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Higher Achievement Partners with Michelle Obama
May 22, 2009 - Higher Achievement was pleased and honored to be part of an event on Wednesday, May 20 where First Lady Michelle Obama and the Corporation for National and Community Service announced an exciting new initiative designed to put volunteers on a path to sustained service. This innovative initiative will officially begin Monday, June 22 at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service and culminate in a National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11.
This service effort will focus on four broad issues: 1) promoting clean energy, energy efficiency, and public land restoration; 2) supporting education and literacy for all Americans; 3) increasing health care access, public health awareness, and prevention; and 4) providing community renewal to areas hardest hit by the economic crisis. Higher Achievement is great avenue for this effort. You can sign up as volunteer mentors to work with motivated, yet underserved middle-school students in Baltimore, MD, Alexandria, VA, and Washington, DC.
As part of this initiative, the Obama Administration has launched a new online portal, www.serve.gov, where Higher Achievement is listed as one of the many service opportunities. You can also sign up through Higher Achievement’s website: www.higherachievement.org
I encourage you to be part of this national movement to promote a sense of service and providing our young people with the supports they need to succeed in school and in life. Sign up and be a mentor and discover how you can make a difference in a young person’s life. I mentor myself – and all of my scholars have gone on to college preparatory high schools of their choice. It is a rewarding and worthwhile experience.
Best,
Richard Anthony Tagle
CEO
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