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of Promise
AMERICORPS
MASHINGTON
California Commission on
Improving Life Through Service
NATIONAL SERVICE UPDATE
November 21, 1997
From the State Capital
Sacramento Kings Launch
On The National Front
TEAM UP!
As part of its long-standing
New Director of AmeriCorps at CNS
commitment to youth and
education, the National
Harris Wofford, President and CEO for the Corporation
Basketball Association has
for National Service (CNS), recently announced his
selection of Debbie Jospin as CNS Director of
launched a league-wide
AmeriCorps. The announcement came during a National
program to promote
volunteerism
and
Board of Directors Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee.
community service -- the
KINGS
NBA Team Up! Program.
National Service Funding Update
Team Up! is also part of the
The FY 1998 Labor/HHS/Education and Related Agencies
NBA's commitment made at
Appropriations Bill finally passed the House of
the Presidents' Summit. The
Representatives. Additonally, there were significant
League will produce and air public service
increases for national service programs --
announcements that show players performing
AmeriCorps*VISTA secured an increase of $24 million
community service and encouraging young people
over FY 1997 levels (+58.2%), and the programs of the
to do the same. The League will devote a minimum
National Senior Service Corps (Foster Grandparents,
of $10,000,000 worth of airtime to the program over
Senior Companion, and RSVP) received nearly $19
the next two seasons, and will work with its teams
million in increases (+$12.8%).
and nonprofit partners to ensure that 100,000
students complete Team Up! approved public
The final conference report also included a $50 million
service projects during that period. The best projects
increase for Head Start beyond the summer Balanced
will be recognized through an annual award
Budget Agreement (a total increase of $374 million over
program and featured on an annual national
FY 1997). For more information, contact the Corporation
television special that will air during All-Star
for National Service at 202/606-5000.
Weekend in 1998 and 1999.
The State Commission has partnered with the
Sacramento Kings Organization to identify
AmeriCorps and other community service projects
in the Sacramento, Stockton, and Modesto areas that
For more information on the Commission and
qualify for Team UP! recognition. Recently,
submissions to the National Service Update, please
Sacramento AmeriCorps members were rewarded
contact the Office of Public Information:
with free tickets to a Kings VS Los Angeles Clippers
1121 L Street, Suite 103,
game at ARCO Arena.
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 323-7646
FAX (916) 323-3227
For more information on the TeamUp! initiative,
call Suzanne Fisher at 916/323-3227.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet Home Page: http://www.cilts.ca.gov
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AMERICORPS
California Commission on
NATIONAL
Improving Life Through Service
NATIONAL SERVICE UPDATE
October 24, 1997
From the State Capital
USP Touring the State
Community service activists throughout California
On The National Front
are currently having their opportunity to participate
in the development of California's Unified State Plan.
Congress Passes AmeriCorps Budget
The effort is being sponsored by the California
Commission on Improving Life Through Service,
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have
the Corporation for National Service, and the
passed the FY 1998 VA/HUD appropriations conference
California Department of Education.
report, which includes $425.5 million for national service
programs. This bill funds AmeriCorps grants,
This opportunity to participate in the process is
AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve. Grants made
designed to address questions critical to expanding
with this money will be allocated for the 1998-99 program
service, service-learning opportunities, and their
year. This funding also reflects a $25 million increase over
impact.
last year's funding for literacy and mentoring activities
consistent with the America Reads Challenge.
Topics for discussion include: How will community
service join together to strengthen and renew the ethic
AmeriCorps*VISTA and the National Senior Service Corps
of service and go forward with a collective voice?
are funded through the Labor/HHS appropriations bill. House
What are the roles and expectations of the private
and Senate conferees are still meeting to resolve differences
and public sectors, local, regional, and state level
on the Labor/HHS bill but CNS officials hope to get
organizations? What resources are needed, where will
additional funds for both VISTA and National Senior Service
these resources come from, and how can grantmakers
Corps to do more America Reads literacy activities.
coordinate to improve access to their supports? And
what would it take to better focus community service
The Learn and Serve Program, NCCC, and Points of Light
efforts on the tough problems?
Foundation remain at last year's level. The VA/HUD bill
does increase the appropriation for the Corporation's Office
Below is a list of upcoming regional network
of the Inspector General from $2 million to $3 raillion.
meetings where the Unified State Plan will be
discussed:
Delta Sierra: Barbara Borba - 209/524-1307
Will hold a luncheon meeting on October 29 at 11:30
For more information on the Commission and
a.m. to discuss the plan.
submissions to the National Service Update, please
contact the Office of Public Information:
San Francisco: Mark Friedman - 415/982-8999
Will hold a meeting in November to give feedback
on the Unified State Plan.
1121 L Street, Suite 103,
Sacramento, California 95814
East Bay Region: Rebecca Sperber - 510/538-0554
(916) 323-7646
FAX (916) 323-3227
Will discuss the plan at their upcoming meeting on
November 4.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet Home Page: http://www.cilts.ca.gov
For more information on the USP, contact the State
Commission.
AMERICORPS
California Commission on
Improving Life Through Service
FACT SHEET 97/98
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
In January 1994, Governor Pete Wilson established the California Commission via Executive
Order W-77-94 heralding the spirit of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
Then in February 1996, the Governor focused the Commission's mission with Executive Order W-
130-96 to enable it to better leverage public and private funds to attack some of the state's most
critical social problems.
THE PROGRAM 97/98
The California Commission coordinates AmeriCorps*USA, a federal national service program,
through a network of local area service partnerships, designed to address some of the state's
most critical and persistent social epidemics. Local partnerships engage Americans of all ages,
abilities, and backgrounds in getting things done throughout the nation's urban and rural com-
munities.
The Commission is responsible for developing a comprehensive service plan for California which
focuses on: the reduction of juvenile crime, out-of-wedlock births and teen pregnancy; recruits,
trains and places adult mentors with at-risk youth; and develops local area service partnerships
throughout the state to assist in addressing these and other important issues. A complete list of
all the Commission's programs can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cilts.ca.gov.
THE FUNDING
Through a highly competitive statewide grants process, the Commission has allocated a total of
$22 million in grant awards to 38 local area service partnerships, comprised of public and pri-
vate organizations. Additionally, the Corporation for National Service has directly awarded
another $5.5 million in funding to national partnerships with sites in California. The total
AmeriCorps funding for California in the 97/98 year is $27.5 million.
THE MEMBERS
In California, we have over 2,900 AmeriCorps Members in 58 different programs, many with
multiple sites in a community or region. There are approximately 44,000 AmeriCorps Members
nationwide. Members tutor K-12 students; mentor teens at-risk of dropping out of school or
becoming teen parents; assist local community organizations in their efforts to reduce juvenile
crime; and support local residents in identifying and addressing their most critical needs.
MEMBER BENEFITS
National Service Members receive specialized training in a wide variety of areas including: lead-
ership, team building, conflict resolution, community outreach, tutoring, mentoring, and more.
Members also receive a small living allowance during their term of service and an education
award of $4,725/year for full-time participants and $2,363/year for half-time work upon the
successful completion of their term. The education award may be used for college tuition and
vocational training or to repay existing higher education loans.
Pete Wilson, Governor
Mrs. Pete Wilson
Todd Clark
Linda Forsyth, Ph.D.
Honorary Chairperson
Chairperson
Executive Director
1121 L Street, Suite 103
Sacramento, California 95814
(916) 323-7646/FAX (916) 323-3227
WWW address: http://www.cilts.ca.gov
email: [email protected]
Revised: 08/25/97
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning
Community Service Day Information
The community service component of the National Summit on Food Recovery and
Gleaning will take place on Monday, September 15 from 1-5:30 pm. Participating
organizations include DC Central Kitchen (75 participants), the Washington Area
Gleaning Network (200-300 participants), and the Capital Area Community Food Bank
(150 participants in the warehouse; 30 participants on the organic farm From the
Ground UP). Frank Wolfe's gleaning organization is interested in participating, too.
We have the capacity for over 600 individuals to participate, if necessary.
In keeping with the Summit's theme of GET the food, SORT OR PREPARE the food,
and DISTRIBUTE the food, we have activities covering as many of these phases as
possible at each site. Specifics of the Food Bank and the Gleaning Network events
are on the following pages; we'll get you the one from DC Central Kitchen at the next
meeting.
We ask the Summit Wednesday morning task force to assist us in setting the mood for
community service day by prepping Summit attendees before site visits with a video or
speech specifically relating to service. We'd like to tie the community service in again
when the participants return in the evening, too any ideas how that might be
acccomplished? Our original thought was a snapshot video of the day's activities, to
be shown that evening. Now that seems like a significant effort and we're not quite
sure who would actually do that.
The community service day committee wants to maximize media attention for this
special event, so we will make sure that the same product (for example, an apple) is
picked at a gleaning event, prepared at DC Central Kitchen, distributed at the Food
Bank, and is actually given to clients at Martha's Table. Martha's Table seems like a
great partner is this venture, as kids are always camera-worthy and the staff there
knows well how to handle media attention.
The really difficult work in pulling things together is being done by Ron DeMunbrun,
who is helping everyone connected with the day by working on buses and logistics for
the event.
Please talk to Ron or Barb Peterson with questions about the event. Feel free to call
me (Jane) with questions, too, at (202) 526-5344, ext. 237. See you next week.
A MEMBER OF
CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
THE SECOND HARVEST
645 TAYLOR STREET, NE
NATIONAL FOOD BANK NETWORK
WASHINGTON, DC 20017-2063
PH 202-526-5344
UNITED WAY CFC#
FAX 202-529-1767
8052
A COMMUNITY CARING FOR ITS OWN
Serving the District, Maryland & Northern Virginia
THE CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
The Capital Area Community Food Bank is one of the largest food
resources for the hungry in the capital area. A member of the
Second Harvest Network, it is a regional food distribution center
providing food for soup kitchens, emergency food pantries, shelters,
clinics, day care and elder care facilities, and hospices. In 1997 the
Food Bank distributed over 17,000,000 pounds of food through its
system of member food assistance programs.
WORK PROJECTS
Summit participants will receive a basic introduction to the food
banking process. They will tour the Capital Area Community Food
Bank warehouse and storage facility and sort through salvaged food.
Some group members will make up emergency food boxes, which
will be delivered to a local member organization.
