The second Friday in June is National Service and Conservation Corps Day!
Celebrate June 13, 2025
#ServeOutdoors
About
June is Great Outdoors Month: a celebration of America’s public lands and waters and the many ways to enjoy them. Held in recognition of Great Outdoors Month, National Service and Conservation Corps Day seeks to:
- Celebrate everything Corps programs have accomplished for our country over the past 90+ years and show gratitude to the thousands of young adults and veterans actively serving in Corps and helping improve our communities, lands, and waters.
- Raise awareness about Corps and the importance of national service programs in helping maintain our public lands and waters.
National Service and Conservation Corps Day 2025
Get involved.
Congressional Resolution
National Service and Conservation Corps Day will be observed on Friday, June 13, 2025. The Corps Network is working to secure a resolution to again officially designate the second Friday in June as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. Please check back here for updates.
10th Great Outdoors Day of Service
In observance of National Service and Conservation Corps Day, The Corps Network will host our 10th annual Great Outdoors Day of Service on June 27. This is an event to gather Corps and our supporters in the Washington, DC-region for a service project in partnership with the National Park Service. The purpose of the event is to celebrate Corps, raise awareness about the impact of Corps and value of volunteers, and get important work done.
- Date: Friday, June 27, 2025
- Time:
- Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
- Event concludes around 1:30 p.m.
- Location: Greenbelt Park, 6565 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770
- Register by June 13
- Learn more
Take Action to Support Corps
Service and Conservation Corps face challenging circumstances. The Corps Network and many organizations in our membership have been impacted by federal funding cuts, especially the cuts to AmeriCorps. Of the $400 million in AmeriCorps grants that were terminated, some $22 million in funding for Service and Conservation Corps was cut. Now the president’s budget proposal calls to eliminate AmeriCorps entirely. This would be extremely damaging; many Service and Conservation Corps rely on AmeriCorps for between 15% – 50% of their budget. As we celebrate National Service and Conservation Corps Day, we encourage you to please take action to protect AmeriCorps. Below are three easy ways you can help.
1. Call Congress
Please see here for instructions and a template script from our partners at Voices for National Service. We need as many voices as possible flooding the phone lines with support for AmeriCorps.
2. Send an Email
See this tool from our partners at Voices for National Service that allows you to quickly send an email to your U.S. Senators and Representatives.
3. Share the Word on Social
Encourage your friends and followers to also help protect AmeriCorps. See sample social below.
Learn About Corps
National Service and Conservation Corps Day 2024
In 2024, The Corps Network worked with our champions on Capitol Hill on the introduction of a bipartisan Resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the second Friday in June as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. We thank Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Garret Graves (R-LA), and Doris Matsui (D-CA).
National Service and Conservation Corps Day 2023
Our first National Service and Conservation Corps Day was made official in 2023 through a Resolution introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Co-sponsors include Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO). Join us in thanking Senators Heinrich, Cassidy, Coons, Capito, and Hickenlooper for their support of national service programs.
Spread the Word on Social Media
Scroll below for graphics and template language to help spread the word about National Service and Conservation Corps Day and encourage your followers to help #SaveAmeriCorps.
Shorter
6/13 is Nat’l Service & Conservation Corps Day! We celebrate the 22,000+ young people who #ServeOutdoors every yr in Corps & improve our #publiclands & communities. Visit @TheCorpsNetwork to learn how you can help #SaveAmeriCorps & support these programs https://bit.ly/CorpsDay
Longer
TAKE ACTION! June 13 is National Service and Conservation Corps Day! We join @TheCorpsNetwork in celebrating the 22,000+ young people who join Corps programs every year to make a difference for our communities and public lands. Last year alone, Corps participants:
🌳 Planted 884,000+ trees
🌿 Restored 411,000+ acres of habitat
⚒️ Built or improved 19,000+ miles of trails
And did MUCH more to benefit our country. Right now, Service and Conservation Corps are threatened by federal funding cuts. You can help #SaveAmeriCorps so Corps can continue to do important work in the Great Outdoors and provide America’s young adults with the chance to gain invaluable work experience for the modern workforce. Learn more at ⬇️
https://bit.ly/CorpsDay