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Vinton Today closes in on 1,000 facebook fans!

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AmeriCorps NCCC Team Works on State Fairgrounds in Escanaba, MI

  Just a week after finding out about their Round 2 project, AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 6 was diverted on a disaster relief project down in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.  The group sp...

Coots Material Rocks!

Coots Materials continues donating gravel as needed to the animal shelter.      A truck load of Thank You's to the Coots family for donating rock to the shelter! Thanks also to Flick, Larry, and Ken for their help. Coots has been donating rock ...

AmeriCorps NCCC Team Cedar 2 Serves on their Second Project in South Dakota

Samantha Czerkas,Hunter Duncan, Rebecca Coleman, Brittnay Bergstrom, Matthew Douglas, Michelle Penna   By: Samantha Czerkas and Jacob Cherry Cedar 2, 8 Corps Members from AmeriCorps NCCC, has been working with The Black Hills Workshop for their second round project in ...

AmeriCorps Maple 7 members help rebuild a community

The team after removing a level of flooring      A team of ten AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) members just completed a two week project, from May 19 to June 2, 2011, with South Troy Restoration, Lutheran S...

Andrew Schanbacher Named to Buena Vista University Dean's List

  Andrew Schanbacher, a sophomore from Newhall, was named to the Dean's List for the spring semester at Buena Vista University. Students named to the Dean's Li...

Maple 6 Strengthening Iowa City’s Local Food System

  By: Jessica Ray   From day one this project with Local Foods Connection was unlike any other from working on local farms to planting community gardens. Only five weeks into...

AmeriCorps NCCC Member Spotlight: Lacy Caristi

Lacy Caristi   Name: Lacy Caristi Hometown: Rohnert, CA NCCC Team: Cedar 3   Lacy graduated from Rancho Cotate High School in 2009 and is currently working on her d...

AmeriCorps NCCC Paints the Town of Flandreau

Rod and Liz paint the bleachers at the Flandreau Pow Wow Grounds.   AmeriCorps NCCC Paints the Town of Flandreau By: Caitlin Greig AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Cedar 5 has been up to their knees in paint in Flandreau,...

Britt Landis Graduates cum laude From Colorado College

  Britt Landis graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Colorado College. Britt Landis is the daughter of N...