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Living through Hurricane Sandy; first-hand lessons in preparadnesss

By Frantz Ostmann Saturday, November 17, 2012; 7:13 a.m. 1. The excitement and coolness wears off around day 3 2. You are never really prepared to go weeks without power, heat, wate...

NCCC’s Oak 4 Helps Habitat for Humanity Omaha

Team leader Rusty holds a board for a Habitat Omaha staff member cutting wood to frame a house. By Jessica Beck Oak 4 wraps up their final NCCC service project with Habitat for Humanity in Omaha, Nebraska. During their time in Omaha, Oak 4 made serious strides for the large Habitat locat...

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Team Spruce 3 serving in Colorado

By Chrissy Diers On October 2 AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Team Spruce 3 from Vinton, Iowa rolled into Lakewood Colorado to their lodging. On October 3, this Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinati...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Trent Roberts

Trent Roberts, from Cadott, Wis., is a member of Cedar 3 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of people between the...

NCCC’s Maple 1: Everyday is a Habitat Day

Corps member Will is splitting scrap wood that can be used for framing. By Clifford Borner II The AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team Maple 1 recently completed their last NCCC service project with Genesee County Habitat for Humanity (GCHFH) i...

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps Team Training Hard as Public Assistants

By Jeffrey Beyerl Having left the Vinton campus, FEMA Corps Spruce 4 has undergone many diverse trainings in order to help them in their FEMA role as public assistants. As public assistants, Sp...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Kate Yamahiro

By: Rebecca Bigler   Kate Yamahiro, from Pacifica, Calif., is a member of Maple 1in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month servic...

NCCC’s Maple 4 Ends Their Service Year Strong in Milwaukee

Maple 4 corps members work together to remove large brush from an area cleared with Wisconsin TNC. By Jill Ament The final project for NCCC team Maple 4 is coming to a close. They’ve spent the past two weeks serving in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of Wisconsi...

Dick & Leota Sailer to celebrate 50th Anniversary

Dick and Leota McNeal Sailer were married on Saturday, November 2, 1963 at the Assembly of God Church in Vinton. The couple's two children, Valerie (Dean) Close of Brandon, and Becky (Peter...

NCCC’s Maple 2 Spooks Wisconsin boys and girls for a good cause!

NCCC Maple 2's David Chernyshov scares children in the haunted house “caged animal” room. By: Nicolette Koerner AmeriCorps NCCC’s Maple 2 arrived in Hartland, Wisconsin on October 25, and immediately got to work to help keep Camp Whitcomb/Mason beautiful and functioning! The ...