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NCCC FEMA Corps Spruce Five meets President Obama at FEMA headquarters
By Thomas Kenny and Dana Macabales, FEMA Corps members
On October 7, 2013, exactly one week into the federal government furlough, Spruce 5 arrived at FEMA headquarters expecting a quiet, slow ... AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Kelli Beavers
Kelli Beavers, from Flushing, Mich., is a member of Cedar 6 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people between... Have you considered long-term food storage?
Many folks have purchased extra canned goods to store at home for emergencies. Along with home canned goods from their own garden, they could likely have meals for a couple of weeks. Bu...
NCCC Cedar 6 Team assists with Camp Wapsie land management
By Kelli Beavers
AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 6 served with YMCA Camp Wapsie from October 18 to November 3. Cedar 6 was sent to YMCA Camp Wapsie to help implement the camp’s land managemen... NCCC Maple 7 Tackles invasive species and helps Lauritzen Gardens
By Corey Milligan
Maple 7 started their last project in Omaha, Nebraska on October 18 with Lauritzen Gardens and finished on November 2. The team members were thrilled to close out the year wi... Jennifer Hummell is 2013 August Graduate of Upper Iowa University
Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce Jennifer Hummell from Shellsburg, IA, graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in August.
Honors qual...
NCCC’s Oak 7 Serving with Flint Housing Commission
By: Molly Byer and Victoria Gates
Oak 7, a NCCC team based out of Vinton, Iowa, just finished serving on their last NCCC project with the Flint Housing Commission in Flint, Michigan. The team ... NCCC assists YMCA camp
By: Jessica Rivas
AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team Oak 2 was stationed in Minnesota and Wisconsin from October 22 to November 2. They served primarily with The YMCA of ... NCCC’s Cedar 2 Rocks the Blocks of Columbus, Ohio
By: Ilexis Elba
Cedar 2 just finished their last project of the year in Columbus, Ohio. The team served on a two-week project with Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio. One of their priority tasks was... \'Honorary Citizen:\' Inge Schminke\'s unique life earns a special Austrian honor
Never start a story with a quotation, say the journalism professors. And never refer to yourself in a news story.
But those professors have never meet Inge Schminke. Stories like hers defy...