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Public commenter says AmeriCorps service 'changed my life' after 2009 graduation
Summary
A public commenter described joining AmeriCorps after graduating college in February 2009 and credited service with altering their career path, citing work with Habitat for Humanity in Portland, Maine, Gulf Coast hurricane recovery and other community-service placements.
Commenter, a public commenter, told meeting attendees that joining AmeriCorps after graduating college in February 2009 was “one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” and that the experience “truly changed my life and life path.”
They said they entered the program amid the 2008–2009 economic downturn, when jobs were scarce, and that they “threw my hat in…
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