Et cetera : AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Team Leader Spotlight: Keanu Harris

By: Sarah Williams

Keanu Harris, from Arvada, Colorado is the team leader for Maple 3 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. He arrived in Vinton on January 9 to start his 11-month service working with a team of people between the ages of 18 and 24. Maple 3 is made up of nine people from across the country and they will serve together around the Midwest.

When asked why he decided to serve in the NCCC program, Keanu says, “I've spent years bettering myself in school, from high school through college, and I felt it was time to start bettering my community through service.”

Before Keanu became a NCCC service member he was finishing up his college degrees at Regis University and working full time as an Assistant Manager at Sportline of Arvada.

Maple 3’s third round project is at Camp Albrecht Acres, in Sherrill, Iowa

Maple 3 will be assisting at Camp Albrecht Acres, which is a camp that provides a recreational camping experience for people with special needs, as additional counselors. The addition of NCCC members will allow the camp to have extra hands to try out programming such as primitive camping that they haven’t been able to do in a while.

Some fun facts about Keanu:

Q: What is your favorite TV show? Arrested Development

Q: What is one place you would really like to visit? Costa Rica

Q: If you could have a superpower what would it be? The ability to fly

Q: What was your first job? Sales associate for a family owned sporting goods store.

Q: What did you want to be when you grew up? The first person on Mars.

Q: What is the most challenging/exciting thing you’ve ever done? The AmeriCorps NCCC program