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2715 Upper Afton Road, Ste 100
Maplewood, MN 55119
(651) 209-9900s
info@conservationcorps.org
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| Young adult crew prescribed to The Nature Conservancy |
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MCC is excited to announce the creation of a new young adult crew, the Prescribed Burn Crew. This new crew will be dedicated to the Nature
Conservancy near Brainerd, MN. The Nature Conservancy covers +300,000
acres in central Minnesota and includes the communities of Brainerd, Baxter, Pillager, Motley, Staples, Little Falls, Randall, Barrows and Fort Ripley.
The Nature Conservancy protects and manages natural lands to ensure continued biodiversity. One conservation method includes fire management. Wild land fire is a natural process and has been altered by human activity and land use. With help from a the National Fire Plan Grant through the DNR Firewise program, the Nature Conservancy will be using the crew to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires while restoring natural ecological systems.
Over the next year, the crew will assist in implementing almost 100 fire and fuels based projects effecting nearly 20,000 acres. MCC is currently taking applications
for crew leader and crew member positions of this crew. Please visit the Young Adult Program section of MCC's web page to learn more. |
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| Alumni newsletter in your mailbox |
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Did you receive an Alumni Newsletter in the mail? In celebration of MCC's 25th Anniversary, MCC printed an alumni newsletter to share our history and celebrate our successes. The newsletter includes biographies of past corpsmembers, photographs and historical news articles. It also offers opportunities for your involvement.
By honoring our roots, the spirit of the corpsmembers before us lives on through MCC today.
Request a printed copy to be mailed to you by emailing Alumni and Recruitment VISTA Cole Judge or download a pdf copy of the newsletter here.
MCC Alumni Question of the Month:
Send in responses to Cole Judge and if you are correct, you get a prize.
What was the Watercraft Inspection Program?
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| Spring cleaning at St. John's Landing |
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Friends and family of MCC's Summer Youth Program are invited to come and help prepare St. John's Landing for this summer's crews. You are welcome to spend a few hours or a few days between May 23rd and May 28th up at camp. Talk with Pete Bonk at (651)209-9900 ext. 11 if you'd like to be a fluberant volunteer. |
| Be at MCC this summer |
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Have the best summer of your life at MCC. Application deadlines are fast approaching. Don't let this opportunity go by!
March 24, 2006 - Staff applications are due by 4:30 pm. Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter in addition to the staff application.
April 21, 2006 - Youth applications and recommendation forms are due by 4:30 pm. These positions are open to first year corpsmembers/youth.
Application forms are also found on MCC's web site or by contacting MCC. If you have any additional questions or would like more information please contact:
Emma Keyser, Summer Program Coordinator
emma.keyser@conservationcorps.org
651/209-9900 ext. 27
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| Remember Eli Segal - Father of AmeriCorps |
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In memory:
Eli Segal, the first CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, passed away in February from a mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. He was 63.
Eli helped shape the 1993 national service legislation, immediately placed 20,000 new AmeriCorps members in the field and managed the creation of the new federal agency, the Corporation for National and Community Service. Under his leadership, the CNCS combined Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, VISTA, NCCC, and Learn and Serve America.
MCC became an AmeriCorps program in 1996 as part of the national service initiative.
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Meet the 2006 Grand Rapids Crew
From left to right: Brian Dowling, Jayme Harwood, Jeff Poenix (crew leader) and Alex Mudge. Read what the crew has to say about themselves.
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Meet Central Roving Crew
From left to right: Tyler Hesseltine (crew leader), Milena Klimek, Jennifer Harmening, Jeff Spatafore, and Joe Conlan. Learn more about Central Roving.
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Fred Hougland was a Crew Leader last summer. Currently living in Moab, Utah, Fred is working for a wilderness therapy program called Aspen Achievement Academy. As a wilderness instructor, he works with under privileged and troubled teens leading them in environmental actives and teaching them life skills. Fred plans to travel to Peru this summer for some mountaineering trips, and will eventually return to Tanzania.
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Denise Green was an Interpreter/Crew Leader last summer with MCC. Denise is currently working as a staff and freelance community ASL interpreter in NY. Denise has had the pleasure of interpreting for all sorts of activities, such as sky diving, SCUBA diving, print shops, doctor’s visits, and job interviews. Denise hopes to travel to New Zealand some day, and will soon be finishing up her SCUBA certification.
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