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• Making a Difference on Make a Difference Day 2008

• World Festivals of the Dead

• Make a Difference Day in Kyles Ford
• Come Overhome for a Bluegrass Concert

• Vardy School and Mahala Mullins Cabin Guided Tours

• Canoes Now Available for Rental

• Upcoming Overhome Events

• Moonshining

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• Bicycling Safety on Country Roads

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• IV. Unmanaged Recreation

• III. Loss of Open Space

• II. Invasive Species

• I. Finding the forest for the trees

• Protecting Wild Ginseng

• The Magic Cicada

• In Loving Memory of Jimmy Martin

• Mother's Day Out at River Place Cafe

• Stewardship--The Solution for What Ails Ye

• Historical Preservation Before and After Snapshots

• Barn Raising Along the Clinch

• Clinch River Conservation Center & Retreat Opening & Earth Day Event

• The Impact of Coal on the Clinch

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• Community Heroes Create Conservation Easements

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Making a Difference on Make a Difference Day 2008

Can one person make a difference in one day? Absolutely! So just imagine what a difference 150 people can make in a day!

AmeriCorps members worked in teams on community projects in Hancock, Hawkins, Claiborne and Grainger Counties. In Sneedville they painted the historic old Jail and cleaned sorted and organized shelves and inventory at the new Overhome Clothing Center. In Kyles Ford they cleaned out the old Kyles Ford Elementary School (filling up an entire dumpster!) and scraped windows, cleared trails, trimmed trees and cleaned out an old barn at the Clinch River Conservation Center.

AmeriCorps is a national and community service program that engages Americans in service to meet critical needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other areas. In return for their service, AmeriCorps members receive an AmeriCorps Education Award that they can use to pay for college or to pay back

qualified student loans.

Look in the Photo Gallery to see AmeriCorps members "in action."