AmeriCorps Partnership

Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps: Getting Things Done for America

Saint Joseph Services partners with AmeriCorps and the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers to provide the organization with staff to lead a number of the services we offer.

“AmeriCorps is a federally-funded service program, commonly referred to as the domestic Peace Corps, that brings together the citizens of diverse backgrounds to serve communities in the areas of education, public safety, human needs and the environment.

“In 1995, NDMV sought a partnership with AmeriCorps to allow for an increase in the number of members, offering greater community service in financially-limited sites. This partnership formed Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps.”

-Notre Dame Mission Volunteer

NDMVA volunteers spend 11 months working with St. Joseph Services’ clients in the Out-of-School, Adult Basic Education, and English as a Second Language programming.

 

 Meet Our AmeriCorps!

 
Wade 
Wade Ekstrom: Adult and Youth Instructor, SJS Community Center at Humboldt Park

Wade Ekstrom is a 23-year-old Americorps from St. Paul, MN. He is a graduate of Macalester College with a B.A. in English and Chinese, and works as an Adult and Afterschool Program Instructor at the SJS Community Center at Humboldt Park.  Wade is thrilled to be living in Chicago, and so close to beautiful Humboldt Park!  After teaching abroad in China for a year, he is grateful to be serving another community back in the United States.  

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