Success StoriesGreen Up Clean UpMay 1, 2010
Jennifer Nicholas - Kasigluk RAVEN Member Why did you choose this project? Kick Butts Day in NondaltonMarch 24, 2010 Carol Loftfield - Nondalton, BIRCH Member Kick Butts Day had finally arrived...the Jr. High students were nervous but excited. They had been planning, discussing and p ... Recycled Pumpkin ProjectOctober 30, 2009 Glenna Ellis - Wrangell, RAVEN Member Why I Chose This Project: This was a creation of mine to bring attention to the idea of recycling to the com ... Nature Club Excursion to Salmon HatcheryOctober 14, 2009
Kelsey Jacobsen - Sitka RAVEN Member Why I Chose This Project: A fellow AmeriCorps member and I chose the hatchery for one of our weekly field tri ... Injury/Violence Prevention Digital Story TellingAugust 25, 2009
Angela L. Boyscout - Chevak BIRCH Member Why I Chose This Project: Because I wanted to learn how to make a story out of scratch. August 13, 2009 Angela Boyscout - Chevak BIRCH Member Project Name: Tundrafest Activities Why I Chose This Project: to keep youth comp ... July 26, 2009 Sabrina Adamson - Coffman Cove BIRCH Member 1. Project Name: Swimming Lessons April 20, 2009 Augusta Askoak - Marshall RAVEN Member Project Name: Scavenger Hunt, Easter games Why I Chose This Project: To celebrat ... April 15, 2009 Angela Boyscout - Chevak BIRCH Member I chose this project to have the Natural Helpers (students) experience what it's like to speak up. This took place Wednesday and ... February 23, 2009 Kayla Young - Petersburg BIRCH Member Project Name: Dippin' into Sunday Why I Chose This Project: To get youth and ... December 5, 2008 Franklin Evan - Napakiak I joined AmeriCorps in 2008, and am now serving my second year. Before joining the program, my community had aluminum cans on the ground ... October 14, 2008 Selina Sam - Huslia I choose this project to keep our community clean. It was also fun driving around, since this is what youth do most of the day. The volunteers were ... October 12, 2008 George Keene - Kasigluk I chose this project because they had live bugs available at school. Our volunteers were junior high students for the first class and senior hi ... October 4, 2008 Ami McLelland - Sterling This project took place over several weeks on Saturdays. I choose this project because it helps our homes get cleaned out of all the "stuff ... September 20, 2008 Eliza Meier - Oscarville I chose this project because it was time to harvest the garden vegetables that had been growing in a greenhouse all summer. We had youth h ... September 15, 2008 Christine Grangaard - Tok This project fell during ... September 1, 2008 Laurel McManus - Nenana Every Tuesday and Friday evening we offer beading lessons, making such items as suncatchers and chokers. I put up signs in my community for idea ... August 23, 2008 Lanyce Smith - Tok I choose this project to remove paper, cardboard, and plastic bags from our landfill (4 truckloads). My volunteers were the girls from Girl Scou ... July 4, 2008 Eddie Abraham - Togiak Having our 4th of July event was crazy fun. Even though I didn't have much time to plan for a good event, over 100 people showed up and there were a ... July 1, 2008 Esther Yagie-Munson - Perryville Since I was selected for the RurAL CAP AmeriCorps program in January 2008, I attended their training workshops. It has made me much ... June 30, 2008 Lanyce Smith - Tok Since becoming an AmeriCorps member I have seen the positive response/respect you get from some of the people in the community/town. < ... June 25, 2008 Jennifer Belisle - Cooper Landing I choose this project for the good of all. We arrived at the gym, helped the Blood Bank of Alaska set up. Donors arrived. The whole ... June 9, 2008 Ami McLelland - Sterling This week I spent every day with the Kenaitze tribe at a local lake/campsite where we taught 14-18 year olds traditional native art. The children ... June 1, 2008 Elizabeth Steven - Kasiluk Charlie Ess, AmeriCorps coordinator, told me about this opportunity. I applied for the grant and asked other organizations for support. I ... May 1, 2008 Heidi Young - Naukati I choose this project because our community was really neglected and needed cleaning up. We met at the school, then had everyone split into three ... May 1, 2008 Thomas Fitka - Marshall I choose this project because it was something easy to start out with. To recruit volunteers, I posted some signs around town. In my group I h ... May 1, 2008 Keith Aguchak - Scammon Bay I choose this project because I thought it would impact the community more and leave a sense of cleanliness. I posted flyers and went h ... April 27, 2008 Deanna Etuckmelra - Manokotak This was my first "big" project as a RAVEN AmeriCorps member. It took place with the help of community volunteers. Everything ... April 7, 2008 Eliza Meier - Oscarville Organizing the Kick Butts Day event was challenging. I had to schedule the time after the students were through taking their state assessment ... October 20, 2007 Ben Johnson - Petersburg July 19, 2007 Amy Cox, Anchor Point The purpose of the project was to recycle items in the dump, reuse bike parts that could be fixed, and get kids riding bikes for exercise. The bikes w ... March 31, 2007 Jenny Nicoli - Aniak I was asked to be a chaperone to go up the Aniak River and camp. March 15, 2007 Jenny Nicoli - Aniak Our Winter Carnival was from March 15th-17th. On the 16th we had a Turkey Shoot and a Kids' Dance. There were a lot of kids at the dance. That d ... February 1, 2007 Jenny Nicols - Aniak Here is a success story I want to write about. It is on my Grandpa Carl Morgan Sr.'s Feed. On Thursday, February 1, 2007 there was a fe ... January 26, 2007 Shelly Peterson - Kodiak I chose this project because it is my big project that I'm running for six months, and because it is a positive change for the people who are p ... January 15, 2007 Joan McBeen - Tenakee Springs I chose this project because it was recommended by RurAL CAP and would be a learning experience for students and the community. Trunk or TreatOctober 31, 2006
Chris Thorne - Sterling Why I Chose this Project: Every Halloween we had children walking dark streets to go trick or treating. Many parents did ... Recycling Pop CansOctober 30, 2006 Kimberly Oxereok - Wales I chose this project because it includes the Wales Youth Committee and community members who support the Youth Committee. We began in March 200 ... Community Clean-UpJune 9, 2006 Lorraine Brown - Eek I chose this project because the Eek Community Council (ETC) sponsors the clean up. I told them I would help them, went with the flow, and just t ... |
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