If the group is too large for accommodation at the Capital Area
Community Food Bank, a second group will be transported to the
From the Ground Up Project at Clagett Farm, a community farm
project sponsored by the Capital Area Community Food Bank, the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Chesapeake C.S.A. Participants
will receive information about how the program brings much-needed
produce and community development instruction into low-income
neighborhoods and will harvest or glean vegetables for the program.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADVISORY BOARD
SCHOOL
SHERI LINK, COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH
JUNETTA BANKS
REV. WALTER FAUNTROY
REV.
ELIZABETH WALLACE, CHAIR, COMMUNITY
MILDRED BROOKS, NUTRITIONIST
MICHAEL
REPRESENTATIVE BARRY SCHER, VICE CHAIR, GIANT
DANZANSKY, WASHINGTON FINANCIAL GROUP
MARION MATTINGLY, JUVENILE JUSTICE
CURTIS
LLOYD FENNELL
REV. CLARK LOBENSTINE
SARAH
FOOD, INC.
THOMAS GALLI,
NELSON, DC BOARD OF PAROLE
ANGELA
OWENS,
MCPHERSON
PETER O'MALLEY
PAUL
PASCAL
E. BOYD HOLLINGSWORTH, JR.,
BRIAN G. DOWLING, SAFEWAY INC.
TREASURER, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MICHELE
JUDI A. HADFIELD, MARRIOTT
WRC-TV
MARIA D. SEGARRA, M.D., OFFICE OF
RENEE POUSSAINT
G. PATRICK PRICE, JR.
NELDA
RUDNICK & WOLFE
TINGLING-CLEMMONS, Secretary, FOOD RESEARCH &
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
JUDY R. HODGSON, THE
MINORITY HEALTH CONCERNS (SAMHSA)
NEAL
SAVOY
A. HUGO WORD
ACTION. CENTER EDWARD BARRON us SENATE
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
J.B. SIMON, WILLIAM KENT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
08/07/1997
00:03
301-879-1483
CHUCKWAGN CREW LINE
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02
SUMMIT ON FOOD RECOVERY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - SEPTEMBER 15, 1997
GLEANING ITINERARY
1:00 PM Buses load and depart for PARKER FARMS
One of the largest vegetable farms in MD. and largest donor to Washington
Area Gleaning Network (WAGN) that packs almost year round from farms
in Va. and S.C. Originally grew to be one of Md.'s biggest PYO operations,
but began wholesaling in 1980 which now provides huge gleaning
Main Office
(703) 780-7809
opportunities.
Office Fax:
WAGN will provide supervision and containers for gleaning the available
(703) 370-9102
crop - possibly greens, squash, or peppers. If the field is wet, boots and
grubby clothes are highly recommended.
Recorded Announcements:
(703) 370-0155
3:30 PM Load buses with people & produce & deliver produce to recipients.
Office Toll Free:
1 (800) 745-0319
4:00 Target Arrival time at recipients ( buses filled in list order, if small sign-up) :
BUS 1 - Martha's Table -Started in 1980, provides homeless & neighborhood
children & teens daily with nutritious meals & learning activities in a safe
Maryland Office
(301) 879-1484
environment. Computer learning, tutoring after school & other programs.
At 5:15 ,bus 1 will make quick visit at 1st stop of McKenna's Wagon - mobile
Maryland Fax:
that feeds 800 street people daily with 3,000 sandwiches,65 gallons of
(301) 879-1483
beverage, & 800 desserts daily.
BUS 2 - D.C. Central Kitchen - ( Chapman has already supplied description)
Maryland Toll Free:
At 5:00, bus will make quick delivery to Noah's Arc - a street curb food
1 (800) 242-4117
distribution location for fresh produce.
BUS 3 - Arlington Food Assistance Center - started Jan. 1988 - now, new small
warehouse obtains surplus groceries at minimal or no cost from the Capital
Area Community Food Bank and at no cost from local bakeries,
supermarkets, food drives & private donors. Distributes about 3,000 bags of
groceries each month to 1,000 households. No ready-to-eat food provided, or
food on a walk-in basis.
At 5:00, bus will make a quick delivery to Martin Luther King Center - a
street curb distribution location for fresh produce.
BUS 4 - Calvary Food Bank - a church couple runs this unique church
sponsored pantry that just moved into an expanded facility. Shares give-
away foods in other cities as well.
At 5:00, bus will make a quick delivery to Gospel Rescue Ministries
Homeless Shelter.
BUS 5 - Bread for the City - a community mission and food distribution
facility in the city. At 4:45, the bus will deliver to Central Union
Mission to the homeless.
Serving Maryland, Northern Virgina, DC & Delaware
WASHINGTON AREA GLEANING NETWORK
PO Box 9871 Alexandria VA 22304
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Phil Gramm
Texas
United States Senate
MEMORANDUM
Date: 10-8
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
14th & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
My constituent has sent me the enclosed
communication, and I would appreciate a
response which addresses his/her concerns.
Please send your response, together with
the constituent's correspondence, to me
at the following address:
Office of Senator Phll Gramm
2323 Bryan Street, #1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Brett Brewer
2/4 - 767
\
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CITY-OF-GONZALES
1-210-672-2813
Sep 30,96
14:32 No 006 P.02
OCT 08 1996
OF
CITY
CITY OF GONZALES
SNIVENOS
SHRINE OF A GREAT TEXAS HERITAGE
COUN
Where The fight for Texas liberty Bogon
September 25, 1996
Senator Phil Gramm
United States Senate
Russell Senate Office Bldg., Rm 370
Washington, D.C. 20510
Re: Americorps Program
Dear Senator Gramm:
A letter from me by facimile dated September 24, 1996,
conveyed to you the importance of the Americorp Program to
Gonzales, Texas. After several phone calls to Washington I am
beginning to understand some of what is happening and how it it
affects us in Gonzales.
Based on these phone conversations, I am under the impression
that the Americorps Program as such is alive and well. However,
the portion that is funded through grants from Corporation for
National Service (CNS) to USDA has been eliminated. It is further
understood that this is the direct result of concerns raised by
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri. In order to meet
concerns raised by Senator Bond and others, CNS will no longer make
grants of operating funds to Federal agencies. The legal result of
this policy is that USDA funding source (operating funds
transferred from CNS to USDA) has been eliminated. The USDA
AmeriCorps program, including our program and other projects in
Texas, has been put on hold pending discussions.
The success of the Gonzales AmeriCorps program was conveyed in
the previous correspondence. This success happened only because of
the support of USDA. We did not possess the manpower to make these
successes happen. We do not foresee being able to budget
additional manpower to continue the program in the absence of USDA
assistance. Our focus on housing and workforce training will
continue, but some other part of the job description of Main Street
or Economic Development will have to be prioritized out. These two
departments including all clerical duties are being handled by one
employee. This lack of manpower exists with all rural communities
and prohibits them from focusing on all community and economic
opportunities that arise.
P.O. Drawer 547
820 St. Joseph Street
Gonzales, Texas 78629
Phone: (210) 672-2815
Fax: (210) 672-2813
CITY-OF-GONZALES
TEL :1-210-672-2813
Sep 30,96 14:34 No . 006 P.03
page 2
Luling, Columbus, and Halletsville, Texas are three of our
neighbors that will lose along with Gonzales. The budget required
for their communities to accomplish community and economic
development is nominal at best. The loss to these communities is
monumental.
It is additionally understood that new legislation is not
necessary and additional appropriations are not required to
continue the USDA AmeriCorps program. Therefore, I stress the
importance of approval from Senator Bond on this issue.
This is a very complicated issue. I am not sure that I have
all the necessary information. Please search out all sides of this
issue from USDA, CNA, Senator Bond, etc. in order to determine if
we can access this program for the 1996-1997 year.
Sincerely,
Sandra I I.Maublin
Sandra F. Mauldin
Main Street Program Manager
Economic Developer - Gonzales
Vice President, Community
Empowerment Board
OF
CITY
CONTALES
CITY OF GONZALES
SALVZNOO
SHRINE OF A GREAT TEXAS HERITAGE
COUN
Where The Fight For Texas Liberty Began
September 24, 1996
Senator Phil Gramm
370 Russell
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Gramm:
The City of Gonzales has experienced great community and
economic benefits due the process of the Enterprise Communities
grant, being named a Champion Community and the organization of the
Gonzales Community Empowerment Board. The non-profit organization
is intended to accomplish improvements in the four areas that
include housing, recreation, economic development and education for
a quality work force. In addition the Community Empowerment Board
encourages citizens participation in solving community problems and
planning for the future.
The Community Empowerment Board applied for an Americorps
Member for 1995-1996, and made great strides during this program
time. The member is sponsored by the City of Gonzales. An
accounting is enclosed for your reference.
We were so pleased with our successes in housing and economic
development that we applied for a second program year. We are
further along with education and are looking forward to
accomplishments in this area also. However, now we learn that the
funding for our portion of the Americorps Program is in jeopardy
because of Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri. Several
other communities such as Luling and Hallettsville had hoped for an
Americorps Member for the next year.
You have been involved and supportive of our program in the
past. We ask if you could determine the reasoning for Senator
Bond's position. We thank you in advance for any and all
assistance you may be able to give. We look forward to a reply.
Sincerely,
Deidra Voigt
Council, District 3
City of Gonzales
P.O. Drawer 547
820 St. Joseph Street
Gonzales, Texas 78629
Phone: (210) 672-2815
Fax: (210) 672-2813
Gonzales, is a Champion Community under the Federal
Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community initiative. The Community
Empowerment Board applied to the United States Department of
Agriculture for an Americorps member to work in local areas of
community improvements for the 1996-1997 year. Applications are
being solicited subject to final notification of funding.
Gonzales currently has an Americorps member in the 1995-1996
program year, and the accomplishments have benefitted the City's
community and economic development. The following are
accomplishments or successes for this past one year term. The
member helped develop a survey of housing in Gonzales. A house by
house identification of properties was accomplished. This includes
possible ways to utilize vacant lots, historical houses,
substandard structures, etc. A database of this information was
developed and coordinated with the Gonzales County Appraisal
District to identify ownership and cross reference properties for
timely information retrieval.
The member assisted in a housing survey to identify the need
for rental and purchase property. This survey was accomplished in
cooperation with the top three employers in Gonzales.
This program provided the Assistance in developing a video of
neighborhood participation in the Gonzales Housing Program. The
video was used to support an application for a Federal Home Loan
grant.
The Gonzales Americorps member served with, and assisted the
Housing Rehabilitation Citizens Committee. The member helped
develop a contractor's packet to show opportunities for local
contractors. This was also associated with the Federal Home Loan
grant.
