AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Brenna Huggins

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 2, 2013 11:08 am

By: Rebecca Bigler Brenna Huggins, from Mukilteo, Wash., is the Team Leader for Oak 1 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start her 11-month service term leading a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

NCCC Team Works on Horticultural Tasks at the UW Arboretum

AMERICORPS NCCC
April 2, 2013 10:56 am

By Forrest Maher and Jessica Beck AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 4 is currently at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum in Madison, Wis., helping remove invasive species and doing other horticultural projects.

Rockwell Collins makes donation to Eastern Iowa Honor Flights

ROGER UTHOFF, HONOR FLIGHTS
April 2, 2013 10:42 am

Rockwell Collins made a generous donation to the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight of $25,000. Eastern Iowa Honor Flight will have two flights this spring on April 23 and May 21 thanks to many private donations.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Sergio Tundo

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
March 29, 2013 10:26 am

Sergio Tundo of Wayne, N.J., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 1 at the Vinton Campus. He chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because he wanted to do some good in the world while taking a break from school.

NCCC Team Comes Together for Iowa

AMERICORPS NCCC
March 28, 2013 11:10 am

  By: Jill Ament and Aidan Potter Maple 4 is an AmeriCorps NCCC team made up of eleven members hailing from all over the country. Maple 4’s first project is with the Northeast Iowa Food Bank (NEIFB) in Waterloo.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Calvin Landrum

AMERICORPS NCCC
March 28, 2013 10:40 am

  By: Rebecca Bigler Calvin Landrum, from Waco, Texas, is the Team Leader for Oak 7 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013, to start his 11-month service term leading a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24.

Legislators Host AGC Member

JOSIE ALBRECHT
March 28, 2013 9:28 am

  On Wednesday, Reps. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mt. Auburn) and Dave Maxwell (R-Gibson) hosted Doug Martin from Wendling Quarries, Inc. at the State Capitol.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Naomi Eshleman

AMERICORPS NCCC
March 27, 2013 12:09 pm

By: Krista Eichhorst   Name: Naomi Eshleman   Hometown: Hollywood, Fla.   Naomi is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 3 at the Vinton Campus.

Cedar 7 Rolls Up Their Sleeves in Minnesota

AMERICORPS NCCC
March 27, 2013 11:53 am

By: Alex Bissell   On March 13, AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 7 started work at a thrift shop managed by Family Pathways. There were a series of tasks assigned to them, the first of which was to dismantle the North Branch bookstore and load its books and shelves into a truck, then reassemble the shelves at the Forest Lakes thrift shop.

NCCC Oak 6 team helping Hurricane Sandy survivors in NYC

4TH ST. DINER
March 26, 2013 11:37 am

  The NCCC team of Oak 6 from the Vinton campus is in the heart of New York City, assisting the American Red Cross with giving financial assistance to those who have survived Hurricane Sandy.