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AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Emily Roldan

By: Krista Eichhorst   Name: Emily Roldan   Hometown: Saint Francisville, La.   Emily is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 6 at the Vint...

Hallberg earns spot on Dean's List

Andrea Hallberg, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, has earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester. The Dean’s List is comprised of...

NCCC FEMA Corps Pine 2 Volunteers on Great Gull Island

Pine 2 with Helen Hays, the director of the Great Gull Island Project By Leah Keith and Jeana DiBona   On May 10 AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps team Pine 2 boarded the Sunbeam VI, a small boat in Waterford, Connecticut, and headed for Great Gull Island, with...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: David Chupp

By: Rebecca Bigler   David Chupp, from Connersville, Ind., 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 ter...

NCCC’s Maple 7 Lends A Helping Hand to Headwaters Science Center in Bemidji, MN

Tremaine Calloway demonstrates to a child on how to feed the 9-year old tortoise with lettuce. By: Corey Milligan   The NCCC team of Maple 7 has been in Bemidji, MN since May 5th for their second round to assist the staff at Headwaters Science Center (HSC). They are working wit...

Bartholomew Upah of Belle Plaine Graduates from Clemson University

Bartholomew Upah of Belle Plaine graduated from Clemson University May 10, 2013, with a Master of Education in Counselor Education (Student Affairs). Upah was among 3,053 students who received...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team Organizes Community Day in Fairfax, Va.

Team Members Victoria Felt and Chris Pickarski load brush into a dumpster at Brentwood Park By Benin Laliberte   On Saturday May 25, AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 1 organized and participated in a community day with Volunteer Fairfax in Fairfax, Virginia. Volunteer Fa...

In the Park with FEMA Corps Team Spruce 5

Spruce 5 with the members of the Community who came out to help with the Clean-up of Morris Park By Emma Messinger   May brought with it warm weather and bright spirits to the towns along the Susquehanna River.  With the cherry blossoms in bloom, what better time to have a c...

Local students graduate from Central College

The following local students graduated from Central College Saturday, May 11. The ceremony was held at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse in Pella, Iowa. There were 348 graduates from 15 states and one foreig...

NCCC Team Helps Keep Milwaukee Green

Dylan Sharkey, from Ohio, helps cut down invasive trees at the Pickerel Preserve. By Alyssa Belleveau   The NCCC team of seven is hard at work with both the Milwaukee Parks Department and the Nature Conservancy, working on various projects that help preserve Milwau...