Americorps Student Leaders in Service is a part-time Americorps program sponsored by the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Campus Compacts and facilitated through the Scott/Ross Center for Community Service at Simmons. Americorps Student Leaders in Service who perform 300 hours of volunteer work within one year receive a $1000 education award. The $1000 education award is a voucher that can be used to pay education costs at qualified institutions of higher education or to repay qualified student loans. Field placement and federal work study hours can count towards the 300 hours of service. The only volunteer activities that are not allowed are those prohibited by Americorps, including lobbying, political, religious and some advocacy activities.
Contact
Simmons currently has 30 student enrolled in the Americorps Student Leaders in Service program and additional spaces may become available at the beginning of each semester. Interested students should contact Carolyn Grimes at (617) 521-2235 or grimesc@simmons.edu.
