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ECI REC’s 2013 Youth Tour Winners Look Forward to Summer Trip

Rachel Wheelock Two seniors-to-be will represent ECI REC in Washington, D.C., June 14 to June 20. They will join approximately 1,500 other youth who are also sponsored by their RECs, to visit historical sites, ex...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team volunteers at cat shelter in Denver

Hickory 3 Team Leader Megan Mullen working with one of the kittens at Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue.   By: Deanna Golab and Conor McCormack AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team, Hickory 3 recently spent a day with the Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue Shelter in Denver, Colo. cleaning the faci...

FEMA Corps Member Spotlight: Maxine Dennis

  Maxine Dennis of Guinda, Calif., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 3 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she wan...

NCCC Cedar 3 helps five YMCA camps in one month in Wis., Minn

  By Emily Irwin AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 3 is serving with the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities in Stockholm, Hudson, and Amery, Wis. as well as Monticello and Loretto, Minn. workin...

New furry friends: FEMA Corps Spruce 2 helps Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue

Mark Parkhurst playing with new friend Speedy the rabbit.   By Holly Adams On Saturday, May 11 members of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 2 volunteered at the Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue in Lewisville, Texas. Texas Rustlers is a nonprof...

Kirkwood Graduates Largest Class

  Kirkwood Community College will soon honor almost 3,000 students taking positive steps for their futures. The college will hold commencement ceremonies for its college credit and GED/ad...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Julie Davis

 Julia Davis of Natick, Mass.,  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 service h...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Conor McCormack

  By: Krista Eichhorst Name: Conor McCormack Hometown: Worcestor, Mass. Conor is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 3 at the Vinton Campus. He chose to pa...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps teams volunteer at Dinosaur Ridge

By Stacey Kilpatrick On Saturday, April 27, AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps teams Hickory 1 and Hickory 3 joined together to organize a Community Day volunteering at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Col...

NCCC-FEMA Corps Hickory 6 Volunteers with the Lupus Foundation in Washington

Hickory 6 celebrates volunteering at the Walk to End Lupus Now in Washington D.C. By Sarah Kubishta For Global Youth Service Day on April 27, FEMA Corps team Hickory 6 from the Vinton Campus volunteered at the Walk to End Lupus Now in Washington. This event took pl...