November 21, 2009

	Kansas State University Student Governing Association The students of Kansas State University, united in the belief that the goals of a democratic community can be furthered only by the citizenship habits, attitudes, skills, and knowledge acquired through experience. With seed money from the Student Tuition Enhancement fund, the Student Governing Association provides funding for the the K-State Volunteer Center of Manhattan's programming.
	AmeriCorps AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country's critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than 400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service. The K-State Volunteer Center of Manhattan host AmeriCorps*VISTA (Kansas Campus Compact project), AmeriCorps*Kansas (Careers for the Common Good) and AmeriCorps*Procorps (American Humanics).
	School of Leadership Studies Since its inception in 1997, the School of Leadership Studies strives to fulfill each part of its mission statement: developing knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a diverse and changing world. We invite all to become a part of the Leadership Studies community and together we will continue to discover ways to learn about and engage fully in the mission of our program. Learning, teaching and leading in Leadership Studies the culmination of a lifetime of passions: engaging students in the central questions of purpose and values, highlighting the need for ethical leaders at all levels, sharing our desire for all of us to commit to a lifetime of service and civic engagement, and opening students to the need to continually learn and affirm different people, places and cultures. Mary Hale Tolar, Interim Director
	HandsOn Network HandsOn Network inspires, equips, and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world. In 1989, President George H.W. Bush invoked the vision of a Thousand Points of Light, a constellation of change agents that make our communities and democracy work. That vision to promote and cultivate volunteer engagement gave birth to a federally authorized, independent nonprofit entity called the Points of Light Foundation. At about the same time, volunteers were gathering in living rooms and taverns in places like Atlanta and New York to create new ways for people to volunteer. This grassroots, entrepreneurial movement became known as Hands On Network and for almost, two decades these two organizations worked independently, alternatively collaborating and competing, to engage volunteers. On August 1, 2007, Points of Light Foundation and Hands on Network decided to join forces and merged into a single organization with a shared vision and a shared set of goals. The new organization, now called Points of Light Institute, is implementing a bold new strategy to create unprecedented scale and people-centered community impact through volunteerism and civic involvement. HandsOn Network is the leading business unit within the Points of Light Institute portfolio and the activating arm. It is the largest volunteer and citizen action network in the nation. At the center of the network are more than 250 affiliates, called HandsOn Action Centers that serve 83% of the American population and located 12 international communities. The vast majority of Points Of Light Instituteęs work and activity happens through HandsOn Networkęs Action Centers and its expanded network of hundreds of nonprofit, community and faith-based and government organizations.
	American Humanics The American Humanics program is an innovative course of study that equips college and university students to become skilled professionals and leaders in America's nonprofit organizations.
	Good Neighbors Program The Good Neighbors Program was formed by the City of Manhattan and Kansas State University to address the many challenges that occurr to ensure neighborhoods are clean,safe and welcoming to all in a university town. Additional Good Neighbors partners include the Manhattan Landlords, Riley COunty Police Departmenr, Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, USD 383, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Manhattah Housing Authority, Manhattan Christian College and others in the community.