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Meet the Staff
Who are all these new people?
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!
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!