Get free advertising for your VISTA program with a press release

Press releases run for free in the newspaper; and a new member position is a newsworthy item. Use press release as a way to recruit members and increase support for your program. This sample press release gives some basic information about the:

• National VISTA program
• Local VISTA program
• Available position

This press release was contributed by Youth Conservation Corps (Waukegan, IL), an AmeriCorps*National program whose mission is to guide and mentor youth and young adults to develop them into productive citizens using community service, work and education experiences.