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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Zachary Kahn

  By: Rebecca Bigler   Zachary Kahn, from Silver Spring, Md., is the Team Leader for Cedar 2 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 1...

Vinton Garden Club news, April 24 meeting

  Members of the Vinton Garden Club, member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II, and Central Region, met April 24, at the VSHS greenhouse/classroom. Mrs. Fleming gave members a...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Amanda Malady

 Amanda Malady of Lafayette, Ind., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 7 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she had a g...

Treasurer Fitzgerald Adds More Names to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt

State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald's Great Iowa Treasure Hunt spring publication is scheduled to be released soon. The upcoming list is the latest names of unclaimed property owners with un...

NCCC FEMA Corps Team Hickory 4 Cleans Up the Wissahickon Creek

Corps members Amanda Creasia and Meghan Shoop walk along the bank with Henry Stroud.   By Shea Douglas  On April 27 FEMA Corps team Hickory 4 traveled to the Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia with the Friends of Wissahickon to help clean up the Wissahickon ...

Spruce Six Assists in Cleaning the Potomac River

 Spruce Six takes a much needed break after filling bags with trash at a river cleanup.   By Emily Roldan On Saturday, April 6 team Spruce Six of AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps worked with the Surfrider organization to pick up trash along the Potomac River from 9am-Noon. The...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Andrew Newell

  By: Rebecca Bigler Andrew Newell, from Fairless Hills, Pa., is the Team Leader for Cedar 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 11-mo...

NCCC FEMA Corps Pine 6 celebrates youth by giving education a creative spin

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Pine 6 members with students they served at Henderson Elementary in Chicago.   By Annika Van Raalte Youth service takes place 365 days a year around the world and on April 26 to 28 it was recognized and celebrated as Global Youth Service Day. This day is dedic...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Sean Page

  Name: Sean Page  Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa Sean is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 7 at the Vinton Campus. He chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC ...

Alyson Garwood Presents Social Research at Central College

   Alyson Garwood, a native of Dysart, Iowa, presented a group semester-long research project at Central College on April 29. The research was done as part of the Methods of Social R...