The program provided assistance in developing a database for
use in creating business proposals for businesses interested in
expanding or relocating in Gonzales. It has allowed the local
economic developers to respond quickly and professionally to
requests by companies interested in Gonzales for expansion or
relocation.
The Americorps member participated and helped with Community
Empowerment Board Activities and assisted with the Housing
Initiative made up of realtors, bankers, lawyers, architects,
contractors, and community leaders to address various housing needs
of Gonzales. In a nutshell this has helped create awareness of the
housing need and urge citizen participation on the various
committees.
Record keeping duties included maintaining a file of reporting
to the State and National Office for the Americorps Program and
helping organize a visual presentation for the meeting with
Clifford J. Diehl from the General Accounting Office for the U.S
House of Representatives.
The Gonzales Americorps member participanted in a project
cluster meeting hosted by the Enterprise Zone Office in Mercedes,
Texas, a community service project benefitting the Head Start
Program in Weslaco, Texas, and a project cluster meeting sponsored
by the Rural Development Office. This was followed by a community
service project benefitting owners of sub-standard housing in
Hebbronville, Texas.
M
MERICORPO
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UNITED
STATES
RVICE
DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
To:
Bill Hanigan, Office of Senator Grassley
From:
Joel Berg, Director of National Service, USDA
IR
USDA and the Corporation for National Service (CNS) continue to search
for a compromise that would meet Senator Grassley's goal of ending direct
Federal agency management of AmeriCorps projects, but would allow USDA to
continue to provide technical assistance and funding to locally-based
organizations that sponsor AmeriCorps projects.
We would like to clarify three points raised in Senator Grassley's
September 25, 1996 letter to Harris Wofford:
1) Neither USDA nor CNS have sought to have AmeriCorps Members work "at
USDA" - our AmeriCorps Members work directly in each community or directly
on public lands. AmeriCorps Members funded by USDA typically work in
partnership with independent sector organizations, religious groups, soil
conservation districts, community development organizations, etc. These
organizations --- usually in rural areas --- would not be able to provide
critical services without the help of both AmeriCorps and USDA.
2) In our first year of operation, the total Federal spending (from both USDA and
CNS) on the USDA AmeriCorps program --- including tools, equipment,
supplies, staff support, and educational awards and stipends for the AmeriCorps
members --- was $29.311 million. Thus, the total Federal cost per AmeriCorps
Member was $24,426. Given that the 1,2000 AmeriCorps Members in the
program recruited 14,176 non-compensated volunteers, the total Federal cost
per citizen engaged in service was only $1,906.
2
Moreover, given that the service provided by the program helped 828,000
people and aided 234,000 acres of land, the Federal government spent only
$17 per person aided and only $62 per acre helped.
In addition, USDA and partner organizations have calculated that the service
provided by USDA AmeriCorps projects is far more valuable the amount of tax
dollars spent on the program. For instance, USDA AmeriCorps "dry fire hydrant
projects" will save rural homeowners an estimated $48 million in one year in
reduced insurance payments. Given that the total Federal cost for these fire
protection projects was $1.7 million, the projects will return an astounding
$27 to rural homeowners in one year for every one dollar spent on the
program by the Federal government.
Furthermore, while Federal agencies such as USDA have not been legally required
to supplement Federal funding with non-Federal funding, in the first two years of
the USDA program many, state and local agencies, as well as private sources,
chose independently to provide additional matching funds to USDA AmeriCorps
projects. The General Accounting Office found that, in their first year of
operation, USDA AmeriCorps projects obtained $979,355 in state and local
funding and $740,250 from non-governmental private sources, equaling $1.7
million in non-Federal matching funds. These matching funds not only reduced
the burden on Federal taxpayers, but testified to the strong grassroots local and
private sector support for USDA AmeriCorps projects.
3) The Committee on Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture in both
Houses of Congress have been informed about USDA spending on AmeriCorps in
the previous two fiscal years and have never raised any objection to such
spending. We therefore do not believe it is accurate to believe that the committee
opposes USDA continuing to use the Department's own, already-appropriated,
funds to support AmeriCorps projects that provide critical services to citizens.
As you may be aware, in addition to year-long AmeriCorps rural
development projects, USDA sponsored a highly successful summer AmeriCorps
program this year focused on recovering excess food that normally would be
discarded and distributing that food to citizens in need.
3
For your information, enclosed is a report detailing the achievements of this
special summer program, including the project in Iowa.
This "Summer of Gleaning" program worked in partnership with
hundreds of locally based anti-hunger groups, youth service corps, church
groups, farm organizations, food banks, and food recovery organizations ---
most of which are in under-served rural areas.
The AmeriCorps members in this summer program helped recover over
1,005 tons of food, which provided an estimated 1.34 million meals. The non-
profit organizations who served as partners of this program would NOT have
been able to recover this food without the help of AmeriCorps and USDA.
Given that the total Federal dollars spent on this summer program ---
including collection, transportation, and storage of food, and stipends and
educational awards for the AmeriCorps members --- was $430,000, the total
Federal cost per meal provided was approximately 43 cents each.
Furthermore, the program was based on the "volunteer generator model" of
community service in which a handful of compensated AmeriCorps members
recruit numerous non-compensated volunteers to help implement large-scale tasks.
The 88 AmeriCorps members in the summer program recruited well over
500 non-compensated community volunteers who helped pick, sort, deliver,
and prepare the recovered foods.
We hope that Senator Grassley will consider these achievements as both
USDA and the Corporation for National Service continue to work with your office
to suggest mutually agreeable ways in which USDA can aid such projects in the
future.
I hope we can continue to discuss these and other issues regarding our
program. In the meantime, please call me at 720-5746 with any questions.
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Mr. Harris Wofford
Chief Executive Officer
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1201 New YORK Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20525
Dear Hamis Mr Nofford:
Thank you for your September 4 letter regarding the desire
of the United States Department of Agriculture to administer an
AmeriCorps program. while the intentions of those who would
design this joint program may be socially meaningful, for various
reasons. I would not support an arrangement reinstating a joint
program with AmeriCorps Members working at the USDA.
As you know, the end of grants to federal agencies is an
operative element of our agreement. Though the argument could be
made that funding the operating costs of a joint USDA/AmeriCorps
program from a surplus account at USDA may not literally violate
our agreement, I feel than such accounting would serve to violate
the spirit and intent of that agreement. The General Accounting
Office measured the average cost per participant at federal
agency grant programs as exceeding $30,000. I do not feel that
taxpayers will be comforted to know that their government would
finance such expensive programs by using two respective accounts
at USDA and AmeriCorps instead of the tormer singularly
AmeriCorps approach. I think that taxpayers expect that these
expensive programs have ended.
Comminee Assignments:
FINANCE
JUDICIARY
BUDGET
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Even if it were possible to run an efficient and effective
jointly funded program, I believe that taxpayers would perceive
our efforts to reinstate these failed programs as a general
abandonment of reform. Indeed. I think that my acquiescence to a
continued AmeriCorps program at USDA may be perceived by some of
my colleagues as an abandonment of my commitment to effective
oversight of the programs.
Finally. I am not convinced that this is an appropriate time
for USDA to be undertaking additional financial responsibilities
beyond the recently appropriated level. Since the Committee on
Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture seems to have made no
specific appropriation for an AmeriCorps program, and since the
Subcommittee likely believes that sacrifices were made so that it
could reach its outlay targets for USDA, I find it difficult to
support an idea that a new financial endeavor should be
undertaken by an already financially challenged USDA.
It will be a long road toward recovery and attainment of
AmeriCorps' full potential. I am happy to continue CO help you
along that path.
Sincerely,
Chuck
Chuck Grassley
United States Senator
Sam mejaa
404-347-5218
message
FOREST SERVICE
USDA AMERICORPS FOREST SERVICE PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
10/26/95
OP Site ID Codes Begining in: D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P RECD
T - Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
10:50 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Housing
C Anti-H
Y . Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
D05B
1
Doug
Butts
Rural Community Development
Ozark Foothills RC&D Council
490 College Street, Room 113, Federal Buildin Batesville
AR
72501
501-793-6550
D05A
1
Bruce
Legitt
Environmental Restoration
East Arkansas RC7D Council
400 McCain Blvd., Suite 205
North Little Rock
AR
72116
501-753-4452
5013246138
D05C
1
Bruce
Legitt
Housing Relocation
AmeriCorps Office
P.O. Box 430
Holly Grove
AR
72069
703-462-8300
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
3
Need Previous yeaht Carrtover
N04A
20
Mike
Baca
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
2324 E. Mcdowell Rd P.O. Box 5348
Phoenix
message
AZ
85010
602-225-5200
6022255295
D04A
1
Cal
Yoyner
Rural Community Development
Cocino National Forest
2323 E. Greenlaw Lane
Flagstaff
AZ
86004
602-556-2001
6025562130
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 21
18
Patty
Bates
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
15701 Highway 178
Bakersfield
CA
93306
805-871-2223
8058718231
N06B
34
Tony
Montana
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
1330 Bayshore Way
NO
Eureka
CA
95501
707-441-3555
7074429242
N06A
94
Terry
Murphy
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
34701 Mill Creek Rd.
Mentone
CA
92359
909-794-6198
9097945673
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 146
Gaty Earher
D08B
2
Robert
Dettmann
Rural Community Development
San Juan Supervsior's Office
701 Camino Del Rio
Durango
CO
81301
303-375-5741
3032755754
D08A
2
Robert
Dettmann
Rural Community Development
AmeriCoprs Project, U.S. Forest Servi 41595 E.
Hwy
160
Mancos
CO
81328
303-275-5741
3032755754
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
4
Start End of April
SCA Scott weaver
770
770
D13A
1
Mitch
Cohen
Rural Community Development
Chattahoochee National Forest
508 Oak Street, NW
Gaineville
GA
30501
404-536-0541
4045364411
N13A
17
Luana
Kitchens
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
18
understanding OFF the 508 top Oak St. - (ov woltering None iN Gainesville Region 8
GA
30501
404-536-0541
4045364411
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
mr.
770
770
N16A
12
Robin
Jenkins
National Forest Conservation
Targhee National Forest
Island message Ranger District
Island Park
ID
83429
208-558-7301
2085587812
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
12
D21B
1
Bill
Brumm
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service
Stearns Road, PO BOx 429
Whitley City
KY
42653
606-376-5323
D21A
:
Dennis
Daniel
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Servi
Red Bird Road, Highway 68, Box 75
Big Creek
KY
40914
606-598-2192
N21A
19
R.
