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

 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 Annual Eagle Festival at Mason Neck State Park in Virginia.

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 offices.
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NCCC Team Grows With Buchanan County Conservation

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.
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FEMA Corps Team Helps Community in New Hampshire

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.

Focus Groups Identify Community Needs and Opportunities in Shellsburg

Focus Groups Identify Community Needs and Opportunities     Contacts: Nancy Thorkildson, Shellsburg citizen, 319-521-4080 Dustin Hinrichs, Trees Forever, 319-373-0650 On April 6, 2013 approximately fifty Shellsburg residents participated in a focus group workshop as part of the Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning Program.
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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Joseph Reilly

  By: Rebecca Bigler   Joseph Reilly, from Denver, Colo., is the Operations Support Team Leader in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 3, 2013, to start his 11-month service term assisting in the operations of and supply management for the North Central Region.
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NCCC Team at Tree Museum

By: Trent Roberts AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 3 is working with Taltree Arboretum & Gardens in Valparaiso, Ind. To date, Cedar 3 has made progress clearing invasive plants - including multiflora rose, autumn olive, Asian honeysuckle, hawthorn and black cherry - from several of Taltree’s larger areas.
Article Thumbnail. The team poses together in front of the garbage they’ve helped collect from the river.

NCCC’s Maple 7 Sees A New Kind of Garbage On The River

By: Anthony Chin and Corey Milligan   To start off their first project together, Maple 7 was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to work with Living Lands & Waters for two weeks, which is a non-profit organization that focuses on cleaning up America’s rivers.
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church Centennial Committee presents March gift

The Bethlehem Lutheran Church Centennial Committee presented the March gift for their $100 years/$100 per month campaign at services April 7.  In the months leading up to the Church’s Centennial event on June 9, congregation members are making donations to a fund established to award $100 per month to organizations selected by the Committee and individuals.
Article Thumbnail. Team Leader Becky Hofkes finds a pair of pliers

FEMA Corps Members Lend Helping Hands In Chicago

By: Maya Jordan Several corps members of team Hickory 7 from Vinton’s AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps (National Civilian Community Corps) program recently served on an Independent Service Project on Saturday, April 6 to help remove trash at the Burnham Nature Center.