Volunteers are swarming Greenfield to help the rural Iowa town recover from a devastating EF4 tornado. Volunteer Iowa, alongside AmeriCorps, has been organizing clean-up operations, receiving support from several bordering states. “There’s shingles and debris and fences down. We have trees in ditches, and they really just need help getting everything back,” Jamie Lane, a […]
May 13—Seanna Dube loves to help people and her country, a sentiment she is extending past high school as she joins the AmeriCorps. “I definitely am proud. I’m really excited to experience all these different places and things,” said Dube, a senior at Glacier High School. The National Civilian Community Corps, or the NCCC, through […]
Feb. 3—ROCHESTER — Jerrod Lucker is getting his own education as he helps strengthen Churchill Elementary School students’ reading skills. “I thought it would be a great chance to get to know the community and serve,” the Minnesota Reading Corps member said. The 38-year-old St. Paul native moved to Rochester a year ago and became […]