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AmeriCorps NCCC Team Goes Beyond Their Mission to Help At Risk Youth

    By: Casey Kearney   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Team Cedar 6 is making good use of their time in Oxford, Michigan. The team is assigned t...

NCCC Leaving Their Mark in Wapello

By: Emily and Jordan AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members from Oak 6 have been helping the Louisa County Conservation Board in Wapello, IA with a variety of different ser...

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Robert Lindsey

Robert Lindsey   By: Brittney Green   Name: Robert Lindsey Hometown: Memphis, TN NCCC Team: Cedar 3   Robert graduated from Kingsbury High School in 2010...

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong   Name: Michael Armstrong Hometown: Elizabeth City, NC NCCC Team: Cedar 6   Michael graduated from Northeastern High School in 2009 and graduated from ...

Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary Announces Scholarship Winners

  Scholarships to be awarded to five area students   The Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary has announced the recipients of their 2011-2012 scholarship program. Recognition wil...

Ten $500 Scholarships Awarded 2011 Graduating Seniors

Connor Roth   For the past five years East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative has awarded over 75, $500 and $1,000 scholarships to winning students from 16 area high schools who are going into va...

Project Lead the Way Participants Visit State Capitol

L to R: Rep. Pettengill, Steve Allman (Van Horne), Alex Deeds (Atkins), and Ashley Mills (Watkins)   Project Lead the Way participants visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn).   ...

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Jordan Backstrom

Jordan Backstrom   Name: Jordan Backstrom Hometown: St. Paul, MN NCCC Team: Oak 6   Jordan graduated from Pine River Backus High School and the University of Wisco...

Cedar 5 helps make Michigan\'s Pretty Lake even more beautiful

Cedar 5 has been helping Pretty Lake live up to its name in Michigan.   By Caitlin Greig      Cedar 5 has been working at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp in Mattawan, MI since March 17. They have been completing a wide variety of tasks, includin...

AmeriCorps NCCC Maple 2 Aids “Echoing Hills”

Trenton Kraczek is burning  trash at Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, OH.   By: Vanessa Brown and Alex Kemp   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Maple 2 is serving Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, Ohio. The objective of the proje...