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Single Marine Program Days of Service
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'''Single Marine Program Days of Service''' is a [[Volunteering|volunteer]] week and annual event by the [[United States Marine Corps]]. It celebrates Marine Corps member involvement in their respective communities in the USA or abroad, encourages Marines to participate in and lead volunteer initiatives to benefit their local communities, and to use volunteering as a way to develop leadership. The event is held in April and targets single Marines - those who are unmarried - or those who are in a deployment or base away from their families. 2019 is its fifth year.
==Background==
The first Single Marine Program Days of Service event was in 2015, and it has been held annually since. The event encourages Marines to volunteer in their local communities. It is part of the Single Marine Program (SMP), established in 1995 and designed to address concerns that many young, single Marines were unhappy with overall Marine Corps life. The 2017 event had 7,000 Marines participating as volunteers in their communities, contributing nearly 29,500 hours of service.<ref>[https://ift.tt/30Iv236 The Single Marine Program], 1 November 2017, accessed June 19, 2019</ref>
As noted by Robert B. Neller, General, U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps, in a March 2019 press release, "Volunteerism strengthens the Marine Corps community's ability to serve on a greater scale. It is a representation of the continued mission to do something larger than ourselves. Volunteering in the community also enhances the ability to serve those we are leading, and makes us all better leaders and mentors."
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2xZJesl USMC WIDE VOLUNTEER DAYS OF SERVICE AND APPRECIATION EVENTS], 29 March 2019, accessed June 19, 2019</ref>
Participants, as volunteers, spend time with retired military veterans, clean beaches, help at animal shelters, participate in [[Habitat for Humanity]] builds and more.<ref>[https://ift.tt/30Iv4be SINGLE MARINE PROGRAM DAYS OF SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS MARINE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM], 23 April 2019, accessed July 19, 2019</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2xVGNaj https://ift.tt/2xVGNaj], accessed July 19, 2019</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Civic Engagement]]
* [[Community Service]]
* [[Corporate_social_responsibility|Corporate Social Responsibility]]
* [[Global Youth Service Day]]
* [[Good Deeds Day]]
* [[International Volunteer Day]]
* [[International Year of Volunteers]]
* [[Join Hands Day]]
* [[USA Weekend#Make A Difference Day|Make A Difference Day]]
* [[Mandela Day]]
* [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day#King Day of Service|MLK Day of service]]
* [[Mitzvah Day International|Mitzvah Day]]
* [[National Philanthropy Day]] (USA and Canada)
* [[National Public Lands Day]] (USA)
* [[National Volunteer Week]] (USA)
* [[Random Acts of Kindness Day]]
* [[September 11 National Day of Service]] (9/11 Day)
* [[Sewa_Day|Sewa Day]]
* [[World Kindness Day]]
==References==
[[Category:April observances]]
==Background==
The first Single Marine Program Days of Service event was in 2015, and it has been held annually since. The event encourages Marines to volunteer in their local communities. It is part of the Single Marine Program (SMP), established in 1995 and designed to address concerns that many young, single Marines were unhappy with overall Marine Corps life. The 2017 event had 7,000 Marines participating as volunteers in their communities, contributing nearly 29,500 hours of service.<ref>[https://ift.tt/30Iv236 The Single Marine Program], 1 November 2017, accessed June 19, 2019</ref>
As noted by Robert B. Neller, General, U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps, in a March 2019 press release, "Volunteerism strengthens the Marine Corps community's ability to serve on a greater scale. It is a representation of the continued mission to do something larger than ourselves. Volunteering in the community also enhances the ability to serve those we are leading, and makes us all better leaders and mentors."
<ref>[https://ift.tt/2xZJesl USMC WIDE VOLUNTEER DAYS OF SERVICE AND APPRECIATION EVENTS], 29 March 2019, accessed June 19, 2019</ref>
Participants, as volunteers, spend time with retired military veterans, clean beaches, help at animal shelters, participate in [[Habitat for Humanity]] builds and more.<ref>[https://ift.tt/30Iv4be SINGLE MARINE PROGRAM DAYS OF SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS MARINE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM], 23 April 2019, accessed July 19, 2019</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2xVGNaj https://ift.tt/2xVGNaj], accessed July 19, 2019</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Civic Engagement]]
* [[Community Service]]
* [[Corporate_social_responsibility|Corporate Social Responsibility]]
* [[Global Youth Service Day]]
* [[Good Deeds Day]]
* [[International Volunteer Day]]
* [[International Year of Volunteers]]
* [[Join Hands Day]]
* [[USA Weekend#Make A Difference Day|Make A Difference Day]]
* [[Mandela Day]]
* [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day#King Day of Service|MLK Day of service]]
* [[Mitzvah Day International|Mitzvah Day]]
* [[National Philanthropy Day]] (USA and Canada)
* [[National Public Lands Day]] (USA)
* [[National Volunteer Week]] (USA)
* [[Random Acts of Kindness Day]]
* [[September 11 National Day of Service]] (9/11 Day)
* [[Sewa_Day|Sewa Day]]
* [[World Kindness Day]]
==References==
[[Category:April observances]]
https://ift.tt/30ODyOl
