It's inspiring that, despite all the garbage that has gone down, the Peace Corps survives

By Jack Brummet, Volunteer and Public Service Ed.

And then, there is the Peace Corps back in the day (when I was prime recruitment material). And they were putting out heart-tugging persuasive material like this late 1960's advertisement:

   "Of all the ways America can grow, one way is by learning from others.
   There are things you can learn in the Peace Corps you can't learn anywhere else.
   "You could start an irrigation program.  And find that crabgreass and front lawns look a little ridiculous.  When there isn't enough wheat to go around in Nepal. 
   "You could be the outsider who helps bring a Jamaican fishing village to life for the first time in three hundred years.  And you could wonder if your country has outsiders enough.  In Watts.  In Detroit.  In Appalachia.  On its Indian reservations.
   "Last year, for the first time Peace Corps alumni outnumbered volunteers who are now out at work overseas.
   "By 1980, 200,000 Peace Corps alumni will be living their lives in every part of America. 
   "There are those who think you can't change the world in the Peace Corps.
   "On the other hand, maybe it's not just what you do in the Peace Corps that counts.
   "But what you do when you get back."

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