Updates & Stories

Corps members continue disaster response deployment

On December 18, a dozen young adult AmeriCorps members from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa departed by van for the East Coast to continue the… Read More

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Last month you met Jake Mickelson, who deployed to the East Coast in November and told about how the experience has changed his life. We… Read More

Youth lead volunteers in service projects

Phalen crew with trash collected from Mounds Park and Lake Como. Clockwise, from bottom left: crew leader Katie Kirschbaum, Maila… Read More

New faces at St. Paul headquarters

We are happy to welcome Fadumo Hassan as our new administrative assistant. She is settling into the seat formerly occupied by Nicole Skurich,… Read More

Corps members deploy to East Coast for disaster relief

On Saturday, November 3, On Saturday, November 3, 38 corps members and one staff person deployed to New York City to assist with disaster relief… Read More

Welcome new staff members

In the last couple months we have hired several staff members, including two new positions added to accommodate program growth. Mark van der Linden… Read More

Corps crews integral to maintaining exclosures on North Shore

Northeast crew members repair an exclosure in Jay Cooke State Park. From left, John Greiner, Alex DeMaioribus, Grace Parikh, Caleb… Read More

Corps members help elementary students plant rain gardens

Corps members help kindergarten students from College Prep Elementary prepare the ground for a rain garden at their school.Corps members… Read More

Iowa corps members lead Make A Difference Day community cleanup

Standing, from left: Zach Kopriva, volunteer, John Zapp, two volunteers, Jordan Heiman, three volunteers, Darin Radatz, Candice McElroy. Seated: Tiffany… Read More