Mann
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
message
1700 Bypass Lane
Winchester
KY
40391
606-745-3100
6067441568
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 21
D22B
1
Alan
Dorian
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service, Win Ranger Dist. Rt. 3, Box 199
Winfield
LA
71483
318-628-4664
3184737117
909-383-5588
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USDA AMERICORPS FOREST SERVICE PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
0/26/95
OP Site ID Codes Begining in: D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P RECD
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
0:50 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Housing
C - Anti-Hunger
Y - Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site
Super.
Site
Super.
To Be Performed in Project.
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City
of
Site
Super.
ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
D22A
1
Donna
Remides
Rural Community Development
NE Delta RC&D Council
PO Box 848
Winnboro
LA
71295
318-435-8092
3184357436
D22A
1
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
NE Delta RC&D Council
P.O. Box 848
Winnsboro
LA
71295
318-435-8092
3184357436
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
3
D27A
4
Lew
McCreery
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service
1992 Folwell Ave.
St. Paul
MN 55108
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
4
D28A
2
Clarence
Finley
Solid Waste Recycling
NE Mississippi RC&D Council
P.O. Box 313
N28A
19
Richard
Heaslip
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
NO
100 W. Capitol St., Suite 1141 Region 8
Stoneville
MS
38776 601-686-3190 6016862696
Jackson
MS
39269
601-965-4391
6019655519
D28A
1
TBD
TBD
Solid Waste Recycling
NE Mississippi RC&D Council
FLOM P.O. Box RegioN 313
Stoneville
MS
38776
601-686-3190
6016862696
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 22
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Tim
Aldrich
National Forest Conservation
message
Gallatin National Forest
10 E. Babcock Ave., Box 130
Bozeman
MT 59771
406-587-6720
4065876804
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 12
message
N37A
27
Fred
Foster
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
P.O. Box 2750
Asheville
J.C. 1
NC
28802
704-257-4262
7042574804
D37A
1
Smith
Parks and Recr. Improvement
Cherokee Tribe
P.O. Box 547
Cherokee
NC
28719 704-497-4951 7044973615
otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 28
NO
Nita
Williams
Missage
466-2713
N23A
17
Rebecca
Oreskes
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
719 Main Street
Laconia
NH
03247
603-447-5448 6034478405
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 17
D35A
2
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
Coyote Ranger District
PO Box 160
Coyote
NM 87102
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
2
N41B
32
Wendy
Evans
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
70220 E. Highway 26
Rhododendron
OR 97049 503-622-3191 5036225622
N41A
32
Mindy
Martin
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
6941 Upper Applegate Rd
Jacksonville
OR
97530
503-899-1812
5038582401
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 64
message
D47B
1
Roy
Settle
Environmental Education
App. NE Tennessee RC&D
208 Sunset Drive, Box 42, Suite 409
Johnson City
TN
37604
615-854-0923
6152826451
D47A
2
Lindy
Turner
Environmental Educ./Recycling
Clinch Powell RC&D Council
Rt. 2, Box 423
Rutledge
TN
37861
615-828-5927
6158285212
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0/26/95
OP Site ID Codes Begining in: D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P RECD
T fail Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
0:50 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Housing
C Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site
Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
3
N49A
14
Garth
Heaton
0
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
355 N. Vernal Avenue
Vernal
UT
84078
801-789-1181
8017815142
D49B
1
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps Project
89 East Center Street
Moab
UT 84532
D49A
1
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps Project
599 West Price River Road
Price
UT 84501
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 16
D51A
1
Gary
Boring
Rural Community Development
New River Highlands RC&D
110 W. Spiller Street, Suite C
Wytheville
VA
24382
703-228-2394 7032283467
D51B
1
Raoul
Gagne
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Serv., Clinch Ranger Dist 9416 Darden Drive
Wise
VA
24293
703-328-2931.
7033283544
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
2
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N50A
19
Joan
McCloud
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
RR 1, Box 1940
Manchester Center
VT
05255
802-362-2307
8023621251
N50A
19
Greg
Wright
National Forest Conservation
Vermont Youth Corps
231 North Main Street
Rutland
VT
05701
802-747-6700
8027476766
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 38
N53A
32
Dave
Johnson
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
people
295142 Highway # 101 P.O. Box 280
Quilcene
WA
98376
360-765-2221
ON
3607652202
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 32
20-30
excess
D54A
3-
Lew
McCreery
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps/USDA
180 Canfield St. if
list
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-285-1588
3042851655
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
3
N56A
12
Mick
Barrus
National Forest Conservation
Shoshone National Forest
Wapiti Ranger District
Marginal Cody for start
WY
82414
307-527-6921
3075271202
N56A
12
Mick
Barrus
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
808 Medow Lane
Cody
WY
82414
307-527-6241
3075271212
N56B
12
Dave
Cunningham
National Forest Conservation
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Jackson Ranger District
N56B
Dave
Cunningham
U.S. Forest Service
340 N. Cache P.O. Box 1888
-
Jackson
WY
83001
307-739-5400
3077395450
12
National Forest Conservation
Jackson
WY
83001
307-739-550
3077395010
'otal number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
48
'otal Number of AmeriCorps Members in All USDA Projects:
519
Total Number of Operating Sites:
45
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November 26, 1996
To:
Dennis Kaplan
From:
Joel Berg 9R
Subject:
OPBA Review of Charts Describing Impact of AmeriCorps Cancellation
Tables 1 and 2 (attached) summarize the probable impact of program cancellation upon select
USDA AmeriCorps projects. The projects listed in the charts comprise only about 15% of all
USDA AmeriCorps projects Over $10 million in non-Federal matching funds have already been
set aside for these slect projects. Furthermore, if allowed to continue, the projects noted in the
tables would produce an estimated $336 million dollars in economic benefits.
Assistant Secretary Carlin believes it would be useful for OPBA to review these charts before we
share them with the Secretary.
To give you some idea of how the economic impact of some projects can be measured, attached
is a press release detailing the impact of AmeriCorps rural fire protection projects.
I would appreciate any help you could provide in this matter.
Fact
United States
Natural Resources
Department of
Conservation
Sheet
Agriculture
Service
NA M TIONAL MERICORP SEPTICE
AmeriCorps Members do
Farm*A*Syst
Groundwater pollution affects everyone-especially rural residents
who depend entirely on groundwater for their families and
livestock. Concern for protecting water quality is growing because
many rural residents know that management practices in homes and
on farmsteads can be a major source of groundwater pollution.
These concerns have prompted the development of a voluntary
water assessment system called Farm*A*Syst.
What is Farm*A*Syst?
Farm*A*Syst is the Farmstead Assessment System for clean water.
Farm*A*Syst is designed to give rural residents the help they need to
protect, maintain, and improve the quality of groundwater-America's
source of drinking water. Using the expertise of farm organizations
and water quality and agricultural experts, Farm*A*Syst programs
provide a comprehensive, practical approach to protecting our
groundwater-a resource we cannot afford to lose.
How does it work?
Farm*A*Syst works like a private consultant to your farm or
residence, with little or no cost to you. Residents use easy, step-by-
step worksheets that rank each farmstead activity or structure.
The confidential assessment also rates soil, geologic, and hydrologic
Farm*A*Syst
features of the farmstead to give an overall picture of potential and
actual water quality problems on site. Residents use these rankings
plus informational brochures to develop an overall action plan for
protecting their drinking water. Farm*A*Syst also provides
information on technical, educational, and financial assistance for
carrying out the plan.
Current Farm*A*Syst Programs
USDA AmeriCorps members in Louisiana and Michigan are working
to provide information about the Farm*A*Syst program to rural
residents. AmeriCorps members are assessing more than 1,000 farms
and are helping to establish local groundwater advisory teams.
AmeriCorps teams provide assistance to landowners in both states
with post-assessment decisions and practices.
What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service initiative introduced by President
Clinton in the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. It focuses
on the most urgent issues facing communities across the nation:
education, human services, public safety, and the environment. Its
purpose is to help citizens meet critical needs of their communities
while preparing for future educational or career opportunities.
AmeriCorps operates under the theme "Getting Things Done."
Who can join AmeriCorps?
Any citizen or legal resident age 17 or older may apply for service.
The program provides meaningful opportunities for Americans of all
backgrounds to serve their country in organized efforts, fostering
citizen responsibility and building national unity. Individuals are
encouraged to join, regardless of gender, income, race, physical ability,
or religion.
Benefits to AmeriCorps Members
For their time and efforts, AmeriCorps members gain experience in
specific conservation techniques, garner useful service experience, and
acquire a sense of community pride. They receive a living allowance
for 1,700 hours of full-time service; a $4,725 educational voucher at the
end of ten months; health insurance coverage, if eligible; and child
care, in some cases. The educational voucher is the primary benefit for
many members, who use it to attend college or vocational school, or to
pay off existing college loans once they complete the program.
How to start Farm*A*Syst in your state
A National Farm*A*Syst program is jointly sponsored by several
federal agencies. The program provides guidelines and educational
support to states interested in starting Farm*A*Syst programs and
incorporating farmstead assessments into existing water quality pro-
tection programs.
If you would like to start a Farm*A*Syst program in your state, contact
the National Farm*A*Syst staff by calling (608) 262-0024, or write to the
The United States Department of Agriculture
following address:
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
National Farm*A*Syst, B-142 Steenbock
marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited
550 Babcock Drive
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for
University of Wisconsin
communication of program information (braille,
Madison, WI 53706
large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at 202-720-
5881 (voice) 202-720-7808 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or call 202-720-7327
(voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
Fact
United States
Natural Resources
Sheet
Department of
Conservation
Agriculture
Service
NA M MERICORP
AmeriCorps and
Rails to Trails
What is Rails to Trails?
"Rails to Trails" is a project to convert abandoned railway tracks to
recreational greenways. The greenways will offer recreation for people
on foot, bicycles, skis, horses, or even wheelchairs. The trails will also
help improve education and economic development in the converted
regions. Greenway-or "rails to trails"-projects are successful due in
part to the accomplishments of AmeriCorps members working
through the United States Department of Agriculture.
What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service initiative introduced by President
Clinton in the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. It focuses on
the most urgent issues facing communities across the nation: educa-
tion, human services, public safety, and the environment. Its purpose is
to help citizens meet critical needs of their communities while prepar-
ing for future educational or career opportunities. AmeriCorps oper-
ates under the theme "Getting Things Done."
Who can join AmeriCorps?
