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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Jana Barcavage

  Today's NCCC Spotlight is on Jana Barcavage of Class 18.   Name: Jana Barcavage Hometown: Cold Spring, NY   Jana is currently serving as a member of Ma...

NCCC Explores the Natural World Inside Milwaukee

Milwaukee may be known for the Brewers and Harley-Davidson but there is something else extraordinary inside America's 28th-largest city: Trees and rivers are just as present as buildings and st...

NCCC Maple 2 members lessening the grip of the great flood

Maple 2 member Hailey power-washes the walls of a home affected by the Minot flooding.   An AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team, Maple 2, has been sent to Minot, N.D. to help Lutheran Disaster Response in their recovery efforts in the wake of the June 2...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Chalynn Passmore

  Chalynn Passmore of Anderson, Calif., is today's featured NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader.   Chalynn is serving as the Pine 4 NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader at the Vinton ...

NCCC Firing Things Up with The Nature Conservancy

By Harry Parsons Since 1958, The Nature Conservancy of Minnesota has helped protect 70,000 acres of forest, prairies, rivers, lakes and wetlands. Prescribed burning is one way the Conservancy...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Joe Reilly

Joe Reilly By: Rachel Lebeaux   Name: Joe Reilly Hometown: Denver, Colorado   Joe is currently serving as a member of Oak 1 with the AmeriCorps NCCC at the Vinton Campus. Joe ha...

NCCC Team Cedar Two Back to Work in Iowa

By:  Yazmeen Green   NCCC Team, Cedar Two team arrived at the YMCA Camp Wapsie in Coggon, Iowa last week. Camp Wapsie provide an environment where children can experience the out...

Treasurer Fitzgerald Is Gearing Up for the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt

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

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Andrew Burns

Andrew Burns By: Krista Eichhorst Name: Andrew Burns Hometown: Canal Winchester, Ohio Andrew is serving as the Hickory 1 NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader at the Vinton Campus. He chose to participate in...

NCCC Team Maple 7 Gets Courageous

 Maple 7 Corps Members at weekly dance for campers   By: Ashley Carmichael   For eight weeks, Maple 7 is working at Camp Courageous, a year-round respite care and recreational facility in Monticello, Iowa. Camp Courageous serv...