Quaker-PepsiCo employees donate $85,000 to Honor Flight organization

GEORGE RICKEY, EASTERN IOWA HONOR FLIGHT
October 8, 2014 10:36 am

The Eastern Iowa Honor Flight today received a donation of $85,000.00 from the employees of the Quaker-PepsiCo Companies.  A group of employees who are veterans and known as the Valor Group have spearheaded ongoing fundraising programs among employees of the company, and then those funds raised are matched by PepsiCo.

NCCC Maple 3 Cleans Up the Street of Flint

AMERICORPS NCCC
October 6, 2014 11:13 pm

NCCC Maple 3 Cleans Up the Streets of Flint  By Andrew Johnson  AmeriCorps NCCC team Maple 3 was serving with the city of Flint, MI until October 1.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Brecon Richmond

AMERICORPS NCCC
October 6, 2014 11:13 pm

  By: Sarah Williams    Brecon Richmond, from Friendship, Ohio is serving on team Maple 3 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20.

Did you know this about the American Legion: Hawkeye Boys State

BRAD ANDERSON, AMERICAN LEGION POST 57
October 6, 2014 10:11 am

Iowa American Legion Hawkeye Boys State is for young men who have just completed their junior year of high school. It is a week long "Hands-On" experience in the operation of our democratic form of government.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Zach Young

SARAH WILLIAMS, NCCC
October 1, 2014 6:35 pm

Zach Young, from Vashon, Washington is a corps member for Maple 4 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. He arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start his 10-month service working with a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Shelby Smith

AMERICORPS NCCC
September 30, 2014 11:28 am

By: Sarah Williams Shelby Smith, from Clare, Michigan is a corps member for Maple 1 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month service term working with a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

Above The Influence Newsletter‏ October 2014

PETER SHAW
September 30, 2014 11:16 am

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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Taylor English

AMERICORPS NCCC
September 29, 2014 11:32 am

By: Sarah Williams Taylor English, from Kempton, Illinois is serving on team Maple 8 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month service term.

Did you know this about the American Legion: Legacy Scholarship

BRAD ANDERSON, AMERICAN LEGION POST 57
September 29, 2014 11:32 am

The American Legacy Scholarship is for high school seniors who is the child or legally adopted child of a United States military member whom died while on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.

Three Dysart students named to UIU Summer Dean's List

VINTON TODAY
September 29, 2014 11:32 am

Upper Iowa University announces the Dean's List for the Summer term 2014. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student.