Virginia Community Service Conference Next Week

2004 Virginia State Conference on Community Service & Civic Engagement

I found information on this event earlier in the week and wanted to pass it along to any of you who might be able to attend. This may be of specific interest to Brothers in the Richmond, VA, area.

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http://www.vaservice.org/conference/conference/index.html

Please Join Us!

It is with great excitement that we invite you to participate in Strength Through Connections: The 2004 Virginia State Conference on Community Service and Civic Engagement. The conference will be Tuesday, August 31 through Thursday, September 2, 2004, in Richmond. The Virginia Commission for National and Community Service, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Virginia Corps hope you will join your volunteerism and community service colleagues from across Virginia as we:

-Begin a conversation about service and volunteering in Virginia
-Exchange information and reveal common ground
-Learn together and share best practices
-Discover the course to cooperation and collaboration
-Identify our needs and our assets
-Celebrate volunteer service
-Strengthen national and community service, volunteerism and civic engagement in the Commonwealth
-The Conference Planning Group has worked hard to bring you informative and engaging plenary sessions, a wide variety of relevant skill-building workshops, a welcoming conference site, and service projects that everyone can contribute to. In addition, your conference registration is your ticket to this year’s annual Governor’s Community Service and Volunteerism Awards dinner and ceremony.

Conference registration fees vary depending on type of registration. National Service members' and directors' fees range from $15-$30. The fee for other participants is $100. All conference meals, activities, and materials on September 1-2 are included in conference registration. Pre-conference sessions on August 31 are priced separately.

So please browse through the conference offerings, select workshops that will advance your professional development, select service projects that mean something to you, and register today. All of us look forward to seeing you in Richmond very soon.

2004 Virginia State Conference on Community Service & Civic Engagement