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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Brenna Huggins

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.
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NCCC Team Works on Horticultural Tasks at the UW Arboretum

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.
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Rockwell Collins makes donation to Eastern Iowa Honor Flights

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.
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AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Sergio Tundo

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.
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NCCC Team Comes Together for Iowa

  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.
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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Calvin Landrum

  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.
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Legislators Host AGC Member

  On Wednesday, Reps. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mt. Auburn) and Dave Maxwell (R-Gibson) hosted Doug Martin from Wendling Quarries, Inc. at the State Capitol.
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Cedar 7 Rolls Up Their Sleeves in Minnesota

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.
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NCCC Oak 6 team helping Hurricane Sandy survivors in NYC

  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.