Updates & Stories
Happy Spring!
Spring is here! One of the best parts about living in the Midwest is getting to experience the changing seasons. Driving… Read More
AmeriCorps changes lives
By: Rafa Contreras-Rangel After being an AmeriCorps member for over a year now, I can honestly say the program has changed my life. Many of… Read More
More than a year of service
By: Kristina Luotto We are celebrating AmeriCorps week. AmeriCorps and other national service programs have recently been in the news for… Read More
Women of the Corps
By: Kou Yang As of recent, the “green industry” has shown a tremendous rise in employment and economic growth. According to… Read More
The importance of AmeriCorps
By: Erika Birnbaum Once upon a time there were six lost strangers. The first had traveled across the country from the middle to the… Read More
Why I serve: an AmeriCorps story
By: Eric Chien “We have another clone over here!” My crew and I followed the sound of the exclamation, slipping our way through a group… Read More
New Alumni Advisory Council
We are excited to introduce our first ever Alumni Advisory Council! The council will work towards developing alumni engagement strategies, assist with planning events, increase… Read More
Better Food from Better Water
White rice is a staple in a very large part of the world, but it’s wild rice – Minnesota’s State Grain… Read More
Where are they now? Vincent Welder
Sixteen acres of rain gardens maintained, 784 miles of trails built and improved, 211,489 plants, trees and shrubs planted. These are just some of the… Read More
Protecting Our Assets: How to Keep A River in Shape
Withe, wattle, and gabion.* If you want to improve your vocabulary, start studying terms environmentalists bandy about when they develop strategies to control erosion that… Read More