RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

...bringing the experience home.

02/16/11 HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

Peace Corps Open
2nd Annual Mini Golf Tournament
RPCV/w announces the first major fundraising event for our 2011 Partnership for Peace
Charity of the Year, the Academy of Hope:
Saturday, February 26th, 12:30pm-5pm
H Street Country Club, 1335 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
REGISTRATION ENDS FEBRUARY 18th!!!
***RPCV/W***
There’s no better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than on the green sinking a few putts for
Member of the a great cause, especially in the winter. Tee-off with your fellow RPCVs at the exclusive H
***Week*** Street Country Club for a friendly round of golf and good times.
Prizes include a $50 gift certificate to H Street Country Club for the winner.
10% of the net food and drink sales will go to the Academy of Hope.
In the future we plan
to use this space to Want to play?
$20 RPCVW members
highlight the great
$25 non-members
things our members (Click HERE to REGISTER)
are doing to fulfill ***ONLY 3 TICKETS LEFT***
the third goal. If you Just want to hang out and watch?
know of any $10 members and non-members. You will still have access to all the fun and games of the
RPCV/W members Country Club. Consider it a donation to the Academy of Hope.
doing great things,
email about 4-5 lines (Click HERE to REGISTER)
describing their ***RPCV/W will have the entire building until 5pm and the games downstairs are FREE***
greatness to
communica- Peace Corps and RPCV/W
tions@rpcvw.org
Host Open Forum
In This Issue:
Pg 1 Highlighted
Events
RPCV/W would like to thank Peace Corps HQ and our members for
Pg 2 50th Anniversary coming together for an open forum on
Planning February 10th in Shriver Auditorium.
Pg 3 Community
Service Opps &
If you were unable to attend the event, please CLICK HERE to read a
Events summary of the event by
Andrianne Konstas.
Pg 4 About
RPCV/W
RPCV/W Celebrates 50 Years of the Peace Corps!!!
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Would you like to know what RPCVW 50th Committees are doing? The Communications Committee has formed a Blog just for the nitty-
gritty details of what is going on from our Social events to what the each committee is doing. Check it out: http://rpcvw50th.wordpress.com/

Committee updates: The committees are always looking for more volunteers! Please do not hesitate to join a committee. Please email me
(peacecorps50th@rpcvw.org) about joining.

Save the date: March 28th we will be honoring India as one of the first 13 Peace Corps countries with a Photography exhibit and recep-
tion at the Stewart Mott house.

RPCV Federal Employees Invited! On Tuesday, March 1st, at 12:00 Noon in HUD’s Brooke-Mondale Auditorium, former Peace Corps Vol-
unteers now working at HUD will host the first of a series of events celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps. The keynote speaker will be Dr.
Roger Lewis, University of Maryland Professor, planner, architect, author and Washington Post urban affairs columnist. Several current
HUD employees will also reflect on their Peace Corps experience. Contact Sarah Stewart for more info: Sarah.a.stewart@hud.gov

Development RPCV/W wants to ensure we have wonderful events for the 50th Please help us raise money by donating. Click here to DO-
NATE NOW! We are also looking for creative ideas from our members on how we can fund these events. If you have an idea or want to join
the Development committee please email me peacecorps50th@rpcvw.org

Since 1961,   RPCV/W would like to thank Egret Business Solutions for being a
200,000  sponsor of the Peace Corps 50th Anniversary!
Americans have 
served in the  Egret Business Solutions works with customers to combine competitive
Peace Corps.   business processes and best of breed technology solutions. We thank
 
“It is well to be  them for their support!
prepared for life  http://www.egretbiz.com/
as it is, but it is 
better to be 
prepared to make 
life better than it 
is.” ‐‐Director 
Sargent Shriver  

ESSAY CONTEST
Keeping the third goal in mind, we are looking for a recently Returned Peace Corps Volunteer to share the story of how their Peace
Corps experience influenced their life and the lives of those around them. You can do this by bringing the world back home on a
grand scale – a once in a life time opportunity to share your thoughts, your work and your experience with the largest gathering of
returned volunteers in 50 years.

