Hey all, while I'm anxiously waiting for my flight information here are some things that have caught my attention recently:
Senator Obama at the Service Nation summit, speaking about initiatives to encourage American citizens to participate in national service (including programs like Americorps and other volunteer initiatives).
"Part of what makes America work is the fact that we believe in individual responsibility and self-reliance but we also believe in mutual responsibility.. a sense that we are committed to something larger than ourselves."-- Sen. Obama
The cover story in the most recent issue of Time magazine entitled, "A Time to Serve".
And, this fabulous band. "Sometimes you just can't hold back the river." (yes, their drummer IS a tap dancer. I know. blows my mind too.)
happy browsing :)
--Walker
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Three weeks and Counting :)
Hi everyone! I'm sure some of you are slightly confused about what this is so let me explain! In roughly three weeks I will be embarking on an adventure in volunteer work with Americorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) in the Pacific Region based out of Sacramento, California. I will spend five weeks in Sacramento at McClellan Park, 13 miles from the California State Capitol. These first five weeks will be spent training and doing team building work with groups of other volunteers.
After the first five weeks we, myself and roughly 400 other volunteers, will be split up into smaller teams of 12-15 people. I will travel with this team to different areas in the West Coast and Gulf Coast regions (including states like Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Louisiana etc.). We will be deployed to tackle volunteer projects ranging from rebuilding to tutoring to invasive species removal and brush clearing (fire prevention). Each project will last about two months, after which we will return back to base in Sacramento and then be sent to another location to do a project of a different variety for another two months. After completing my year in Americorps I will have completed anywhere from 3-5 projects with my team as well as 80 individual service hours and receive an education award of just over $4,000 dollars.
Instead of sending out mass e-mails and writing letters until my hand falls off I've decided to keep this blog (short for weblog, an online journal of sorts) in order to communicate with all of you fabulous folks :). I also chose to keep a blog like this because when I was doing research into NCCC and trying to get an idea of what life was like for the average corps member I read lots of blogs of past volunteers and it was incredibly helpful so, hopefully, mine will provide that help to some other prospective NCCC volunteer :)
Obviously I'm not in Sacramento yet but if you want to send me a letter so I have something when I arrive you can mail things to:
Walker Dunn, Class 15
AmeriCorps NCCC
3427 Laurel Street
McClellan, CA 95625
love,
Walker
After the first five weeks we, myself and roughly 400 other volunteers, will be split up into smaller teams of 12-15 people. I will travel with this team to different areas in the West Coast and Gulf Coast regions (including states like Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Louisiana etc.). We will be deployed to tackle volunteer projects ranging from rebuilding to tutoring to invasive species removal and brush clearing (fire prevention). Each project will last about two months, after which we will return back to base in Sacramento and then be sent to another location to do a project of a different variety for another two months. After completing my year in Americorps I will have completed anywhere from 3-5 projects with my team as well as 80 individual service hours and receive an education award of just over $4,000 dollars.
Instead of sending out mass e-mails and writing letters until my hand falls off I've decided to keep this blog (short for weblog, an online journal of sorts) in order to communicate with all of you fabulous folks :). I also chose to keep a blog like this because when I was doing research into NCCC and trying to get an idea of what life was like for the average corps member I read lots of blogs of past volunteers and it was incredibly helpful so, hopefully, mine will provide that help to some other prospective NCCC volunteer :)
Obviously I'm not in Sacramento yet but if you want to send me a letter so I have something when I arrive you can mail things to:
Walker Dunn, Class 15
AmeriCorps NCCC
3427 Laurel Street
McClellan, CA 95625
love,
Walker
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