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Meet the 2014 bloggers
We are excited to introduce six bloggers who will share their Corps journeys through the year with stories, photos and video. This year our bloggers represent our Iowa REEAL Individual Placement, a Youth Outdoors crew and young adult field crews, including Three Rivers, Saint Paul Roving, Rochester Cedars and Tower. Check out their bios and follow them through their 2014 term. Read More
April is Environmental Stewardship Month
As the year-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps continues, the Corporation for National and Community Service has designated April as Environmental Stewardship Month. Whether improving parks and public lands, restoring waterways, increasing energy efficiency or teaching conservation, AmeriCorps makes a positive and lasting impact on our environment. Here is what Conservation Corps is doing this month and some opportunities to volunteer. Read More
Meet the 2014 bloggers
Name: Eierí Jordán SaliviaCrew: YO 5 - MinneapolisHometown: San Juan, Puerto RicoCollege attended: United States Sports AcademyPerson or experience that made me into who I am today:Being who I am is thanks to every single person that has touched my life, as well as about every experience I have been able to live. It goes way beyond family and close friends. They may have influenced me in very important ways, no doubt about it. However, I am who I am these days due to all the miles my feet have walked and all the scars that have inked their way in like tattoos in my story. Read More
Indeed alumni and friends event
This year, we are kicking off a series of Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa alumni and friends meetups! Our first get-together will take place at Indeed Brewing Company in Northeast Minneapolis, April 5 at 11:30 a.m. RSVP here! Read More
Connecting kids to the outdoors
This year, Conservation Corps placed 12 young adults in year-long positions ― called Individual Placements ― with conservation nonprofits or government agencies. These members will serve full-time at a host site for their entire term of service. Alysa Zimmerle, one of this year’s single placements with Project Get Outdoors (GO), will be partnering on a project in northwest Minnesota called Tree Cookies and Mud Pies: A Recipe for Community Health. Read More
Green to serve on national Corps council
Cindy Green, Conservation Corps development director, was recently elected to the national Corps Council by members of The Corps Network,… Read More