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NCCC Team Helps Habitat for Humanity in Omaha

Mara of Oak 6 paints paneling for the new house. By Allyson Mignone The NCCC team of Oak 6 from Vinton, Iowa is busy serving hard with Habitat for Humanity of Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. Oak 6 has been working directly with the construction st...

Great Seats Available for Iowa State Fair Grandstand Shows

"Happiness Is" a rocking concert in the Iowa State Fair Grandstand. Music-loving Fair fans still have time to purchase tickets for this year's line-up of award-winning Grandstand conc...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Ilyshiaw Concepcion

Ilyshiaw Concepcion, from Windsor Locks, Conn., is a member of Cedar 7 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of peo...

NCCC Maple 7 Works With the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sean McGinnis showing a display of the Coralville Lake Dam. By Corey Milligan Maple 7 is currently serving in Iowa City and Coralville with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Johnson County Fairgrounds for their third project round. T...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Michael Heisser

By: Rebecca Bigler   Michael Heisser, from Pleasanton, Calif., is a member of Maple 6 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service...

2013 Iowa State Fair Set to Debut In Two Weeks

"Happiness Is" being just two weeks away from the debut of the 2013 Iowa State Fair. Don't miss out on everything the Fair has to offer including half a million dollars in free stage...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Jessica Beck

By: Rebecca Bigler   Jessica Beck, from Ft. Wayne, Ind., is a member of Oak 4 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term o...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Patrick Bower

Patrick Bower, from Charleston, Ill., is a member of Cedar 4 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 Cedar 2 Restores Prairies in Jo Daviess County

The team removes Canadian Thistle at Wapello Land & Water Reserve. By Ilexis Elba AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 2 is stationed in Jo Daviess County doing environmental conservation and restoration work until August 2. They have been working with Jo Daviess ...

NCCC Oak 1 takes away the pane

Oak 1 member Andrew Kuka from Paterson, N.J. shoveling gravel. By Teonna Clark For their third project, Oak 1 is working for Central Rivers Farmshed in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.  Oak 1 picked up where another NCCC team left off by removing glass pane...