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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Ted Sweeney

By: Rebecca Bigler Ted Sweeney, from Portland, Ore., is the Team Leader for Maple 4 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 11-month service term leadin...

4th Street Diner News, April 30

   The 4th Street Diner meal on Sunday, May 5th, will be Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Broccoli, Mixed Green Salad, Blushing Pears, Cake, WW Bread, Milk. On Monday, April ...

Iowa State Fair Grandstand Tickets on Sale Saturday

Tickets for the much-anticipated Iowa State Fair Grandstand shows will go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets. The 2013 line-up is presented by U.S. Cellular. This yea...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Brittany Lewin

Brittany Lewin, from Cincinnati, Ohio, is the Team Leader for Maple 2 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start her 11-month service term leading a team of peopl...

NCCC’s Cedar 2 Burns and Educates in Wapello

Corps Member Peter Mousseau uses a drip torch to light this prairie for Louisa County Conservation. By Ilexis Elba Cedar 2 is an AmeriCorps NCCC team based out of Vinton and currently stationed in Wapello, Iowa until the end of April. For their first project they have been working with the L...

NCCC FEMA Corps Team Pine 7 Assists at the Glo Run in Washington, D.C.

John Tamariz, Kaitlin Lofgren, Derrick Panning, Sean Page, and Michael Clouse III at the Glo Run. By John Tamariz To take a break from their NCCC FEMA Corps service activities with FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Pine 7 members joined the FEMA Corps teams Pine 1, Spruce 4, Spruce 6 ...

NCCC FEMA Corps Team Hickory 5 Volunteers at a Virginia State Park

Hickory 5 Team Members, Teleia Stringfellow, Laura Finch, Alexandra Bowen, and Danielle Niles.  By Teleia Stringfellow On Saturday April 20, 2013, AmeriCorps NCCC- FEMA Corps members of team Hickory 5 celebrated Earth Day by participating in an Individual Service Project at the Ann...

AmeriCorps Spruce 1 reaches out in Chicago

  The AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce One from the North Central Region in Vinton, Iowa is working in downtown Chicago, Illinois alongside FEMA in the Region V administrative office...

NCCC Team Grows With Buchanan County Conservation

Dani McDonald uses a staple gun to make a compost bin. By: David Chernyshov The AmeriCorps NCCC team of Maple 2 is working with the Buchanan County Conservation Board (BCCB) in Hazleton, Iowa for their first round project. Since March, Maple 2 ...

FEMA Corps Team Helps Community in New Hampshire

Team Member Chris Southwick shoveling mulch at Dover City Hall. By: Christian Lockwood   On Saturday, April 20, members of the AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps team Spruce 3 served at the Dover Pride Clean-Up Day in Dover, New Hampshire. Teammates as we...