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  • Getting Closer To Healing Newsletter Content Oct 2019

    Getting Closer to Healing

    VISTA

    November 13, 2019 |  9/11 Day of Service is an opportunity for AmeriCorps VISTA members to connect with other national service members and complete special projects outside of their normal duties. 

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  • Eagle River Valley

    America's Greatest Idea

    Community Volunteer Ambassadors

    What do you want to do when you get older? This is a question I had been asked a lot while I was growing up as a young man. Naturally, my answer changed over time. My first answer was that I wanted to be Santa Claus. Then, over the years, I went through the rolodex of childhood career ideas; a firefighter, an astronaut, the president, etc. Working with the National Park Service wasn’t anywhere on my radar at the time.

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  • Kendall And Volunteers

    Sentry Dogs and Volunteers

    Community Volunteer Ambassadors

    For centuries, we’ve been relying on our partnership with animals to enhance our safety. Between 1959 and 1974, 300 missile sites were active across the county.

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    Representation

    Community Volunteer Ambassadors

    Representation matters, and while doing an education piece with a group of girl scouts recently I got reminded of how powerful it is to see yourself represented in intentional ways.

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    Mustering the Troops for Patriots Day

    Community Volunteer Ambassadors

    Minute Man National Historical Park tells the story of the first battle of The American Revolution. In April, the park holds different events to commemorate the battle that occurred on April 19th, 1775 over the course of two weeks. With Patriots Day being a holiday in Massachusetts, this becomes a very high visitation time for the park. Visitors come to the different programs and events that are happening at the park.

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  • Cover Photo

    Small Actions

    Community Volunteer Ambassadors

    A beach park may seem like a vacation, but there’s so much more that goes on just below the surface. There is a lot of hard work that gets done at Assateague Island National Seashore. As our site’s CVA, I’m privileged to have a first-hand look at the hard work being done.

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  • Rodney Flora Aug 2019

    The Joys of Bricklaying

    Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program

    August 5, 2019 |  Rodney Flora's job is a bit nostalgic - he uses traditional masonry techniques to build structures at historic National Park Service sites in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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  • Henrietta Navajo Nasa Aug 2019

    NASA and the Navajo Nation

    Bureau of Indian Affairs WaterCorps Program

    August 5, 2019 |  Henrietta Marks is an AmeriCorps member serving in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) WaterCorps Program in Fort Defiance, Arizona with the Water Resources Branch of the Navajo Nation, and is tasked with assessing drought impact. 

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  • Katie Stanley Aug 2019

    Little Time, Big Impact

    VISTA

    August 5, 2019 |  Current AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate, Katie Stanley is serving a 10-week term with the Piney Creek Watershed Association (PCWA) in Beckley, West Virginia. Only five weeks in to her service, Katie has been busy fostering environmental stewardship in her community. 

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  • Chike

    Chike Lands a Job

    Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

    August 5, 2019 |  The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and the Stewards Program have a years-long partnership through which dozens of interns and AmeriCorps members have gained experience with the agency. 

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