Any citizen or legal resident age 17 or older may apply for service. The
program provides meaningful opportunities for Americans of all
Rails to Trails
backgrounds to serve their country in organized efforts, fostering
citizen responsibility and building national unity. Individuals are
encouraged to join, regardless of gender, income, race, physical ability,
or religion.
What is AmeriCorps doing for Rails to Trails?
In Minnesota, AmeriCorps members are helping turn 32 miles of the
old Burlington Northern railroad into the Agassiz Recreation Trail.
They are helping in areas of design and construction, and with the
collection of historical information about the region. The trail should
be completed by the summer of 1995.
AmeriCorps members in Virginia are working to convert a former rail
line that runs along some of the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the
Staunton River. Their service includes activities such as providing
technical advice, developing educational programs and recreational
opportunities, and promoting economic development activities for
small businesses in the area. The Southern Virginia Rails project is
scheduled to begin in the summer of 1995.
How are members compensated?
For their time and efforts, AmeriCorps members gain experience in
specific conservation techniques, garner useful service experience, and
acquire a sense of community pride. They receive a living allowance
for 1,700 hours of full-time service; a $4,725 educational voucher;
health insurance coverage, if eligible; and child care, in some cases.
The educational voucher is the primary benefit for many members,
who use it to attend college or vocational school, or to pay off existing
college loans once they complete the 1,700 hours in the program.
The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (braille,
large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at 202-720-
5881 (voice) 202-720-7808 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or call 202-720-7327
(voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
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AmeriCorps-Aiding in
Emergency Fire Protection
The Problem
Emergency rescues are often miraculous events, where rescue teams
work with speed and diligence to save lives and property. A rescue
team's work is demanding and dangerous, even in the best of
circumstances. However, in many cases-especially in rural areas-
emergency protection is threatened by the lack of sufficient supplies,
tools, and available back-up. Many residents are left to suffer the
Emergency Fire Protection
consequences of injury or loss of life and property. That's where
AmeriCorps comes in!
What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service initiative introduced by President
Clinton in the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. It focuses
on the most urgent issues facing communities across the nation:
education, human services, public safety, and the environment. Its
purpose is to help citizens meet critical needs of their communities
while preparing for future educational or career opportunities.
AmeriCorps operates under the theme "Getting Things Done."
What are AmeriCorps members doing?
AmeriCorps members are helping with a variety of emergency
protection projects. In South Carolina, AmeriCorps members are
working to improve emergency response procedures. They have
conducted county-wide road surveys to inventory and update names
and locations. This is a 911 system inventory-the first of its kind to
reduce time delays in emergency responses. More than 600 miles of
road have been recorded on maps and entered into local computer
software. This AmeriCorps effort has improved public safety
procedures at a cost savings of $20,000.
In Vermont, AmeriCorps members are providing skills and technical
information to help forty rural fire departments develop innovative
fire protection plans for their communities and understand water
supply needs and management principles. AmeriCorps member
Tom Page says, "The team's work is very satisfying because it helps
to reduce the loss of life and property and lessen the strain to fire
departments and their communities." Vermont members are also
helping ten rural fire departments create and implement a
comprehensive educational fire prevention plan with their citizens,
as well as helping twenty rural communities find innovative ways to
carry out planned projects.
Louisiana AmeriCorps members are increasing local fire protection by
helping improve water availability to areas that have insufficient water
supplies. AmeriCorps members are installing dry fire hydrants at
ponds or reservoirs to provide a source of water for rural fire districts
where there are no regular fire hydrants available. Statewide, more
than 1,400 dry fire hydrants will provide a source of water, greatly
increasing emergency fire protection.
Who can join AmeriCorps?
Any citizen or legal resident age 17 or older may apply for service.
The program provides meaningful opportunities for Americans of all
backgrounds to serve their country in organized efforts, fostering
citizen responsibility and building national unity. Individuals are
encouraged to join, regardless of gender, income, race, physical ability,
or religion.
How are AmeriCorps members compensated?
For their time and efforts, AmeriCorps members gain experience in
specific conservation techniques, garner useful service experience, and
acquire a sense of community pride. They receive a living allowance
for 1,700 hours of full-time service; a $4,725 educational voucher;
health insurance coverage, if eligible; and child care, in some cases.
The educational voucher is the primary benefit for many members,
who use it to attend college or vocational school, or to pay off existing
college loans once they complete the 1,700 hours in the program.
The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (braille,
large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at 202-720-
5881 (voice) 202-720-7808 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or call 202-720-7327
(voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
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AmeriCorps in Oklahoma-
Windbreak Restoration
Why AmeriCorps?
Drought, dust storms, farm foreclosures, and bank failures devastated
both economic and natural resources of the Great Plains area during
the early 1930s. These same disasters spawned a conservation project
that dramatically changed the landscape of the region between 1935-
1942. During these eight years, nearly 223 million trees were planted in
more than 18,500 miles of field windbreaks under the Shelterbelt
Project.
The windbreaks planted have supplied more than half a century of
protection to fragile soils in southwestern Oklahoma. The Siberian elm,
Windbreak Restoration
desert willow, and mulberry trees that compose the windbreaks have
stood up against hot summer winds and drought for sixty years.
But these windbreaks-like all other living creatures-have aged with
time. And that's where AmeriCorps enters the picture. AmeriCorps is
based on the philosophy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the feder-
ally-sponsored service program of the 1930s responsible for planting
the first windbreaks. The AmeriCorps program works as an effort
between public and private partners that operates on a local level.
What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service initiative introduced by President
Clinton in the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. It focuses
on the most urgent issues facing communities across the nation:
education, human services, public safety, and the environment. Its
purpose is to help citizens meet critical needs of their communities
while preparing for future educational or career opportunities.
AmeriCorps operates under the theme "Getting Things Done."
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly Soil
Conservation Service) will sponsor AmeriCorps members in the areas
of Public Lands and Environment and National Rural Development.
One project of Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel and
AmeriCorps members is windbreak restoration in the Great Plains
region.
What are AmeriCorps Members doing?
First year objectives for Oklahoma AmeriCorps members include:
protecting the Great Plains ecosystem by restoring 30 wind
breaks and by planting 5,000 trees and shrubs;
increasing awareness of the windbreaks' value and long-term
maintenance needed in 23 counties of western Oklahoma; and
increasing awareness of local, state, and federal agencies'
availability to help tackle natural resource problems.
Twenty AmeriCorps members will work to accomplish these objectives
throughout the 1994-95 season. This fall, teams removed underbrush
and fallen limbs, and in general, prepared for a new planting season.
This winter, team members are back planting modern windbreak
varieties, such as pecan, to fill holes that age and decay have caused
over the years. Teams will also help construct fences around wind-
breaks exposed to cattle, to prevent trampling of young trees before
they can become well-rooted.
Who can join?
Any citizen age 17 or older may apply for service. The program
provides meaningful opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds
to serve their country in organized efforts, fostering citizen
responsibility and building national unity. Individuals are encouraged
to join, regardless of gender, income, race, region, physical ability, or
religion.
Benefits to AmeriCorps Members
For their time and efforts, AmeriCorps members gain experience in
specific conservation techniques, garner useful service experience, and
acquire a sense of community pride. They receive a living allowance
for 1,700 hours of full-time service; a $4,725 educational voucher;
health insurance coverage, if eligible; and child care, in some cases.
The educational voucher is the primary benefit for many members,
who use it to attend college or vocational school, or to pay off existing
college loans once they complete the 1,700 hours in the program.
For More Information
The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs
Oklahoma landowners interested in having new windbreaks built
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
or existing windbreaks renovated should contact the district
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited
conservationist of the nearest Natural Resources Conservation Service
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for
field office. Participating landowners will be part of the Oklahoma
communication of program information (braille,
Forest Stewardship Program which makes cost-share opportunities
large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at 202-720-
available.
5881 (voice) 202-720-7808 (TDD).
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or call 202-720-7327
(voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
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What is AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps is a national service initiative introduced by President
Clinton in the National and Community Trust Act of 1993. It focuses on
the most urgent issues facing communities across the nation: education,
human services, public safety, and the environment. Its purpose is to
help citizens meet critical needs of their communities while preparing
for future educational or career opportunities. AmeriCorps operates
under the theme "Getting Things Done."
AmeriCorps is administered by the New Federal Corporation for
National and Community Service and supports locally driven projects
that meet high national standards of performance.
What is AmeriCorps?
Which organizations are eligible to participate in AmeriCorps?
The AmeriCorps initiative builds upon the strong network of existing
national service programs of not-for-profit organizations and states.
These include local, state, and federal government entities, Indian
tribes, institutions of higher education, local school and police districts,
and partnerships among organizations.
How is the Natural Resources Conservation Service involved in
AmeriCorps?
The Department of Agriculture has developed three program areas for
AmeriCorps participation:
National Empowerment and Anti-Hunger Corps
Public Lands and Environment Corps
National Rural Development Corps
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly Soil
Conservation Service) will sponsor AmeriCorps members in the areas
of Public Lands and Environment and National Rural Development.
Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel are working with
members on projects involving the natural sciences-including forestry,
soils, range and wildlife management, environment and ecosystem
relationships, water quality, and conservation education.
Who can join AmeriCorps?
Any citizen or legal resident age 17 or older may apply for service.
The program provides meaningful opportunities for Americans of all
backgrounds to serve their country in organized efforts, fostering
citizen responsibility and building national unity. The Corporation for
National and Community Service encourages individuals to join,
regardless of gender, income, race, physical ability, or religion.
How will AmeriCorps members be compensated?
For their time and efforts, AmeriCorps members gain experience in
specific conservation techniques, garner useful service experience,
and acquire a sense of community pride. They receive an educational
award worth $4,725; a living allowance for 1,700 hours of full-time
service; health insurance coverage, if eligible; and child care, in some
cases. The educational award-the centerpiece of the President's
initiative-may be used to pay back student loans or as a scholarship
for college, vocational school, or job training. The award will be paid
directly to the educational or financial institution and must be used
within seven years of the completion of service.
What AmeriCorps members are saying:
In Georgia-
Ruthie Davis, working to improve local natural resources such as
drinking water quality, says, "I look forward to contributing my time,
skills, and abilities to this program and gaining hands-on experience
while learning ways to improve and protect the environment.
Secondly, and most important, it gives me the opportunity to serve
the community and the environment, thereby serving others."
In Vermont-
Matthew J. Calcagni, working to improve rural fire protection, says,
"The AmeriCorps program gives me the chance to help rural
communities in my home state." Matthew's team member, Tom Page,
adds, "The team's work is very satisfying because it helps to reduce
the loss of life and property and lessen the strain to fire departments
and their communities."
