Welcome to 6 Days 6 Ramps 2010!

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Volunteer Florida is pleased to announce that the Florida Department of Health Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program has joined Volunteer Florida, the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps as a statewide sponsor of the 2010 6 Days 6 Ramps Community Service Project!

6 Days 6 Ramps is a multi-site collaborative service project between the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, Volunteer Florida; not-for-profit organizations; organizations that serve persons with disabilities; volunteer centers; faith-based organizations; AmeriCorps and National Service programs and the business community.

6 Days 6 Ramps will occur in conjunction with National AmeriCorps Week, May 8 - 15, 2010.  During this week, service projects will take place statewide and nationally highlighting the contribution AmeriCorps Members make to their community.

6 Days 6 Ramps began as a joint project between Volunteer Florida and AmeriCorps Florida State Parks. The project, originally known as the St. Andrews Inclusion Project, evolved from a single event community service project to a yearly six-day, multi-site community strengthening event.

One of the goals of 6 Days 6 Ramps is to encourage people with disabilities to join AmeriCorps. For this reason 6 Days 6 Ramps occurs each year in conjunction with National AmeriCorps Week.  National AmeriCorps Week shines a light on the work AmeriCorps members are doing across America, and is observed to encourage more Americans to serve their communities. In 2010, National AmeriCorps Week will be celebrated May 8- 15 We strongly encourage 6 Days 6 Ramps applicants to partner with AmeriCorps State or National Directs, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America national service programs throughout Florida, as well as organizations serving persons with disabilities.

6 Days 6 Ramps seeks to achieve the following goals:

• Exemplify and expand the role of persons with disabilities in improving their community through participation in national service programs and volunteering.

• Bring attention to the need for barrier removal so that persons with disabilities can remain independent and a part of their communities.

• Help strengthen existing volunteer efforts to remove barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating in their community by building wheelchair ramps for local residents with disabilities whose income will not support the cost of building a ramp.

Volunteer Florida Reaches out to Veterans with Disabilities

This year Volunteer Florida, through our 6 Days 6 Ramps sites, will focus on including veterans with disabilities to be ramp recipients and to help build ramps in their community.

Become a 6 Days 6 Ramps Site for 2010

For further information please contact:

Paul Martell
Accessibility Program Manager
850-414-0093

Or

Erin Pantoja
Accessibility Program and Training Consultant
850-414-0095

Or email

everyoneserves@volunteerflorida.org

Inquires from the media, please contact:

Mary Griffith
Communications Coordinator
850-251-2834
mary@volunteerflorida.org