• Enrollment: Relay enrolled 399 AmeriCorps members for the 2025-26 service year!* Each year, over 200,000 individuals nationwide pledge to serve organizations making a difference in communities. Cheers to you for joining the mission to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering! 

• Past Due Actions- AmeriCorps Orientation (AC-101) & Term Start survey: These required items are now past due. Please complete your introductory Relay AmeriCorps member tasks (Step 6b) ASAP if you still need to! Please reach out to support@relay.edu with any questions.

  • 1. • Click here to complete AC-101

       • Click here to complete the Term Start Survey

• AmeriCorps Signage: You received an enrollment confirmation email with directions to download AmeriCorps Serves Here and Prohibited Activities printable signs earlier this fall. Please make sure you print the state sign for which you are currently teaching and post in your classroom. Click here to download signs. 

• AmeriCorps Swag: Swag items for this service year will be shipped to your listed home address this month! Check your mail for the 25-26 Relay GSE AmeriCorps swag lineup: sweatshirt, lanyard, and drink tumbler!  AmeriCorps members are required to sport the “big A” while performing service. Please email support@relay.edu with the subject line: “AmeriCorps swag” if you do not receive your swag in the next couple of weeks. 

• Member Spotlight: We know you’re doing outstanding work with PK-12 students in classrooms. We would love to highlight you on this website. Check out the Member Hub (click here) to browse member spotlights and nominate yourself or a fellow member to be featured this year!

• AmeriCorps & Loan Forbearance: Do you need to apply for loan forbearance? This is a benefit available to you as an AmeriCorps member. Learn if your loan is eligible for forbearance and read more about that process. 

*Excludes Teach for America corps members

The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service is a defining moment each year when Americans across the country take action to create the Beloved Community of Dr. King’s dream. MLK Day is a federal holiday and designated as a National Day of Service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. This year, on January 19th, we will celebrate 31 years of MLK Day of Service and its impact as more Americans embrace the idea that citizenship involves taking an active role in improving communities.

• [ACTION REQUESTED] MLK Day of Service Call to Action [20-mins]: 

      Please click here to engage, browse MLK Day of Service Resources here, and share your reflections on our survey by January 12th. Cruise       over to the Member Hub to read more! 

• AmeriCorps Midyear Upcoming Required Action Items: Need a refresher on what action items to expect throughout the year? Click here for the AmeriCorps Year at a Glance. Just around the corner in mid-February, you can look out for information about AmeriCorps Midyear Action Items. Here’s what to expect:

1) Midterm Evaluation: will capture your midyear AmeriCorps progress. You will simply need to review and e-sign the evaluation (via DocuSign).

2) AmeriCorps-102 Student Roster Report: is part one of AmeriCorps data collection requirement. Complete it by reporting the number of PK-12 students you serve on a consistent basis (via direct link to your email). Relay is required to submit this data to the AmeriCorps federal agency each year.