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Energy Express is set to hold induction ceremony for new AmeriCorps members
MORGANTOWN, WV (WVNS) — Energy Express, a WVU Extension Service initiative in collaboration with AmeriCorps, is set to admit the 2025 AmeriCorps cohort.
According to a press release, approximately 150 college-bound students and current college students, as well as community members will serve as members in 22 counties throughout the Mountain State this summer.
Energy Express is a no-cost summer initiative aimed at literacy and nutrition for low income children and rural kids enrolled in first through the sixth grade, the release stated. Members mentor children or serve as volunteer coordinators while gaining leadership experience and career skills from experienced professionals.
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AmeriCorps members will be sworn in during a ceremony on June 8, 2025, beginning at 5 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the West Virginia University Morgantown Evansdale Campus.
Energy Express AmeriCorps members finish 300 service hours and get a $4,050 living allowance, a $1,565.08 education award, and their service can be applied toward the West Virginia AmeriCorps Tuition Waiver, the release stated.
Throughout 2024, members in the program assisted approximately 1,150 kids throughout 48 sites. Some of those sites demonstrated an 88 percent growth in reading fluency. That same year, the program commemorated its 30th anniversary.
In the last three decades, approximately 84,000 children in the Mountain State have taken part in the program, and an estimated 13,600 AmeriCorps members assisted them, the release stated. Since 2006, the program has delivered around 1,747,000 meals and 360,000 books to kids throughout the state.
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AmeriCorps is a national service program in which members address critical needs in education, economic opportunity, disaster relief, environmental stewardship, brighter futures, and veterans and military families, the release stated.
Through the initiative, Energy Express falls under the guidance of the WVU Extension Service Center for Community Engagement and receives funding in part from a grant from Volunteer West Virginia. Volunteer West Virginia, state residents are encouraged to join and strengthen their communities.
For more information regarding Energy Express and to view the summer sites, visit their website. For more information regarding the AmeriCorps and service opportunities, visit their website.
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