The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
In Oklahoma-
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and
marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited
A team member working to restore windbreaks in western counties of
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
the state says, "It would be nice in 50 years to see this and say, 'I did
disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (braille,
that."
large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the
USDA Office of Communications at 202-720-
5881 (voice) 202-720-7808 (TDD).
Another member added, "It's good to do something for the
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of
environment and our communities to put something back."
Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250, or call 202-720-7327
(voice) or 202-720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an
equal employment opportunity employer.
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
1996 NOV 20 P 2: Robert Rabasco
COPIES:
2150 North Meridian
Apt. 3604
Wichita, KS. 67203
Mr. Dan Glickman
1400 Independence Avenue Southwest
Washington, DC. 20250
Dear Mr. Glickman,
I am writing to you on behalf of the six members of the Great Plains Nature Center Americorps
team in Wichita, Kansas. With the general election over I can-nothelp but wonder if President
Clinton's re-election will have any effect on the future of our team. The recent conciliatory tones
that are being put forth by Congress seem to indicate that our legislators are more willing to work
together. Again, I am brought to question whether or not there is any new information available
on the status of our team. The other members of our team have indicated that they are ready to
start work on a days notice. We anxiously await information concerning our start date. I
appreciate any news you have concerning the status of our team. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Robert Rabasco
Ryan Stucky
Shavallood
Action Office: OC
Referral Code: 2
*3117865*
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE
SECRETARIAT. USDA
1996 OCT lb P 2: 54
COPIES:
Mary E. Swartz
323 North Ash
Newton, Ks. 67114
October 8, 1996
Dear Mr. Glickman,
I am a candidate for an AmeriCorps position. I applied to the program for two reasons.
First, I believe that the program benefits both the individual as well as the community.
The benefits may be seen at the national level as well, support of higher education and job
skill enhancement can only improve individuals ability to be functional in the job market.
This in turn may help to alleviate dependence on non work oriented work benefits. The
cash award would help to guarantee that student loans will be paid back, which would be
an obvious benefit to the taxpayer. Second, as a near graduate of a masters in biology I
felt the position I applied for focused on areas that my education has prepared me for as
an, educatior, naturalist and interpretitor work. The education of children about their
environment is very important for them to be able to make responsible choices when
making decisions concerning the environment. As you know the program was to begin on
October 1, but was held up do to the funding issue. Now it seems since the program has
been funded for two years, congressmen have held up its implementation for program
administration concerns. I am writing to you in hopes of convincing you of the
importance of the program and its implementation. I am sure my reasons may sound
selfish, however, I truly believe the program is worthy of merit.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Mary C Swints
Mary E. Swartz
Action Office: OC
Referral Code: 2
*3114854*
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop - Tuesday, September 16
"Food Recovery and Gleaning Policy: Tax and Liability Issues"
Description: This workshop will explore the potential and feasibility of legislation that
would provide a tax incentive for the donation of excess food to charitable
organizations. The panel will also consider the significant potential of the
Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996 to encourage good-
faith donations of food to help hungry people.
Moderator: Kevin N. Monroe
Certified Public Account and 1996-97 White House Fellow at USDA
Panelists:
1.
David Goldberg
Legislative Director for Congressman Tony Hall
2.
Bill Reighard
Coordinator, Pizza Hut Harvest Program:
Food Donation Connection
3.
Karin Gross
Attorney, Internal Revenue Service
United States Treasury Department
4.
Ed Barron
Deputy Minority Counsel
Senate Judiciary Committee
5.
Lisa Schultz Bressman
Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel
United States Department of Justice
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop - Tuesday, September 16
"Transportation"
Description: Transportation continues to be the most expensive and problematic aspect of
food recovery and gleaning at virtually every stage of the process. This panel
will explore creative and nontraditional ways to resolve what may be the
single greatest barrier to a successful food recovery program.
Moderators: John Morrill
Director, Congressional Hunger Center
Washington, DC
Mary Ann Keeffe
Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
USDA
Panelists:
1.
Joy Solomon
Director of Operations
City Harvest
New York City, New York
2.
Larry Reynolds
Director of Transportation Operations
Second Harvest Food Bank
Nashville, Tennessee
3.
Dennis Skelton
Vice President and Director of Community Services
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Food Safety Education"
Description: This workshop will examine and discuss the resources that are available to
help a local emergency feeding program obtain and provide the necessary
training to its staff and volunteers. It will also include a discussion on how
best to ensure that fresh fruits and vegetables are handled, stored, and
prepared properly to ensure their safety as well as to make the most of their
nutritional values.
Moderator: Marjorie Davidson
Consumer Education Division
Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA
Panelists:
1.
Pat Thibodeau, CC
Executive Director
Chef and the Child Foundation, Inc.
2.
Wilella Burgess, R.D.
Cooperative Extension Service
Purdue University
3.
John Krakowski, R.D.
Director of Food Operations
City Harvest
New York City, New York
4.
David Megenis, CMC
Director of Culinary Development
Sodexho USA
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Field Gleaning"
Description: In America today, it is generally easier to recover processed and prepared
foods than it is to operate an effective gleaning program. Panelists will
address the problems unique to field gleaning, and provide helpful
information on how to resolve these problems, with a focus on effective
outreach to growers, as well as to local nonprofit organizations (especially in
rural America), who have not always been able to tap into the larger food
recovery networks.
Moderator: Dr. Zane Helsel
Director of Cooperative Extension and Dean of Outreach
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Panelists:
1.
Kenneth Horne
Executive Director
Society of St. Andrew
2.
Dr. Jan Singleton, Ph.D., R.D.
National Program Leader, Food Science and Nutrition
USDA/Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
3.
Paul Brule
State Executive Director
Rhode Island Farm Service Agency
4.
Gloria Luster
Director
Baltimore Area Gleaning Network (BAGNET)
5.
Joni Elliott
Coordinator of Agricultural Development
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"From the Wholesaler to the Hungry: New Partnerships among Farms, Wholesalers, and
Charitable Groups Recovering Fresh Produce"
Description: This project, based at the University of Southern California's School of
Medicine, helps cities across the U.S. establish programs to channel large
donations of fresh fruits and vegetables to community agencies. Urban areas
depend heavily on wholesalers, brokers, and large retail chains to bring fresh
produce into cities from farms. Additional opportunities to capture surpluses
can be realized through gleaning from fields and orchards. We need to look
at ways to bring all agricultural and food firms fully into the food recovery
loop, and to train charitable groups to handle consistent supplies of
perishable produce. We also need to provide recipients with tips about
nutritious meal preparation, linked closely to each day's supply of charitable
produce, so that the nation reaps maximum benefits for preventing disease
and promoting healthy lives. Susan B. Evans and Peter Clarke, co-directors
of From the Wholesaler to the Hungry, will lead panelists who operate
different and highly successful fresh produce recovery programs.
Moderators: Susan B. Evans, Ph.D., co-director, From the Wholesaler to the Hungry,
University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Clarke, Ph.D., co-director, From the Wholesaler to the Hungry,
University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Panelists:
1.
Jane Morrell
Executive Director, Food Link
Annapolis, Maryland
2.
Judith Perry
Executive Director, Harvesters
Kansas City, Missouri
3.
Clark Skeans, Distribution Coordinator
Arizona Statewide Gleaning Project
Association of Arizona Food Banks
Phoenix, Arizona
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Resources for Food Recovery and Gleaning: How to Pay for It?"
Description: This panel will identify pertinent programs and funding authorities within
Federal mission areas. Panelists will also provide information on how to
learn about and take advantage of grant opportunities from both corporate
and nonprofit organizations.
Moderator: Christy Porter
Founder and Director, Desert Cities Hunger Action, AND
Share Our Strength/American Express Hunger Fellow, 1997-98
Palm Springs, California
Panelists:
1.
Mike Cudemo
Tri County Community Action Agency
Bridgeton, New Jersey
2.
Peggy Hupcey
Coordinator, Hunger Clearinghouse, World Hunger Year
New York, New York
3.
Hank Oltmann
Senior Program Officer
Corporation for National Service
4.
Dr. Thornell Page
Executive Assistant to the Director
Office of Community Services
Department of Health and Human Services
5.
Dr. Elizabeth Tuckermanty
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
USDA, Washington, DC
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Communications Plans for Effective Food Recovery and Gleaning Programs"
Description: No matter how good your idea or your program is, if you don't promote it
well, it will never grow, and it may not survive. Panelists will share ideas and
techniques for improving the communications aspect of food recovery and
gleaning programs.
Moderator: Joel Berg
Coordinator, Food Recovery and Gleaning Programs
USDA
Panelists:
1.
Julie Erickson
Executive Director, City Harvest
New York City, New York
2.
Nelson Checkoway
Direct Mail Consultant
3.
Christina Martin
Executive Director, Foodchain
Kansas City, Missouri
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop - Tuesday, September 16
"Food Recovery 101: Making the Connection - - Where Do I Start?"
Description: This workshop will be geared toward those who believe in the concept of food
recovery and gleaning, but still aren't quite sure what it is they can actually
do about it. Topics covered in this panel will include a primer on "How to
Donate Food," as well as resource materials that those who attend can take
home with them.
Moderator: Deb Keegan
Director of Marketing, Second Harvest
Chicago, Illinois
Panelists:
1.
Jim Martin
Supervisor of Product Control
Borden, Inc.
2.
Denise Corcoran
Unsaleables Process Manager
SmithKline Beecham
3.
Ray Biszcat
Manager of Delivery Systems/Third Party Logistics
Proctor & Gamble
4.
Linda K. Off
Director of Development
Foodchain
5.
Jim Mangis
Executive Director
Food Share, Inc.
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Involving Youth in Food Recovery and Gleaning"
Description: This workshop will explore ways to involve youth in and educate them about
food recovery and gleaning. Panelists who have worked with youth at many
different age levels will share their experiences and expertise on how to get
young people excited about food recovery.
Moderator: Syd Mandelbaum
Founder, Rock and Wrap It Up! Inc.
Panelists:
1.
Julie Miles
Executive Director
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness
American University, Washington, DC
2.
Gordon Raley
Executive Director, National Assembly
Washington, DC
3.
Dr. Harriet Deel
Director, Office of Child Nutrition
West Virginia Department of Education
4.
Nicole Webster
Extension Program Coordinator
Arlington County, Virginia
and
Cynthia Moran
Arlington County 4-H Program
5.
