Comment by Rosemary Gould on 11th mo. 11, 2010 at 12:35pm

Thank you for the information and for your work. May it grow and flourish!

Comment by jeremy hardin mott on 11th mo. 12, 2010 at 4:20pm

Thank you, Penn Army of None. Something like this has been desperately needed
for a very long time. In the last few years, I know of several younger members
of New York Yearly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, and Central Yearly
Meeting of Indiana who have served or are serving now in the military. In
some cases, I was told, they enlisted partly to gain college scholarships.
Yet there are much better ways to get college scholarships. One is the
civilian government program called Americorps. My daughter signed up
for Americorps more than 15 years ago. The scholarship that she re-
ceived after two years' service paid for two years at a community college,
plus many of her expenses. I know that in some states, at least, one is
allowed to join Americorps at age 18, in other words, right after high
school. In a few states, Americorps is partly militarized----but in such
a case one can always go to another state to join.
There is also Brethren Volunteer Service, which offers Americorps
scholarships as well, so long as one serves in the U.S.A. I don't
know why so few Friends use these programs; but if we tell
Friends about them, through our meetings and schools, I guess
many more Friends will use the programs, and stay out of the
military. So I thank you in advance for what you are doing.
Jeremy Mott

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