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

NCCC FEMA CORPS
April 25, 2013 10:55 am

 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

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 24, 2013 11:44 am

  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.

NCCC Team Grows With Buchanan County Conservation

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 24, 2013 11:05 am

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.

FEMA Corps Team Helps Community in New Hampshire

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 24, 2013 11:05 am

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

NANCY THORKILDSON
April 24, 2013 11:05 am

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.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Joseph Reilly

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 23, 2013 12:36 pm

  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.

NCCC Team at Tree Museum

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 23, 2013 12:36 pm

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.

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

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 22, 2013 11:59 am

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.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Centennial Committee presents March gift

BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH
April 22, 2013 11:36 am

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.

FEMA Corps Members Lend Helping Hands In Chicago

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 22, 2013 11:35 am

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.