AmeriCorps Volunteers Perform 9/11 Day of Service

AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP) members are marking the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance by filling backpacks with school supplies to go to children living in the 12 domestic violence shelters located across the state, according to a press statement.

The members also wrote notes of encouragement for the kids that will be placed inside each backpack. The bags and the school supplies were donated by members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs New Hampshire (GFWC-NH.)

In 2014, more than 200 children spent just about 18,000 nights in a domestic violence shelter. For these families who enter the emergency shelters they often leave home quickly with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

“As the school year begins we wanted to be able to provide these kids with the basic supplies they need for the classroom,” said Marie Linebaugh, Program Director for NHCADSV, adding “we are grateful to the volunteers at the General Federation of Women’s clubs for helping to pull together these wonderful supplies.”

A program of NHCADSV, AVAP addresses critical service needs in our communities and justice systems by ensuring services and education are available to victims of domestic and sexual violence and stalking throughout New Hampshire. AVAP promotes community service and a lifetime commitment to volunteerism.

The 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance effort was established as a way of inspiring and engaging charitable service on this day as an annual and forward-looking tribute to 9/11 victims, survivors and those who rose up in service in response to the attacks.