Gain Global Skills for Your Future and Make a Difference for Others

Peace Corps offers the experience of a lifetime, and comes with unique career and higher education advantages. Use your skills and knowledge to help others around the world, and bring that experience back home to benefit your career and community. Begin your path to leadership with Peace Corps.

Stop by the Peace Corps office for open office hours
Monday, July 8, 2013
2 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
U-M International Center, Room 10
603 E. Madison
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1370

Information Session
Monday, July 8, 2013
6:30 p.m.
U-M International Center, Room 9
603 E. Madison
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1370

Stop by the Peace Corps info table at the Eastern Market:
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
2934 Russell Street
Detroit, MI 48207

Information Session
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
6:00 p.m.
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Click Here for more details and to pre-register for this event. Walk-ins are welcome. Bring a friend!

Attend a Storytelling Session at the Dearborn Public Library:
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Room 30 on the Mezzanine
16301 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
Click Here for more details and to pre-register for this event. Walk-ins are welcome. Bring a friend!

Stop by the Peace Corps info table at the Dearborn Public Library:
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Rotunda Gallery
16301 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
Applicant, Nominee, Invitee, and RPCV PICNIC POTLUCK!!!
6:00 p.m.
Belle Isle Park - Shelter 6 (Please see attached map)
Detroit, MI
Open to all friends and family of current applicants, nominees, invitees, and RPCV’s. Please bring any food item to share! RSVP with your name, cell number, number of people attending, and the dish you are bringing to Judy Torres by July 5, 2013 at jtorres@peacecorps.gov.

Thursday, July 11, 2013
Peace Corps Service Day
9 a.m. - Noon
Earthworks Urban Farm
1264 Meldrum
Detroit, MI 48207
Open to all current applicants, nominees, invitees, community members, and RPCV’s. Come spend a fun morning gardening, mingling, and helping out a local organization in Detroit. Please RSVP to Judy Torres by July 5, 2013 at jtorres@peacecorps.gov.

Peace Corps is filling programs for 2014. Apply online to be considered, interviewed and nominated for an assignment. The sooner we receive your application, the sooner we can match your skill sets and interests to remaining assignment openings.

More About Peace Corps

Make a difference in the lives of others and your own. As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will help a community in need, gain valuable cross-cultural skills, and become a citizen of the world. Other benefits Include:
- Full health & dental coverage in service
- Paid living expenses & $7,425 upon service completion
- Deferment/partial cancellation for some student loans
- Graduate school programs with financial assistance
- Job placement support and Federal employment advantage
- International, leadership and field experience for the job market
Your service begins with three months of comprehensive training and is sustained with the support of in-country Peace Corps staff, including safety and security and medical officers. Host families and local counterparts help you acclimate to your community and program.
More than 8,000 Volunteers of all backgrounds and ages are serving in a variety of fields in more than 75 countries. Peace Corps Volunteers must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age, but there is no upper age limit. Read more or watch a video about how Peace Corps service makes a difference for the communities served, the volunteers themselves, and here in the U.S.
See these online resources for family and friends. Click Here to find more local events and webinars.
Peace Corps - Midwest Region
55 W. Monroe St., Suite 450, Chicago, IL 60603
1.855.855.1961, Chicago@peacecorps.gov
www.peacecorps.gov
Find Midwest Peace Corps news and volunteer stories at http://midwestpcvs.wordpress.com.