VISTA Seeks Alumni

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is trying to contact former VISTA volunteers for participation in events marking the program’s 30th anniversary and its new role as a pillar of President Clinton’s national service program, AmeriCorps.

VISTA does not have addresses for many of the 100,000 Americans who served in the program, and we want to involve them in local, regional and national events commemorating three decades of VISTA service. VISTA also hopes to offer its alumni opportunities to get involved in current service projects and support volunteer recruitment efforts.

On Oct. 1, 1993, VISTA officially became part of the President’s national service initiative. The VISTA program was signed into law in August, 1964, and the first VISTA volunteers entered service in January, 1965. Currently about 3,700 VISTA volunteers serve at more than 800 local projects in low-income communities across the country.

Readers knowing others who served in VISTA are asked to pass the word that VISTA needs their skills and energy once again. Former VISTA volunteers are urged to write VISTA, Washington, D.C. 20525, or call (800) 424-8867.

BARBARA WHITE

Oxnard