NCCC FEMA Corps Pine 2 Volunteers on Great Gull Island

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 30, 2013 12:16 pm

By Leah Keith and Jeana DiBona   On May 10 AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps team Pine 2 boarded the Sunbeam VI, a small boat in Waterford, Connecticut, and headed for Great Gull Island, without any idea of the experience the 17-acre abandoned military fort would bring to the team.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: David Chupp

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 30, 2013 12:16 pm

By: Rebecca Bigler   David Chupp, from Connersville, Ind., is a member of Cedar 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

NCCC’s Maple 7 Lends A Helping Hand to Headwaters Science Center in Bemidji, MN

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 30, 2013 12:15 pm

By: Corey Milligan   The NCCC team of Maple 7 has been in Bemidji, MN since May 5th for their second round to assist the staff at Headwaters Science Center (HSC).

Bartholomew Upah of Belle Plaine Graduates from Clemson University

VINTON TODAY
May 30, 2013 11:39 am

Bartholomew Upah of Belle Plaine graduated from Clemson University May 10, 2013, with a Master of Education in Counselor Education (Student Affairs).

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team Organizes Community Day in Fairfax, Va.

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 29, 2013 11:57 am

By Benin Laliberte   On Saturday May 25, AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 1 organized and participated in a community day with Volunteer Fairfax in Fairfax, Virginia.

In the Park with FEMA Corps Team Spruce 5

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 29, 2013 11:57 am

By Emma Messinger   May brought with it warm weather and bright spirits to the towns along the Susquehanna River.  With the cherry blossoms in bloom, what better time to have a community day? When the FEMA Corps team Spruce 5 first came to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in early April the Project Outreach Liaisons Max Rusek and Kristy Reponen began the initial planning of the community day.

Local students graduate from Central College

VINTON TODAY
May 29, 2013 11:50 am

The following local students graduated from Central College Saturday, May 11. The ceremony was held at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse in Pella, Iowa. There were 348 graduates from 15 states and one foreign country.

NCCC Team Helps Keep Milwaukee Green

AMERICORPS NCCC
May 29, 2013 11:20 am

By Alyssa Belleveau   The NCCC team of seven is hard at work with both the Milwaukee Parks Department and the Nature Conservancy, working on various projects that help preserve Milwaukee’s nature.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Rachel Stothfang

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
May 29, 2013 9:57 am

Rachel Stothfang of Cincinnati is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 4 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she is passionate about serving others and the program seemed like a great opportunity.

Competing for a Cause- “Young in Age” VS. “Young at Heart”

BLESSED HOPE CHURCH
May 29, 2013 8:41 am

On Saturday, June 1, from 11:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. members of Blessed Hope will be having a friendly competition between the “YIA” (Young in Age- under 35) and the “YAH” (Young at Heart- over 35).