To apply for this opportunity:

You must have serves as a Peace Corps volunteer and completed your service between 2007 and 2011.
You must be a member of RPCV/Washington (join today! http://www.rpcvw.org/join . The first year after you COS is free.)
You must have a great story to share about how Peace Corps has influenced your life
Finalists must be able to tell their story to a large live audience on September 25, 2011 in Washington, DC.

For more info: http://www.rpcvw.org/www.rpcvw.org/50thessaycontest

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What We’veService
Been UpOpportunities
Community To... & Events
Service Opportunities and Events
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Community Service Opportunities

The DC Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign needs volunteers to help low income families with their taxes. Specifically, volun-
teers are needed to fulfill two roles:

Tax Preparers: Help to raise a family's income by $6,000. One doesn't have to be a professional accountant, just have the know-how
in completing an income tax return, or know how to do one's own taxes. They receive 12 hours of free training, broken up in 3 four-
hour sessions that occur throughout January, and IRS Certification.

Savings Promoters: Help families use their refunds in more pragmatic ways to move up the economic ladder. Promoters will receive
4 hours of interactive training to enable them to help clients save their refunds, enroll in Money Management classes and financial
coaching, learn about Bank on DC, and even open direct deposit accounts!

Spanish-speakers are needed in both cases as well. To learn more about their work and to register for the campaign, go to
www.dceitc.org.

Community Events*
RPCV/W 2010 Partnership for Peace Recipient, the Academy of Hope, currently needs Development/Communication Volun-
teers to help plan, promote, and lend a had during their days of events, such as the 2011 forums on adult education issues, or the
"Ball & Bee" spelling bee for adult teams this May. For those with experience in writing, editing, or doing graphic design for newslet-
ters, you can work with the Academy of Hope's staff to help produce the organization's publications. For more details please contact
the Academy of Hope at (202) 269-6623, or email them at volunteer@aohdc.org. Mention RPCV/W when you contact them.

Aid El Salvador (February 24, 2011): Join us on February 24th to raise funds so that we can keep sending kids in El Salvador to
school this year! Haydees (a Salvadoran/Mexican restaurant in Mt. Pleasant) has generously agreed to donate 30% of all SALES to
our cause! So please come out: enjoy some live music, food, drinks and company! Visit our website for more on our scholarship pro-
gram: www.aidelsalvador.org

Friends of Tanzania Celebration (February 26, 2011): Friends of Tanzania/Marafikiwa Tanzania invite our members and their
guests to a Special Winter Potluck Party on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm. Join us at our first celebration this year! To
RSVP or for more information, contact info@FOTanzania.org.

RPCV Author Book Signing (February 27, 2011): Stan Meisler will be talking about his new book, just published, When the World
Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years at Politics and Prose (5015 Conn. Ave. NW, Washington) on Sunday,
February 27th, at 5 p.m.

Advocate for Peace Corps on Capitol Hill (March 3, 2011): The Advocacy Program of the National Peace Corps Association seeks
volunteers to assist with preparations and participation in our seventh annual National Day of Action in Support of the Peace Corps.
The Day of Action will be held Thursday, March 3rd on Capitol Hill from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Participants will hold meetings
with congressional offices and distribute information on key Peace Corps issues. There is also a lot of preparation work, so if you
can stop by our offices and volunteer a few hours in the coming weeks, please let us know. Please contact Jonathan Pearson at jona-
than@peacecorpsconnect.org if you can volunteer in the coming weeks or if you want to help with advocacy on the Hill on March
3rd.
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About RPCV/W
The Returned Peace
Corps Volunteers of
Washington D.C.
(RPCV/W) was founded
in 1979 and incorporated
in 1990 in the District of
Columbia. RPCV/W is
one of the largest organi-
zations of its kind in the
world. RPCV/W is a
nonprofit 501c3 with
over 500 members and
representing more than
2,500 returned Peace
Corps volunteers, Peace
Corps staff, and Peace
Corps families and sup-
porters in the greater
Washington D.C.
area. RPCV/W is gov-
erned by an elected board
of directors.
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