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THANK YOU for visiting Volunteer Florida's official Web site. Updates are listed below, beginning with the most recent additions:

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Updated the front page with a story about the power of teen volunteering.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Updated the AmeriCorps Programs By County page in the AmeriCorps section.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Added the November - December 2007 Training News to the Training and Technical Assistance Page in the AmeriCorps Section.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Updated the Grant Information to add Civic Reflection Grant information.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Updated the front page with President's Volunteer Service Award Recipients from Miami.
Removed AmeriCorps RFP from the front page.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Updated the front page with information about assisting survivors of Tropical Storm Noel.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Added the AmeriCorps RFP Frequently Asked Questions document to the Grants Information page and updated the front page.

Wednesday, October 9, 2007

Posted the 2008/2009 AmeriCorps Competitive Grant Application to the Grant Information Page and the front page.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Posted one new news release, Volunteer Florida Honors Three with President's Volunteer Service Awards, to the Current News Releases page in the Newsroom.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Updated the Volunteer Florida Staff page.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Added one new news release, Volunteer Florida CEO, Tallahassee Mayor and Others Honor Tallahassee Firefighters for myGoodDeed Day 2007, to the Current News Releases Page in the Newsroom.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Added information about the October 24 - 25 Program Directors' Meeting to the front page.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Added the September - October Training News to the AmeriCorps page.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Posted 07/08 AmeriCorps Disaster RFP to the Grant Information page.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Posted AmeriCorps Program Director Training on the front page.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Updated the AmeriCorps section with an updated CNCS Florida Summary.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Updated the front page with a new story about helping survivors of foreign disasters and updated the news archive.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Added information about Serve to Preserve Florida to the Front Page.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Added a news brief about AmeriCorps HBCU Bethune Cookman University to the Front Page.
Added a news brief about getting a disaster plan to the Front Page.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Added one new news article to Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Updated the Training newsletter archive in the AmeriCorps section.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Added the June Volunteer Headline to the E-News Archive in the Newsroom.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Updated Front Page with new content about AmeriCorps Florida State Parks and updated the news archive.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Added one new news article to Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Added registration information about the June 27 - 28 PD Meeting in Oviedo to the main page.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Added both television and radio PSAs for Florida Volunteer Month 2007 to the multimedia page of volunteerflorida.org.

Added one new news article to Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.
Updated the AmeriCorps Programs by County in the AmeriCorps section.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Added one new news article to Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Added two new news articles to Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Added video of the legislative spouses being honored to the front page and to the multimedia page.
Added one new release to the Current News Releases page in the Newsroom.

Wednesday, May 3, 2007

Added two new releases to the Current News Releases page in the Newsroom.

Added new story to the front page, Florida Legislative Spouses Put Their Passion Into Action, Receive Awards for Volunteer Service, and updated the news archive.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Added the April 2007 newsletter to the newsletter archive page

Monday, April 9, 2007

Added three news articles — Volunteer Leaders to Speak at Showcase in Event by President's Council, 'We need to stop focusing on our lives' ,and It's time to celebrate Florida Volunteer Month— to Volunteers in the News Media in the Newsroom.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Added a story about the Governor Charlie Crist, Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, and the Florida Cabinet's launch of Florida Volunteer Month to the main page.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Posted News Release, Florida Volunteer Month to Honor Florida's Superheroes: Volunteers, to the Newsroom page

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Launched the Florida Volunteer Month Web site!

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Added "We are Family" to the front page.
Added the 2007 AmeriCorps and National Service Conference to the archives.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Added the March - April 2007 Training News (PDF, 49K) to the Training and Technical Assistance for AmeriCorps Programs page in the AmeriCorps section.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Added AmeriCorps*State Funding RFP and Guidance for 2007-2008 to the Grant Information page and updated the main page.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Added one news story, AmeriCorps honors eight for service, to Volunteers in the News Media in the Newsroom.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Added a new feature about the Volunteer Recognition Event and News Conference with Governor Crist for tornado relief volunteers, which was held Feb. 2 in Lady Lake, to the main page.
Updated the Disability Inclusion and Outreach Page.
Updated the Volunteer Center Map on the Volunteer Centers page.

Friday, February 15, 2007

Added one new news article to the Volunteers in the News Media page in the Newsroom.

Friday, February 9, 2007

Added new information about the Florida Disaster Recovery Fund to the main page.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Added five new articles to the Volunteers in the News Media page in the News Room.

Friday, February 2, 2007

Updated volunteerfloridadisaster.org with information about the Central Florida Tornadoes.
Added contact information for Florida's Volunteer Center Network (PDF, 250K) to the Links page.
Added a news release, Safety First! Potential Dangers are Many for Unaffiliated Volunteers, to the Current News Releases page in the Newsroom.

Friday, January 26, 2007

Added a new story about AmeriCorps Duval Reads to the main page.
Added President Bush's proclamation about the 5th Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps to the main page.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Added four new news articles to the Volunteers in the Media page in the Newsroom.
Added the January-February 2007 Training News to the Training and Technical Assistance page in the AmeriCorps section.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Added three news releases for the 6 Days 6 Ramps wheelchair ramp building project.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Added a new page with detailed information about the President's Volunteer Service Awards.

Monday, January 8, 2007

Added information about the Martin Luther King Day of Service to the front page .

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Added information about the February 2007 AmeriCorps Program Directors Meeting to the front page.