan forbearance,
professional training and childcare benefits (if
eligible).
What are the benefits of becoming a
Superior AmeriCorps member?
Benefits Include:
- A $12,600 living allowance
- An education award of $4,725
- Healthcare benefits
- Education loan forbearance
- Professional training
- Childcare benefits (if eligible)
Where is Superior AmeriCorps
located?
Superior AmeriCorps is located in the
rugged western end of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Members serve in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton,
Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties.
The administrative offices of Superior AmeriCorps
are located in B-H-K Child Development Board’s main
office building at 700 Park Avenue in Houghton.
Where do members serve?
Members serve in
preschools, local elementary, middle and high schools,
and other area non-profit agencies. Member duties vary
from site to site, but all members serve to meet our
primary focus: education. Please visit the Service Sites page
for examples of Superior AmeriCorps service sites.
What do members do?
- School-based members
tutor and mentor students who need support to
achieve school success. They also initiate safe,
enriching after-school
and summer youth programs.
- Members in non-profit
agencies expand and enhance mentoring and
educational enrichment programs serving young children
and families and
recruit volunteers to assist with programming.
- Members in preschool
classrooms expand and
enhance child-development
programs serving young
children and families.
- Members also
coordinate youth service-learning programs and
community-wide service projects. These projects will
enhance the capacity
of schools and agencies to meet critical community needs
by promoting
collaboration, volunteerism and the ethic of service.
What if I have
more questions?
Please contact Superior AmeriCorps
Program Director Stacy Crouch at 1-800-236-5657 or slcrouch@bhkfirst.org.
How do I get involved?
Each year, Superior
AmeriCorps recruits a new class of members. Members must
be at least 18 years of age, be able to commit to one
year of service, and have a high school diploma or GED.
Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Members begin service in early fall. Interested?
Download our application here or
contact us for more information. |
