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Orange County joined the nation in celebrating AmeriCorps\u2019 20th<\/sup> anniversary, proudly commemorating two decades of community service and citizen engagement across Florida and the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have amazing AmeriCorps alumni who work at Orange County and continue to make our region the best place in the world to live, learn, work and raise a family,\u201d Mayor Jacobs said. \u201cWe thank our AmeriCorps alumni for all of their wonderful contributions, their selfless service to our community and their commitment to making Central Florida stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed legislation creating AmeriCorps to connect Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities. The Florida Legislature created Volunteer Florida in 1994 to administer AmeriCorps in Florida with the first class of AmeriCorps members serving the state that year.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jacobs\u2019 Chief of Staff Graciela Noriega Jacoby previously served two years with AmeriCorps. During her first year of service in 1997, Jacoby worked with Orange County\u2019s Parks and Recreation Division in the Bithlo community, while pursuing her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida (UCF). During her first year of service with AmeriCorps, she worked as a tutor and mentor, led recreational programs, and worked with residents on neighborhood improvement projects. During her time in the Bithlo community, Jacoby offered a foreign pen pal and cultural education program to students that earned her an All*AmeriCorps Award<\/em>, presented to her by President Bill Clinton and the late Coretta Scott King.<\/p>\n

In 1999, she became an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Team Leader serving in the northeast, including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and the District of Columbia focusing on the areas of unmet human needs, public safety, environment, education and disaster relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experiences I had with AmeriCorps had a tremendous impact on the life path I have chosen,\u201d said Jacoby, who later obtained a master\u2019s degree in public administration from UCF. \u201cInvesting in our community through volunteerism has a positive impact on our neighborhoods and residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacoby briefly worked in the private sector and in 2000, a senior aide position with newly elected District 1 Commissioner Teresa Jacobs brought Jacoby back to public service at Orange County.<\/p>\n

\u201cGraciela served as my senior aide during my two terms as District 1 Commissioner, and as Chief of Staff remains my \u2018right-hand\u2019 person,\u201d Mayor Jacobs said. \u201cShe continues to play a vital role in Orange County and is fully committed to Orange County’s \u2018neighbors helping neighbors\u2019 philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of AmeriCorps\u2019 26 programs in Florida, City Year Orlando’s mission is to help at risk children in low income areas reach their full potential. Jacoby also serves as a member on the City Year Orlando board of directors.<\/p>\n

City Year service members work closely with the Orange County Public School system to tutor, mentor and guide students towards a successful future. According to City Year, 70 percent of students in grades 3-9 improved one letter grade in English with the tutoring help of their service members.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did my service help to transform communities, my service had a transformative impact on me, just as it does with our members serving all over the nation,\u201d said Jordan C. Plante, vice president and executive director of City Year Orlando. \u201cSeptember marked the 20th<\/sup> Anniversary of AmeriCorps and Volunteer Florida, and I could not be more proud to be an alumna, a champion and an advocate for National Service.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Year Orlando\u2019s 68 service members have provided countless hours of mentoring to seven Orange County Schools including Jones High School, Memorial Middle School, Meadowbrook Middle School, Walker Middle School, Oak Ridge High School and Maynard Evans High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmeriCorps is an integral human capital solution to solving some of the nation’s most pressing issues,” Plante said. \u201cI am honored to partner with our community to lead AmeriCorps members in service to students in seven Orange County Public Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a celebration held in Miami on September 12, President Barack Obama made a special appearance via satellite from the White House and assisted in the swearing-in of approximately 1,000 new Florida AmeriCorps service members at the Miami Beach Convention Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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