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NCCC FEMA Corps Team Hickory Two Supports Boys and Girls Club

Hickory 2 jumps for joy outside the Boys and Girls Club after a successful Community Day   Andrew Nellenbach On Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) FEMA Corps team Hickory 2, in partnership with the Wakeman Boys & Girls Clu...

FEMA Headquarters Gets Boost From Vinton FEMA Corps Team

Aidan Ferris works with tribal affairs in the Strategic Command Division.   By: Dane Gellerup AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 4 has been working in the External Affairs office at FEMA’s national headquarters in Washington since late March, assi...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Novastarr Nelson

  By: Rebecca Bigler Novastarr Nelson, from San Diego, Cali., is a member of Oak 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month serv...

NCCC’s Cedar 7 Makes Houses into Homes in Michigan

Corps Members Alex Bissell and Aderonke Coker remove windows from a burned out house.   By: Alex Bissell AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 7’s new project is in Flint, Mich., serving Genesee County Habitat for Humanity (GCHFH). After arriving in the city on May 3, t...

Kirkwood Nursing Students All Pass National Board Exam

  Kirkwood Nursing students are prepared for a career in the real world, if you consider how well they perform on their national board exams. For the first time in the college’s hist...

NCCC FEMA Corps Pine 3 helps build Community Garden in Kansas City

Pine 3 members paint raised beds before they are placed in the garden plot to be planted.     By Rebecca Bova As spring began to fully blossom in Kansas City, Mo., AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 3 collaborated with The Urban Farming Guys of Kansas City to org...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Megan Minnis

  Megan Minnis of Oak Park, Ill., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 6 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she is p...

NCCC Cedar 4 assists Michigan Nature Conservancy

Cedar 4 poses in front of their working grounds at the Nature Conservancy.   By Samantha Janda On May 2, the AmeriCorps NCCC team of Cedar 4 arrived in Tecumseh, Mich. They are working with the Michigan Chapter of The Nature Conservancy until June 26.  ...

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Pine 7 Hosts Their First Community Day

 Pine 7 after a job well done outside of Safeway Grocery Store.   By John Tamariz After weeks of planning, AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Pine 7 held their first Community Day on May 13, in Kensington, Maryland. Pine 7 teamed up with the Capital Area ...

Ten Seniors Receive ECI REC’s $1,000 Scholarships for 2013

Kurtis Christensen East-Central Iowa REC is proud to announce it has awarded $1,000 scholarships to 10 deserving graduating seniors. They all plan to further their education.   “ECI REC would like...