At Nevada Outdoor School, our AmeriCorps members play a vital role in bringing outdoor education to our communities. This month, we're excited to spotlight Jamie, who has been serving with NOS for the past nine months. From hands-on lessons with students to engaging with the public at community events, Jamie has embraced every opportunity to inspire a love for the outdoors. Here’s what she had to say about her experience:
"Hello! My name is Jamie, I’ve been an AmeriCorps member at NOS for about 9 months. I am originally from Arizona and have been living here in Elko for about 2 years. Something interesting about me is that I just got back from Japan a couple weeks ago. It was super awesome and had an amazing experience and can't wait to go back again. We have started doing NIMW classes, so I’ve just been working on familiarizing myself with all the lessons. We just had our first couple lessons about Owl Pellets this week and that went over very well with the students, they had a lot of fun with the pellets. Some other lessons we have are flower functions, watersheds, and a kindergarten lesson about worms, which I’m really looking forward to doing more kindergarten lessons, because we haven't had the opportunity to do a lot of them, so I'm really excited about that. Over the weekend we attended the Sportsman's Expo, we had a good amount of people come up to the booth and play our Trash Timeline game and we also did a raffle to give away some NOS swag and we made good connections that hopefully we can partner with sometime in the future. Tomorrow, we have the trout release in Winnemucca that I'm actually very excited for. This Friday we have our Trails Through Time Event learning about the heritage and cultural landmarks of Elko. This weekend we are setting up another booth at CTIC for Junior Ranger Day and next week we are attending the Stem Fair Expo. So, we are pretty busy with a lot of events and on top of that we have our Young Naturalist Signs of Spring Lessons every Friday. Glad to have our new members joining us who are just super helpful in every aspect of what we do here at NOS."
Jamie’s enthusiasm for outdoor education and community engagement shines through in everything she does. Whether she's teaching students about owl pellets, leading lessons on watersheds, or representing NOS at public events, her passion for inspiring the next generation is evident. We are grateful to have dedicated AmeriCorps members like Jamie who make a lasting impact on the communities we serve. Keep up the great work, Jamie!
Thank you to the NV Energy Foundation for their continued support of Nevada Outdoor School, and the AmeriCorps programs. Service is at the heart of Nevada Outdoor School.