An introduction to the team, the community, the work

This four-day orientation in a rural setting takes place before AmeriCorps members begin working at their sites. Use it for ideas for activities, icebreakers, and ways to help members get to know their new home.

This resource was adapted from material contributed by Notre Dame AmeriCorps (Apopka, FL), one of the sites of the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers National Direct Program. Program volunteers tutor and mentor youth in the public schools, staff after-school enrichment programs and youth groups, teach English as a Second Language and other youth and adult courses, and work with survivors of domestic violence.