Dr. Michael Hamm
Associate Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Foodservice Job Training and Food Recycling"
Description: Many food recovery programs are recycling donations and have
incorporated effective job-training programs for individuals with minimal
education and/or professional skills and experience. Panelists from such
organizations will describe their successes and challenges in making these
programs work, and will share some tips on how to implement such a
program.
Moderator: Robert Egger
Executive Director
D.C. Central Kitchen
Panelists:
1.
Richard Grausman
Founder and President
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)
2.
Robert Stelletello
Manager of Food Donor Relations
Greater Chicago Food Depository
3.
Joyce Oeschsli/Chef Nancy Russman
Dare to Care and
The St. Vincent De Paul Center
Louisville, Kentucky
4.
Allen Brown
Senior Project Manager (Pathways to Independence Program)
Marriott International Corporation
5.
Ernest T. Newkirk
D.C. Central Kitchen Training Program Graduate, and
Employee of the National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C.
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"Food Recovery 201: Advanced Food Recovery and Gleaning Techniques for Current
Practitioners"
Description: This workshop is designed to provide the food bank manager or food rescue
program administrator with ideas, encouragement, and real tools --- names
and phone numbers! - to improve their existing programs. It will also
provide contacts (real people!) who can be called when you run into a
problem or a roadblock, and will help those who attend develop plans for
expanding their current operations into new or untried areas.
Moderator: Patricia Robbins
President and CEO, Farm Share
Florida City, Florida
Panelists:
1.
Chris Rebstock
Director of Network Services, Second Harvest
Chicago, Illinois
2.
Nancy Reich
Executive Director, Community Action Agency of Franklin County
Malone, New York
3.
Richard Gunnels
Agricultural Programs Coordinator
Florida Department of Agriculture
4.
J. Ben Rowe, Jr.
Special Assistant to the Governor for Agricultural Affairs
Tallahassee, Florida
5.
Rod Atterberry
County Executive Director and State Gleaning Coordinator
Illinois Farm Service Agency
Havana (Mason County), Illinois
National Summit on Food Recovery and Gleaning: A Call to Action
Washington, DC
September 15-16, 1997
Workshop -- Tuesday, September 16
"A National Call to Action To Fight Hunger"
Description: This workshop will focus on community food security strategies for the
broader fight against hunger in America. It will provide ideas on how to
expand community farms and gardens, start farmers' markets, expand sites
for the Summer Food Service Program, organize food drives, improve
outreach on nutrition assistance programs, and increase nutrition education
programs. This workshop will provide ways for calling upon all Americans
to help fight hunger.
Moderator: Dr. Alma Hobbs
Deputy Administrator, Families, 4-H, and Nutrition
USDA/Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Panelists:
1.
Dr. Steven Garrett
Cooperative Extension Service
Pierce County, Washington
2.
Andy Fisher
Community Food Security Coalition
Los Angeles, California
3.
Ed Cooney
Deputy Administrator, Special Nutrition Programs
USDA/Food and Consumer Service
4.
Dr. Eileen Kennedy
Director
USDA/Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
5.
Dr. Edith Thomas
National Program Leader, Nutrition and Food Security
USDA/Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Foodchain. Rock and Wrap it Up! and The United States Department of Agriculture are working together on a
school program that can help you get more food. more volunteers. and more exposure in your neighborhoods.
This program was launched at the Presidents' Summit in Philadelphia. Perishable food recovery programs
networked through Foodchain will be the first groups contacted by school districts nationally to help salvage
edible leftovers. Many perishable food recovery programs are already working closely with their school
districts. This program's purpose is to increase hunger awareness, volunteerism, knowledge of nutrition and a
team spirit within the school and community Any questions, please call Syd Mandelbaum 1-516-295-0670 or
Christina Martin at 1-816-842-6006
Rock and Wrap it Up School Program
So you want to help. We need you. This is what the plan is:
1. Locate your middle or high school dictitians and ask to meet with them.
2. Ask them to explain what minimum daily food requirements and nutrition are all about. Ask them to
explain proper food handling and preparation.
3. Ask them if there is leftover edible food in your high school or middle school cafeteria. Excess food is
by no means a reflection of waste in the school district. With absenteeism at 5-10% nationwide, there
may be extra edible food routinely in school food programs. Many school parties and holiday parties
can also be recovered.
4. Arrange for it to be picked up by a local Foodchain affiliated perishable food recovery program. They
can be reached at 1-800-845-3008. If there are none in your area, speak to program administrator Linda
Daniggelis 1-516-221-3559. The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Law, signed in October 1996 by
President Bill Clinton, has been an important document in allowing safe donations and collections to
take place.
5. Find out about local shelters or soup kitchens. You may also want to volunteer in these institutions as
they are always in need of volunteers. You can get this information by speaking with clergy and
community leaders.
6. Arrange to schedule pick up and delivery of the food. Please continue this project and teach others in
your community to become part of our organization.
7. Send us a letter on your school's letterhead and get a letter from the center where the food is going.
8. We will arrange for you to receive a certificate from RWU and your favorite band participating in
the Rock and Wrap it Up! School Program. In some cases we will use your skills to help us pick up
food backstage at concerts where bands are enrolled with us.
9. Be like a rock star and take care of others through Rock and Wrap it Up!
United States Department of Agriculture and FoodChain will work with Rock and Wrap it Up!
and young people across America to recover excess food.
Bands participating in Rock and Wrap it Up!:
Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Bruce Hornsby, Michael Bolton, Phish, Nine Inch Nails, MegaDeth, Bad Religion, Candlebox, Page and
Plant, Van Halen, Melissa Etheridge, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Queensryche, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hootie and the
Blowfish, Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Allman Brothers, The H.O.R.D.E. Festival 1995,96,97 Bon Jovi,
Lollapalooza 1995, 96,97 Soul Asylum, RustedRoot, David Bowie, Ozzy Osbourne, The Dave Mathews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
AC/DC, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Bush, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Diamond, Tori Amos, Linda Ronstadt, The Further
Festival,96,97 House of Blues Festival, Goo Goo Dolls, The Three Tenors, The Cure, Sting, Santana, Styr, Alice Cooper, REO
Speedwagon, Peter Frampton, Foreigner, Presidents of the USA, Jimmy Buffett, The Who, Soundgarden, Phil Collins, Stone Temple
Pilots, The BoDeans, Metallica, The Wallflowers, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Counting Crows, U2, Beck, No Doubt, Vince Gill, The
Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco, Supertramp
An Americorps Program
Administered by:
Educational Service District 112
NorthWest Service
2500 NE 65th Avenue
Academy
Vancouver, WA 98661
"Learning civic responsibility by providing service to the community and the environment."
AmeriCorps
National Direct
End-of-Term
Progress Report
April 1 - September 30, 1996
Jon Stewart
Twyla Barnes Ph.D.
Executive Director
Superintendent
NWSA
ESD112
NAI IN IONAL CRICORP I CERVICE
ESD
112
Educational Service District 112
Member Jamie Dillemuth working with students
at Cascade Locks School
NWSA Parent Report #95-ADNOR005
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Table of Contents
Parent Organization
Title Page
1
Part I - Aggregate Programmatic Information
Member Numbers and Service Hours
2
Volunteer Generation
3
Summary of Progress Towards Annual Objectives
Community Service
5
Community Building/Strengthening
5
Member Development
6
Unique Success or Great Stories
6
Strengthening the AC* Network
7
Changes in Program Organization
8
Primary Challenges
9
Part II - Parent Organization Activities
Primary Accomplishments
11
Program Monitoring Activities
13
Training and Technical Assistance Activities
14
Building and Strengthening Private Sector Partnerships
15
Primary Challenges
16
Part III - Financial Information
17
Mt. Adams Center
Title Page
18
Programmatic Information
Member Numbers and Hours
19
Volunteer Generation
20
Summary of Progress Towards Annual Objectives
Community Service
22
Community Building
33
Member Development
34
Other Accomplishments
37
Unique Successes or Great Stories
38
Primary Challenges
39
Strengthening the AC* Network
40
Significant Program Changes
42
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Metro Center
Title Page
43
Programmatic Information
Member Numbers and Hours
44
Volunteer Generation
45
Summary of Progress Towards Annual Objectives
Community Service, 1995-96
46
Community Building, 1995-96
53
Community Service, 1996-97
59
Community Building, 1996-97
61
Member Development, 1995-96
61
Member Development, 1996-97
66
Other Accomplishments
70
Unique Successes or Great Stories
72
Primary Challenges
73
Strengthening the AC* Network
74
Significant Program Changes
78
Green Lights Center
Title Page
80
Programmatic Information
Member Numbers and Hours
81
Volunteer Generation
82
Summary of Progress Towards Annual Objectives
Community Service
83
Community Building
85
Member Development
86
Other Accomplishments
87
Unique Successes or Great Stories
88
Primary Challenges
88
Strengthening the AC* Network
89
Significant Program Changes
90
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PROGRESS REPORT FOR AMERICORPS*NATIONAL
PARENT ORGANIZATION
1.
Grantee Name: Educational Service District 112
(for the Northwest Service Academy)
2. Grant ID #: 95ADNOR005
3. Name of person completing this report: Jon Stewart
4. Position of person completing this report: NWSA Executive Director
5. Telephone number: (360) 750-7500
6. Fax number: (360) 750-9569
7.
E-mail address (if available): [email protected]
8. Mark the reporting period to which this form applies:
First Progress Report
- Second Progress Report/Renewal Request
-
(10/1/95-12/31/95)
(1/1/96-3/31/96)
X End-of-Term Progress Report
(4/1/96 - 9/30/96)
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PART I - AGGREGATE PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION FROM
YOUR AMERICORPS*NATIONAL OPERATING SITES
9. Aggregate Members and Service Hours
Member Census Questions
Full-time
Full-time
Part-time
Part-time
1995-96
1996-97
1995-96
1996-97
How many AmeriCorps Members was
110
129
0
27
your program granted for this year?
How many AmeriCorps Members were
102
3
1
7
enrolled at the beginning of the reporting
period?
How many new AmeriCorps Members did
0
87
0
5
you enroll during this reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
0
88
0
12
were in service at the close of this
reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
104
0
1
0
completed their term of service during
this reporting period?
