| | Published January 25th, 2017
| Orindans Enroll in AmeriCorps NCCC
| | | Submitted by Heather Dirck | | |
Marco Evert and Lindsey Loeper of Orinda recently began 10-month terms of service in the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program. Loeper, based out of the AmeriCorps NCCC regional campus in Sacramento, and Evert, based out of the regional campus in Denver, are currently serving on their first service projects.
Founded in 1994, AmeriCorps NCCC is a residential national service program that supports disaster relief, the environment, infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. Over the past 22 years, over one million Americans have served across the family of AmeriCorps programs. Currently, about 80,000 people serve in AmeriCorps programs nationwide each year, about 2,000 of whom serve with AmeriCorps NCCC.
Evert and Loeper arrived at their respective regional campuses in early October to begin training. This training, which prepared them for 10 months of full-time service with AmeriCorps NCCC, emphasized teamwork, leadership development, communication, service learning, and certification by the American Red Cross.
As Corps Members, Evert and Loeper will be responsible for completing a series of six- to 12-week-long service projects as part of a 10- to 12-person team. Their first service projects finished on Dec. 16, at which time their teams took a break for the winter holidays and begin a new project in a new location in January.
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA