Do you know what the best way is to be patriotic besides serving your country? By participating in our country’s democracy that our men and women in uniform fight to protect at home and abroad. What is civic engagement? It’s not necessarily political…

“Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.” – Thomas Ehrlich, Civic Responsibility and Higher Education, 2000.