Updates & Stories

New Blogger! Harley Lott

Name: Harley Lott Crew/Program/Position: Mankato Crew 2/12-month field crew/ crew member Hometown: East Bethel, Minnesota College: Vermilion Community College Favorite food: Homemade Swedish meat balls… Read More

More than Just a Fancy Logo: My AmeriCorps Story

By: Caroline Fazzio When I left home for college, I was a bright-eyed eager kid ready to go learn how to change the world. The… Read More

New blogger! Kelsey Brock

Name: Kelsey Brock Crew/Program/Position:  Southern District, Mankato Crew/ field crew program / Crew member Hometown: Colville, Washington College: University of Wisconsin-Platteville Favorite food: Cream cheese… Read More

Field Crew Experience: Joseph Friedmeyer

By: Megan Zeiher, Recruitment Coordinator We connected with Joseph Friedmeyer to hear more about his member experience and share a glimpse of life… Read More

My Puerto Rican Deployment

By: Landon Acre-Kendall Three crew members in hard hats and CCMI work shirts pose together sitting on a large tree trunk with four other large trunk… Read More

Field Specialist Experience: Abby Cyr

By: Megan Zeiher, Recruitment Coordinator Fall is a time of transition, so it is only fitting this season has us looking ahead to… Read More

Where are they now? Rachel Sicheneder

The Corps was a great two years for Rachel Sicheneder who spent 2012 in Windom as a crew member and 2013 in Marshall as a… Read More

A year in the life

By: Danielle Yaste First off, I would like to forewarn you that I am getting a little overly sentimental about my Conservation Corps term winding… Read More

Crews keep Split Rock & Goosberry State Park visitors safe

Split Rock Lighthouse is a North Shore icon. Built in 1910 in response to frequent shipwrecks during 1905, this historic landmark and the surrounding state… Read More

The Detours: Fire, Flooding, and Frost

By: Danielle Yaste As the amount of months remaining in our term continue to wind down, my time spent reminiscing over… Read More