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VSHS Book Fair: Buy one, get one free

 "Vinton-Shellsburg High School Library is sponsoring a buy one get one free book fair April 30th thru May 4th.  Hours will be 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the High School LMC.  Come ...

NCCC Fire Team Creates New Life

    By: Justine Miller   Maple 5 arrived in Wapello, Iowa on March 19 with anticipation and a burning desire to put all their training into action with the Louisa Co...

NCCC Cedar 5 Works In Jackson, Michigan for exciting first project

AmeriCorps NCCC Cedar 5 at the fireplace in Malachi Dining Hall at YMCA Storer Camps, Jackson, MI.     By Emma Prichard and Kegan Kegley   AmeriCorps NCCC team, Cedar 5, is working at YMCA Storer Camps in Jackson, Michigan. The team is working on invasive plant spe...

Oak 4 Cleans Up Milwaukee Riverfront

     By George Kimball, Oak 4   Oak 4 has been in Milwaukee for the past five weeks helping to preserve native wildlife and performing trail maintenance.  NCCC ...

AmeriCorps NCCC grows with Cedar Rapids

Shelby Ferguson raking out compost at one of the urban farms.     By: Katie Keane and Kyle White   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, NCCC, team Cedar 3 paired up with Cedar Rapids Matthew 25 in the beginning of Marc...

Maple 7 leaving its footprint in Youngstown, Ohio

A Maple 7 member helps with landscaping in Youngstown, Ohio.      By: Ashley Carmichael     Since March, Maple 7 has been working with the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) in Youngstown, OH ...

Another GAP: Maple 6 helping Guadalupe Alternative Programs in St. Paul

  By: Alease Rowan   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team, Maple 6, is breaking ground with a new sponsor that’s located in the Twin Cities.  T...

Oak 3 started in Vinton before working in SD

Oak 3 posing before they brought an ironclad bench to a Vinton baseball field.   By Jamaal and Dulce, Oak 3   On March 12, 2012, multiple AmeriCorps NCCC teams left to do great things across the Midwest states—all except Oak 3; we still had work in...

Cedar 4 helps people from Iowa before being sent to tornado recovery in Indiana

  By: Jerome Frey   AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 4 headed to Maquoketa, Iowa on March 12, 2012. They arrived at the Jackson County Conservation board ready to work on an archery...

Maple 3 completes project at Flat Rock YMCA Camp in Indiana

  By: Madison Shoemaker   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Maple 3 completed their first project with NCCC at the Flat Rock YMCA camp in St. Paul, Indi...