AmeriCorps's Big Future

Supporters of volunteer programs seek major expansion in 2009

On September 11, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will appear at a gathering of charity leaders in New York to talk about one issue they more or less agree on: national service. Both are expected to call for a vast expansion of the federal government's domestic and international service programs.

The appearance by the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees so close to Election Day signals a major coup for ServiceNation.

The coalition of more than 100 corporations and

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