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.

Do you know “Why I Want to Limbo with the Llamas”?

STEVE AULD
April 19, 2013 11:41 am

  Iowa Llama Association Offering Llama Limbo Slot to Writing Contest Winner   At the annual meeting of the Iowa Llama Association (ILA) it was determined to hold an essay contest for youth ages 8 – 12 to award the winner a slot in the annual Llama Limbo held the last Saturday of the Iowa State Fair.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Mahala Greer

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 19, 2013 11:41 am

  By: Rebecca Bigler Mahala Greer, from Paonia, Colo., is the Team Leader for Cedar 4 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start her 11-month service term leading a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

Americorp group speaks to residents at Iowa Juvenile Home

KATIE HEAFORD
April 18, 2013 12:14 pm

On Saturday, April 6, 2013, the Alpha Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma hosted a morning coffee for the residents of the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Kyle Swatfager

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 18, 2013 11:53 am

By: Rebecca Bigler Kyle Swatfager, from Austin, Minn., is the Team Leader for Oak 2 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 11-month service term leading a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.