AmeriCorps NCCC

Fridays mean it's our #FieldPhotosFriday! Check out what our AmeriCorps members serving with NCCC are doing across the country. Photo 1: AmeriCorps NCCC Southern Region FEMA Corps members have been deployed to North Carolina to assist with Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. These members are in Raleigh supporting FEMA’s logistical coordination response, enabling FEMA to provide resource distribution and field operations. Photo 2 + 3: At AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest, team leaders-in-training serve at Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center, fixing a suspension bridge and gaining leadership and teamwork skills! Photo 4 + 5: In New Hampshire, AmeriCorps NCCC North Central members are busy crushing rock, constructing a boardwalk, spreading mulch and removing Knotweed, an invasive plant, at Squam Lakes Association. Thank you to all of our AmeriCorps NCCC members across the country for #GettingThingsDone for America!

Wondering how to spend your winter and looking to make a difference across the country? Join us on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 1 pm ET to learn about winter service options with AmeriCorps NCCC. From constructing new homes to conducting burn prep, AmeriCorps members in the NCCC program strengthen communities and develop new skills every day! During this webinar, you will hear about service opportunities with FEMA Corps, Forest Corps and our NCCC Traditional Corps, where our members serve 10-12 months in communities nationwide addressing urgent needs. If you or someone you know is 18-26 years old and looking to gain hands-on experience and make an impact, join our Winter Service Lunch and Learn: https://bit.ly/3ZRGmMh

AmeriCorps NCCC is hosting our ‘A to Z’ webinar tomorrow, Oct. 8, at 4 p.m. ET. In this webinar, we will discuss NCCC program options, like FEMA Corps and Forest Corps, benefits, and service requirements. If you are interested in making a difference in communities across the country with AmeriCorps NCCC, join us for this call and bring questions! https://bit.ly/478p3qH

It’s #FriYAY, which means it's our #FieldPhotosFriday! Check out what our AmeriCorps members serving with the NCCC program are doing across the country! Photos 1 + 2 + 3: Our AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region Traditional members are building cabins, restrooms and trails to ensure they are accessible to people with limited mobility! Photo 4 + 5 + 6: 🌲 Forest Corps members in the AmeriCorps Pacific Region are preparing for their second project across the west coast. We look forward to follow along their journey over the next 4 months! Want to learn more about service with AmeriCorps NCCC and see if it’s the right fit for you? Join our ‘A to Z’ webinar on Thursday, Oct. 8 to learn about program options, benefits, requirements and more! https://bit.ly/478p3qH

Nearly 80 AmeriCorps members are on the ground helping communities affected by the hurricane. Additional teams will be activated to impacted states, in coordination with FEMA and federal and state partners. Five AmeriCorps NCCC #FEMACorps teams will deploy to Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., and two will deploy to Atlanta, Ga., also to provide disaster survivor assistance. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eFQqfQ7f

AmeriCorps' 30th anniversary celebrations come to an end. AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith reflects on the yearlong celebrations:   It was an honor to join our members, volunteers, alums, partners, elected officials, and friends over the past year to celebrate 30 years of AmeriCorps!     In Sacramento, California, along with our partners at USDA Forest Service, we welcomed the first cohort the AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps, a key component of President Biden's American Climate Corps. These 80 young leaders are taking on forest management, wildfire prevention, and ecological restoration across the nation. These members demonstrate how our commitment to equipping the next generation with the skills necessary for climate careers will turn this moment into an even more unstoppable movement to fight climate change.   In New Orleans, I had the opportunity to see intergenerational service in action during the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the world's largest annual wheelchair rehabilitation sports event exclusively for veterans. During the event, we signed a new MOU with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which will mobilize members of AmeriCorps NCCC and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to support the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, Veterans Golden Age Games, and other VA-organized events for our nation’s veterans.   Just last week, in New York City, we celebrated promises kept and new partnerships launched. At Clinton Global Initiative, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready and I shared the commitment we made last year to tackle the youth mental health crisis is now the Youth Mental Health Corps, a bold new partnership between AmeriCorps, Pinterest, the Schultz Family Foundation, and America Forward that will place more than 500 AmeriCorps members to serve as mental health navigators while learning about related careers. Later, at a New York Climate Week event with Google, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and I announced the creation of a new American Climate Corps program, the Environmental Justice Climate Corps. EJCC is the largest federal environmental partnership in AmeriCorps' history and the EPA's first nationwide service effort. Through the new partnership, hundreds of members in AmeriCorps VISTA will serve across the country, helping organizations in underserved communities address environmental justice and climate challenges while gaining the skills and experience for good-paying clean energy and climate careers.   While our thirtieth birthday celebration has come to an end, our commitment to bringing out the best of America to get things done for America is just as urgent and unstoppable as it has ever been. Whether it's helping students learn to read, rebuilding homes after disasters, or providing second chances through service, AmeriCorps members and volunteers commit to transforming lives – including their own – every day. Thank you for celebrating AmeriCorps with us. Bit.ly/30thRecap24 #AmeriCorps30

Meet Aiden, an AmeriCorps NCCC alum, who describes his experience as "challenging but extremely rewarding." Currently, Aiden is serving as a Wildland Fire Apprentice with the National Park Service at Acadia National Park in Maine. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-Z8kJ4G

👏 Congratulations, Reed Nolan, an AmeriCorps NCCC alum, and recipient of this year’s Service Year Alums Award from Service Year Alliance. The award recognizes corps members who went above and beyond to bridge divides across lines of difference during their service year. Follow Service Year Alliance to meet this year’s awardees. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/emsgbbd5 #ServiceYearAwards #BridgingDivides

#TGIF! See what the AmeriCorps Team Leaders and Corps members in the NCCC program have been focusing on this week! Photos 1+2: 🌱 Traditional Corps members in the AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region have been hard at work serving alongside Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation to remove tree and brush, collect native seeds, and perform prescribed burns which will help restore 150 acres of natural habitat. Photos 3-6: Team Leaders in the AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region and AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region are off to a strong start, learning the ropes of leadership and preparing for the challenges and triumphs ahead as they gear up to meet their teams and tackle their first projects! 💪🏼 🧐 Want to learn more about AmeriCorps NCCC and each of our four programs? 👇 Register for the AmeriCorps A to Z webinar on Oct. 8: https://bit.ly/478p3qH

The newest AmeriCorps Team Leaders in the NCCC program put their heads together on how to best organize and welcome their teams to the #AmeriCorpsNCCC Southwest Campus in Aurora, CO! 🤔💭 #DYK 💡 Team Leaders receive a month long training, called Team Leader Training (TLT) that prepares them to support Corps Members arriving for CTI. The Corps Training Institute (CTI), is held on campus, during the first 3.5 weeks after Corps Member arrival. The purpose of CTI is to introduce NCCC’s culture, procedures, and policies and provide Corps Members with the training necessary to complete their projects. 👩🏻💻📓✍🏻 Put your #leadership skills to practice and guide a team through an impactful #service year. Apply by Sept. 30 to serve this Winter. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eUzxXURe. #LeadershipOpportunities #CareerPathways #GapYear #Volunteer #EarnMoneyForSchool #Travel