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Our Story
Our mission at Volunteer Mississippi is to engage and support Mississippians of all ages and backgrounds in service to their communities. Our story—the story of volunteerism in Mississippi— is about service as a way of life. It’s about leadership in our communities, our schools, and our churches. And it’s about results: statewide, volunteers and national service members are getting things done, making a difference for our children, our seniors, our veterans and military families.
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AmeriCorps
Volunteer Mississippi awards AmeriCorps State grants to organizations throughout the state addressing Mississippi’s greatest needs. AmeriCorps programs offer individuals a unique opportunity to improve communities through service, learn valuable skills, and obtain life-changing service experiences.
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Volunteer Mississippi seeks to expand volunteerism throughout the state by connecting volunteers with the organizations that need their skills and time.
Learn MoreDisaster Services
During emergencies, Volunteer Mississippi (Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service) is the state agency responsible for coordinating volunteer efforts and donations management. Volunteer Mississippi (MCVS) activates Volunteer Response Centers (VRCs), serving multiple functions for local communities and for the individuals and organizations mediating disaster aftermath.
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Will you be our Voluntine?
Help us recognize those in your communities who serve others, volunteering their time, talents, and treasures to make their homes, neighborhoods, cities, counties, and state better places to live, work, and play. Fill out our online Voluntine...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Elise Winter
Volunteer Mississippi is pleased to feature Elise Varner Winter for our Volunteer Spotlight. Mrs. Winter received the Marsha Meeks Kelly Award for Lifetime Achievement in Volunteer Service at the 2015 GIVE Awards. While Governor and Mrs. Elise Winter...
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Commissioner Spotlight: Perry Green
Commissioner Perry Green was appointed by three different Governors to serve on the Commission throughout the past 20 years and served as Chair of the Commission in 2000-2001. Perry Green was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended the University...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Taylor Carley
Volunteer Mississippi would like to spotlight Taylor Carley - an AmeriCorps member with the TRIAD (Training, Resources and Information for the Advancement of Disability) Service AmeriCorps program. Where do you volunteer, what’s your cause, and what’s...
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Commissioner Spotlight: Mark Prine
Volunteer Mississippi would like to spotlight the Vice Chair of our Board of Commissioners, John "Mark" Prine. John “Mark” Prine was commissioned a Second Lieutenant through the Army Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) at the University of...
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Caitlin Brooking of Volunteer Mississippi Awarded National Leadership Honor
WASHINGTON, DC (Sept. 21, 2018)– Caitlin Brooking of Jackson, Mississippi was announced as the 2018 Outstanding Commission Staff at America’s Service Commissions (ASC) Innovation and Leadership Awards reception September 12 in Arlington, Virginia. The...
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Volunteer Mississippi Receives Funding to Establish Nonprofit Resource Hubs Across the State
Jackson, MISS. (October 4, 2018) – The Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service (Volunteer Mississippi) has just been awarded $349,603 in the Volunteer Generation Fund 2018-2019 award competition of the Corporation for National and Community Service...
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America Reads – MS AmeriCorps celebrates 20 years of service, begins next chapter
Jackson, MISS. (October 11, 2018)- Former AmeriCorps members, staff, their families, and supporters will gather tomorrow and Saturday in Jackson to commemorate 20 years of serving together and carrying out the mission of national service: “to make our...
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Inspiration
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“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“It's not about how hard you can hit; it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” -- Rocky Balboa
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“Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world.” -- Archimedes
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“Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” -- Robert F. Kennedy
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“Love cannot remain by itself -- it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.” -- Mother Theresa
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“Umumtu Ngumuntu Ngamuntu -- I am a person through other people. My humanity is tied to yours.” -- Ubuntu, Zulu proverb
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Upcoming Events
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2018 Nonprofit Leadership Forums
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Read MoreConnecting Communities and Leaders to Resources Volunteer Mississippi, the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits, and the Mississippi Association of...
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Opportunity Fair at Celebration of Service
May 31st, Hilton Jackson
Read MoreOn May 31, 2019, Volunteer Mississippi will host our annual Celebration of Service event honoring over 300 AmeriCorps Mississippi members of all ages...
Our Mission
Volunteer Mississippi’s mission is to engage and support Mississippians of all ages and backgrounds in service to their communities.
