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Friends of Noxubee
Refuge
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Refuge
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Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
If your curiosity has been piqued by the group of young people on the refuge in khakis and gray shirts,
they are a team from AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps).
They will be on the refuge assisting us through the first week of July. AmeriCorps members dedicate ten
months of their life going around the country doing community service through the Department of Health
and Human Services.
After completing the program, they will get an educational award that they can use to go to school or pay
off some of their college debt. This is the team’s last project. Previously, the team worked with FEMA in
Texas helping with Hurricane Ike relief effort and the Denver Public Schools tutoring elementary school
students in an attempt to improve their standardized test scores.
The team has already been on the Refuge three weeks and has worked on a variety of projects. Week
one they worked on boundary lines with Bobby Gentry. They have helped with habitat restoration, made
new signs, cut out bluebird boxes, painted fences, and are currently helping reroof several Refuge
buildings.
So far they seem to be enjoying themselves. I’ve seen them on the trails (even on their time off!) with bird
books in hand, trying to identify the birds. One of the girls, Avery Doninger from Connecticut, even told
me, “This is an amazing place. The Refuge is so beautiful, and it’s a really great project to cap my year
with AmeriCorps. Thank you.”
We’re very lucky to have them; so if you see them around, don’t hesitate to say hello!
they are a team from AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps).
They will be on the refuge assisting us through the first week of July. AmeriCorps members dedicate ten
months of their life going around the country doing community service through the Department of Health
and Human Services.
After completing the program, they will get an educational award that they can use to go to school or pay
off some of their college debt. This is the team’s last project. Previously, the team worked with FEMA in
Texas helping with Hurricane Ike relief effort and the Denver Public Schools tutoring elementary school
students in an attempt to improve their standardized test scores.
The team has already been on the Refuge three weeks and has worked on a variety of projects. Week
one they worked on boundary lines with Bobby Gentry. They have helped with habitat restoration, made
new signs, cut out bluebird boxes, painted fences, and are currently helping reroof several Refuge
buildings.
So far they seem to be enjoying themselves. I’ve seen them on the trails (even on their time off!) with bird
books in hand, trying to identify the birds. One of the girls, Avery Doninger from Connecticut, even told
me, “This is an amazing place. The Refuge is so beautiful, and it’s a really great project to cap my year
with AmeriCorps. Thank you.”
We’re very lucky to have them; so if you see them around, don’t hesitate to say hello!