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Students and staff from Western Illinois University's Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, community members and Macomb Mayor Mike Inman commemorate Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service in Macomb. Back row (L to R): Karen Peitzmeier, internal coordinator, IIRA Peace Corps Fellows (PCF) in Community Development; Peter Tarantola, recreation, park and tourism administration (RPTA) graduate student/VISTA volunteer; Terry Daugherty, education graduate student/Peace Corps Fellow/AmeriCorps volunteer; John Juliano, RPTA graduate student/Peace Corps Fellow/AmeriCorps volunteer; Nicholas Swope, health sciences graduate student/Peace Corps Fellow/AmeriCorps volunteer; Peace Corps Fellows Program Manager Karen Mauldin-Curtis; and IIRA MAPPING the Future of Your Community Program Manager Gisele Hamm. Front row (L to R): Mary Hart, RPTA graduate student/Peace Corps Fellow/AmeriCorps volunteer; Tiffany Williams-Cobleigh, sociology graduate student/Peace Corps Fellow/AmeriCorps volunteer; Jean Davenport, Macomb Food Cooperative/VISTA volunteer; Macomb Mayor Mike Inman; and IIRA Director Chris Merrett.
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Macomb Mayor Inman signed a proclamation Tuesday, marking April 1 as National Service Recognition Day in Macomb in 2014.
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WIU, Macomb Join Together for Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service

April 2, 2014

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MACOMB, IL – The second annual Mayor's Day of Recognition for National Service was honored and celebrated Tuesday, April 1, across the country to highlight the impact of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs. In cooperation with Western Illinois University, for many years the Macomb community has been the recipient of work by national service members through the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs' Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development, AmeriCorps/VISTA program and MAPPING the Future of Your Community program.

To commemorate the day, Macomb Mayor Mike Inman signed a proclamation marking April 1 as National Service Recognition Day in Macomb this year.

"The city of Macomb and greater community have been well served by our partnership with volunteers and fellows from the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs' programs," Inman said. "We have a history of utilizing those folks' skills in community development and the city attorney's office. We are grateful for the relationship."

IIRA Director Chris Merrett noted that volunteerism is a vital part of any community development effort.

"Macomb is just one of the communities where we actively engage national service members and volunteers in efforts to address important community needs," he added.

Nationally, more than four million AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and other volunteers have served in over 70,000 locations across the United States.

For more information about the event celebration, visit nationalservice.gov/mayorsforservice. For more information about the WIU/IIRA Peace Corps Fellows Program in Community Development visit www.peacecorpsfellows-wiu.org and about the MAPPING the Future of Your Community program visit mappingthefuture.org.

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