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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Corey Milligan

By: Rebecca Bigler   Corey Milligan, from St. Paul, Minn., is a member of Maple 7 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month servi...

NCCC’s Cedar 1 Helps Bring the Scares to Hamilton County

Member Zack Hall helps remove cut down trees and cleans up the area.  By: Zack Hall Cedar 1 teamed up with Hamilton County Parks and Recreation for their last project. The team served in Cool Creek Park in Carmel, Indiana to lend a hand with the Haunted Trails Ha...

A story of Disaster Preparedness

LIVING THROUGH SANDY by Frantz Ostmann on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 7:13am Project Joseph members would like to share this account found on Facebook. It seems humorous now, but...

Living through Hurricane Sandy; first-hand lessons in preparadnesss

By Frantz Ostmann Saturday, November 17, 2012; 7:13 a.m. 1. The excitement and coolness wears off around day 3 2. You are never really prepared to go weeks without power, heat, wate...

NCCC’s Oak 4 Helps Habitat for Humanity Omaha

Team leader Rusty holds a board for a Habitat Omaha staff member cutting wood to frame a house. By Jessica Beck Oak 4 wraps up their final NCCC service project with Habitat for Humanity in Omaha, Nebraska. During their time in Omaha, Oak 4 made serious strides for the large Habitat locat...

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Team Spruce 3 serving in Colorado

By Chrissy Diers On October 2 AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team Spruce 3 from Vinton, Iowa rolled into Lakewood Colorado to their lodging. On October 3, this Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinati...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Trent Roberts

Trent Roberts, from Cadott, Wis., is a member of Cedar 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of people between the...

NCCC’s Maple 1: Everyday is a Habitat Day

Corps member Will is splitting scrap wood that can be used for framing. By Clifford Borner II The AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team Maple 1 recently completed their last NCCC service project with Genesee County Habitat for Humanity (GCHFH) i...

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Team Training Hard as Public Assistants

By Jeffrey Beyerl Having left the Vinton campus, FEMA Corps Spruce 4 has undergone many diverse trainings in order to help them in their FEMA role as public assistants. As public assistants, Sp...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Kate Yamahiro

By: Rebecca Bigler   Kate Yamahiro, from Pacifica, Calif., is a member of Maple 1in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month servic...