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Reflections on a cooking club in Ames, Iowa…by Bonnie Cherner
This fall I helped to organize a cooking club at Kate Mitchell, the elementary school where the garden I coordinate is located. We have the use of a small kitchen that is part of the school’s special...
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It Is So Nice To Be Appreciated …by Leigh DeLeon
My name is Leiah DeLeon, AmeriCorps VISTA happily serving with host site, Communities in Schools, Lenawee County, Michigan. My service site is Adrian Middle School 7/8, located in Adrian, Michigan and...
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Since becoming a VISTA member…Claudia Marmol
Claudia Marmol AmeriCorps VISTA Parental and Community Support Youth Policy Institute Allow me to offer reflections of a year in service at Sylmar Biotech Health Academy in Sylmar, California. Sylmar...
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Yours in Service…Sophia Smart
Then Two years ago I took a life changing trip to volunteer in Larabanga, Ghana for almost 2 months and after that, knew that my next steps after graduation was going to be AmeriCorps. I was fortunate...
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Hands on Schools VISTAs doing great work…Youth Policy Institute, Inc.
Serving at the Sylmar Biotech Health Academy/Youth Policy Institute, http://www.ypiusa.org/ are VISTAs: Claudia Marmol & Veronica Lomeli (Parental & Community Support VISTAs), Nancy Rojas...
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Community of Service
Today’s post is written by E. Louise Larson, a HandsOn Tech VISTA and recent transplant in Pittsburgh, PA. As an advocate of community and economic development, she can be found researching how...
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Reflections… by Parastoo Nina Massoumi
My VISTA experience has been a journey of living in New York City, navigating the K-12 system, learning more about non-profits, and understanding the importance of service-learning. Coming from...
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“Risks, Possibilities and Growth”…by Laura Nutty
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” This quote by Neale Donald Walsch has been my motto to live by over the past few years, and is something I feel adequately defines the experiences as an...
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Beyond Academic Success…by Natasha Murtaza
My name is Natasha Murtaza and I am one of the Academic Success VISTAs serving at Sylmar Biotech Health Academy through the non-profit, Youth Policy Institute. Sylmar Biotech is located in the East...
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In the Wake of Sandy Service Continues…
I am not Jersey born but jersey grown and the Atlantic City area is near and dear to my heart. The jersey shore, although a little warped by that blasted show, does optimize one thing; New Jerseyians...
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The many names and faces of poverty…by Rebecca Page
Hi! I am serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Reading Success and Stay in School Programs at United Way of Lake County in Gurnee, Illinois. I chose to become an AmeriCorps VISTA member because...
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My Experience So Far…by Indira Deenanauth
My name is Indira and I have hit the six month mark with my term of service and it is hard to believe that time has flown by so quickly. As an AmeriCorps VISTA serving with HandsOn Northeast Ohio, I...
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From Barbie Dolls to AmeriCorps: Volunteering for the Greater Good
Hello Fellow AmeriCorps VISTA! My name is Kasseopia Davis and I have the distinguished privilege of serving my VISTA year at New York Cares, New York, New York. This non profit is New York’s...
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The Essence of Community School…Nicole Hebert
In just three terms of national service, I have served at nearly every level of public education—from middle school success and teen pregnancy prevention, to community college. For my third AmeriCorps...
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It…by Emily Phillips
“http://honcorpsmembers.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/emily-philllips_photo-on-3-28-13-at-1-12-pm.jpg”> Bio: My name is Emily Phillips and I am an AmeriCorps VISTA for HandsOn and Repair the World...
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My Story…Jamie Herdt
Jamie is currently serving at United Way Lake County Reading Success in Gurnee, Illinois. Jamie is currently pursuing a graduate degree in social work from the University of Southern California and...
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My Story…Laura Ranalleta
At Pre-Service Orientation, I realized that although I would be focusing on community engagement like many of my VISTA peers, my VISTA assignment was unique in that I would be targeting a very specific...
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It’s Not Always A ‘Class’ Thing…Kamille Pickens
Coming into my VISTA year, I wholeheartedly knew that starting a pilot program in a Title I school would be no easy walk on the beach. Prior to becoming a VISTA, I had spent 5 years working in...
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Attention VISTA Alums with NCE Status….
Attention VISTA Alums with NCE Status: Positions Available, at three different levels (GS-5/7/9), with the Department of Homeland Security, Citizen and Immigration Services -located in Vermont U.S...
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This is only the beginning…by April Terrell
Hello my name is April Terrell from the bluff city known as Memphis, Tennessee and I am a DOJ VISTA serving with the Urban Youth Initiative under HandsOn Schools, and my area of service is the Frayser...
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