Updates & Stories

The Mississippi and its unseen tributaries

“The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit.” –… Read More

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