800,000
people have served with AmeriCorps since it began in 1994. These people have provided one billion hours
of service in communities all over the United States, serving with 15,000
non-profit, faith-based, and community organizations.
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In Nevada, there are over 300 AmeriCorps members
serving with AmeriCorps funded programs.
Most of the programs receive funding from Nevada Volunteers, the
Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism for the state of Nevada, who
receive a federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community
Service. Nevada Outdoor School (NOS) is
one of the programs funded by Nevada Volunteers. The NOS AmeriCorps program serves rural
northern Nevada so AmeriCorps members are spread from Gerlach to Wells, but
most members serve in Winnemucca. Currently, there are eleven members serving
in nine different non-profit, faith-based, or community organizations.
You may recognize AmeriCorps members by the shirts
they wear bearing the AmeriCorps logo.
They have put in more than 6,000 hours of service in the communities of
Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, Wells and Gerlach since September, 2012. Current members are: Brenna Archibald,
serving at both Nevada Outdoor School and Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Tanya
Baxter, serving at the Winnemucca Community Garden, Ashley Hanson, serving at
the Wells Family Resource Center, Julie Hepp and Steve Thompson, serving at
NOS, Julie Holland, serving with Lander County School District, Barbara
Ludington, serving at the Pleasant Senior Center, Joe McDonald and Terra
Webber, both serving at Humboldt Volunteer Hospice, Michael Myers, serving at
Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and Brian Nelson, serving with Winnemucca
Ministerial Association at the Soup Kitchen and Food Bank. If you see any of these members serving
around the community, take a moment to thank them for their continuing
dedication and hard work.
By Cathy Yates
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