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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Jimmy Cartagena‏

  By: Rachel Lebeaux   Name: Jimmy Cartegena Hometown: Quakertown, Penn.   Jimmy is serving as a member of Maple 5 with AmeriCorps NCCC at the Vinton Campus....

NCCC to Improve Environment with Hamilton County Parks and Recreation

NCCC Team Leader Holly loading wood chipper with invasive honeysuckle. By Kevin Zachary   NCCC team, Cedar 1 is serving from September 10 to November 2 with the Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department (HCPR) in Noblesville, Indiana. The team is w...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Lisa Donahue

Lisa Donahue By: Krista Eichhorst Name: Lisa Donahue Hometown: Wakefield, Massachusetts Lisa is serving as the Pine 5 NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in A...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Callie Keeney‏

Callie Keeney   By: Rachel Lebeaux   Name: Callie Keeney     Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.   Callie is currently serving as a member of Maple 7 with the Am...

Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity Unites With AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps

 NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader, Ashley Merchant, scales the brick tile to make sure it is even.   By: Laura Dennis   The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) FEMA Corps team, Pine 3, united with the Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity (CVHFH) on September 20 and 21 fo...

IOWA WELCOMES 230 FEMA CORPS MEMBERS

  IOWA WELCOMES 230 FEMA CORPS MEMBERS AS THEY BEGIN TEN MONTHS OF SERVICE ASSISTING DISASTER SURVIVORS   Two-hundred thirty young adults from across the nation will be sworn...

State Treasurer Returns $150 Million Back to its Rightful Owners

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald announced today that the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt has crossed a milestone. "I'm very excited to announce that since I created this program in 1983, we&#...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Kayli Greene

Kayli Greene By: Krista Eichhorst Name: Kayli Greene Hometown: La Grange, Ga. Kayli is serving as the Spruce 7 NCCC FEMA Corps Team Leader at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCor...

NCCC FEMA Corps Remembers 9/11 with Community Service Projects

 NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 3 and Site Supervisor Durango after their first Mini-Spike in Oelwein.    As part of 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 3 spent two days in Oelwein, Iowa making improvements to town parks and infrastructure. ...

Vikes of the Week - Nathan Jelinek and Laquita Mull

Nathan Jelinek for Vike of the Week.( Mr. Vettraino)  He helped Tiffany Auen with a document she needed to print and was having problems with printing the background.  I was busy so he v...