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In this
In this
Since
Since
AmeriCorps Members' Hours of
reporting
reporting
beginning
beginning
Service
period
period
of program
of program
1995-96
1996-97
year '95-96
year '96-97
Full-time Members
76,289.2
13,852.5
190,625.3
13,852.5
Part-time Members
3,835.75
867
4,569.25
867
10. (a) Please provide estimates of the following information:
In this
In this
Since
Since
Volunteer Generation
reporting
reporting
beginning
beginning
period
period
of program
of program
1995-96
1996-97
year '96-97
year '96-97
How many non-AmeriCorps Member
504
0
4,576
0
volunteers were involved in AmeriCorps
service activities?
How many hours did non-AmeriCorps
3294
0
36,541.5
0
Members contribute to AmeriCorps
service activities during the reporting
period?
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10. (b) Share with us some examples of the service activities that your non-AmeriCorps
Member volunteers participated in during this reporting period.
Restoring NW Streams:
Two Mt. Adams Members worked with the community of Castle Rock to create a
riverfront recreation plan which, over the course of 3 years, will transform the dredge
spoils from the 1981 Mt. St Helens eruption into a community riverfront park to benefit
the whole community. Fifty six community volunteers joined a NWSA team in the first
day of this massive local restoration and revitalization process.
Reinforcing NW Schools:
Members encouraged community volunteers and students to join together in school
recycling programs, constructing worm composting bins, building raised garden beds,
maintaining arboretums, constructing and maintaining interpretive nature trails and
restoring and creating habitat for urban wildlife through removal of non native plant
species and planting of native trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses
Rebuilding NW Communities:
AmeriCorps Members at the Metro Center orchestrated their own Community Project
Day to encourage the NWSA and community -businesses, non-profits, and neighbors -to
work together. Focusing on an array of community projects, Members provided project
opportunities that included mural projects, trash removal and non native ivy removal
from neighborhood greenspaces and constructing community playgrounds.
11. To the best of your knowledge, are the Members' and Non-AmeriCorps Member
volunteers' numbers and service hours reported in the operating site progress reports
accurate? X Yes
No
(If you have checked No, please explain in question 17, "Primary Challenges.")
12. To the best of your knowledge, do the Members' service hours reported in the operating
site progress reports reflect adequate progress toward completion of required service
hours? X Yes
No
(If you have checked No, please explain in question 17, "Primary Challenges.")
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13. Summary of Progress this Reporting Period Toward Accomplishing Annual Objectives:
(a) Community Service Objectives:
All sites have made major strides towards meeting their annual community service
objectives. This was achieved while restructuring to maintain a sustainable program and, in
Metro Center's case, actually moving the physical location of the Center to provide higher
community visibility and greater Member access. Given the dramatic shift in the financing of
AmeriCorps projects away from matching federal funds, finding community matching funds has
proven a special challenge during this past reporting period.
During our second program year over half NWSA's match came from federal funds. Last winter,
with the shut down of the federal government and the discovery that these funds had not been set
aside by the Forest Service, NWSA was faced with a crisis. The financial crisis was resolved
with the key support of our State AmeriCorps Commission Directors and the CNS. The Forest
Service identified funds available for flood restoration projects at the local level. Unfortunately
this resolution created a mini service crisis within the NWSA.
Last year over 60% of our NWSA AmeriCorps Members had either had some college or had
graduated from college. This smart, young, and highly skilled workforce was accustomed to a
refreshing mix of both physically and intellectually stimulating projects. Unfortunately, unlike
the previous year, the Forest Service funding that rescued the NWSA, focused on muscle
building trail restoration projects. Even though the work did match many of our Member's hopes
for creative, intellectually challenging projects, both Centers exceeded the goals placed before
them. Weekly goals were set by the various field teams and were not only met but exceeded.
Driving distances were often very long and safety was a major issue that had to be addressed on a
daily basis. In the end service projects valued at over $587,000 were accomplished on national
forest lands.
13. (b) Community Building/Strengthening Objectives:
The NWSA's three Community Building/Strengthening goals include:
Involving Members and Staff in Service Learning Activities; Collaborating with Local
Communities; and Empowering Young Adults.
Both the Mt Adams and Metro Center have been very successful in encouraging Member driven
committees to direct the Center's affairs. At Mt Adams Center, active committees oversee
residential issues at the center, community relations (whose newsletter is included in this report),
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service project review and Member safety. The steering committee at Metro Center actually
debates and drafts policy while other committees review service projects and create a Center
"voice" with an in house newsletter.
13. (c) AmeriCorps Member Development Objectives:
The team based focus provided at both Centers helps drive the Member Development objectives.
Teams work together to address similar service issues and target their own needs for training and
Member development. At Metro Center the teams work with the project coordinator and team
steward to develop and impliment their own Team Learning Day. This may range from a high
ropes course to a training by a wildlife biologist on habitat restoration for sensitive species. At
the Mt Adams Center, Member development culminated in the ability fo service teams to lead
themselves without staff supervision of service projects.
AmeriCorps core training is set aside for one day every three weeks with Center specific
Community Learning Days and All Community Service Days. Internal evaluation and
assessment plays a major role in these days with time set aside for Members and staff come
together to talk about issues of mutual concern. Other trainings during the past six months
include conflict resolution, career development, and leadership development.
The Oregon State Commission Celebration also brought together all the AmeriCorps Members in
the State, and the NWSA Summer Summit that brought both the Mt Adams and Metro Center
Members and staff together.
14. Unique successes or "great stories":
One outstanding success of this period is the Member driven Community Project Day
Committee at Metro Center. It grew from a vision of the Serve-a-thon shared with the Members
and staff at both Centers over a period of three months by the Academy Director. The results,
both for the morale of the Members and the community was outstanding. It proved a major
public relations success with service days that brought the community and NWSA together.
One Mt. Adams team brought community service to Cascade Locks, a small rural community in
the heart of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, by designing and implementing a
nature scaping project for the High School. Through mediation and careful public outreach,
NWSA Members overcame years of "bad blood" between school and community. Members
facilitated a day of service when over 50 community residents and students joined school staff in
the sweat equity of pulling their community together around the beautification of their school.
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Another example is the NWSA mural project, an extensive Member designed and community
painted mural that dressed up the hallways and gymnasium of McLoughlin Jr. High School.
Over 20,000 square feet of drab hallways, stair wells and barren gymnasium walls were covered
with dramatic murals reflecting a variety the diversity of cultural perspectives found in the
school. Reid Cooper, a second year AmeriCorps Member whose leadership and creative talent
helped create this project, spent two weeks after his AmeriCorps commencement working with
community volunteers to complete this project.
15. Stengthening the AmeriCorps National Service Network:
State Service Celebration
Member participation in State wide events that help link AmeriCorps programs together are
strongly supported by the NWSA. At the end of June NWSA Members joined a two day Oregon
State celebration which offered something for everyone. Part graduation, part
workshop/conference all NWSA Members praised this well orchestrated event not only for the
essential information about the post-service award, career development training, Member-led
workshops and statewide networking opportunities, but the opportunity to meet and share their
experiences with other Members.
The Mt Adams Center enjoyed several staff and peer exchanges with other AmeriCorps
programs. Training and Development Coordinator Leigh Hancock attended City Year's All Staff
Summer Academy in Vermont, gleaning many excellent ideas used in building a more
intentional training program. Jill Glickman, of Linking, of San Francisco and Mike Houston of
SLICE, based in Kentucky, gave independent workshops in service learning and mentoring to the
Mt. Adams Education Team.
NWSA Members not only invited other AmeriCorps Members to join in NWSA's Community
Service Day but also helped EnviroCorps create a successful National Day of Service tree
planting event at Fairview Park in April and aided in the economic development of the Columbia
River Gorge by aiding a Learn and Serve AmeriCorps Member orchestrate the "Gorge Games"
in July.
Metro Center cooperatively wrote a proposal with Marlis Miller, director of the Oregon State
Commission, to utilize an AmeriCorps Leader for this service year. Fortunately, Michael
Menzies, an outstanding Metro Center Member was selected for the honor and now divides his
time between the State Commission offices and Metro Center offices in downtown Portland.
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And finally, by cooperating with Green Lights in our mutual grant application, a very successful
AmeriCorps project initiated by the EPA in cooperation with BPA, the NWSA added up to 27
technically proficient AmeriCorps Members in Oregon, Washington and Montana to the
Northwest Service Academy.
16. Changes in Program Organization of Key Staff Positions during this Reporting Period:
All sites have experienced radical changes in staff structure pushed by NWSA's desire to
survive in an environment of decreasing funds and increasing community expectations.
Green Lights has expanded their project by four Members yet retained the same number of staff.
NWSA is attempting to support their training efforts by providing coordinated training for their
State wide NWSA leaders and integrating Green Lights Members into NWSA summits, staff
trainings and other special events.
Mt Adams Center has cut overtime for Team Stewards so they no longer have time for after
service team meetings and special team activities which have been essential to building strong
morale in past years. Mt. Adams Center has also replaced their cook (the 5th in 3 years) and
their secretary (the 4th in 3 years). On the positive side Kim McClennen, the previous cook,
moved to Portland to become a Metro AmeriCorps Member and Tracy Burbee-Dell, a Member,
accepted the cook position at the Center. Finally the Mt. Adams Center eliminated the position
of Special Projects Steward for the 1996-97 year and substantially restructured the duties among
its four person senior Center leadership team.
Metro Center has suffered the most staff disruption. Three positions were cut, the Service
Project Coordinator, one Team Steward and the Member Development Coordinator. This was
driven by a loss of federal matching funding from the USDA Forest Service forceing a two tiered
starting date structure and a new emphasis in strands; the Field Strand and the Individual
Placement (IP) Strand.
The two tiered start (approximately half the Members in September and the remainder in
January) and field/IP strand focus have resulted in some dramatic staff changes with greater
emphasis on part-time staff positions. Changes include:
1. A combination of one AmeriCorps and two NWSA Leaders for the initial start up
period. Three more NWSA leaders will be added when the field teams start in
January.
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2. The addition of a full time Individual Placement Coordinator to oversee the IP Strand.
This position is critical in developing and maintaining an enlarged IP strand serving
up to 50 AmeriCorps Members.
3. Three part time positions: These three positions were redefined to meet both the
needs of the Center in this time of dramatic transition and the needs of the staff which
have proven their commitment over the past two years.
a) A Service Support Specialist to help develop the field service teams which we
plan to start in January. This position was accepted by Kathleen Taylor who
started as a Project Coordinator at Mt Adams and was a Team Steward last
year at Metro until taking time off to have a child.
b) A Recruitment Specialist to recruit the Members for the late January start date
and subsequent years. This position was accepted by Sherrie Jackson who
was a Team Steward for the two previous years.
c) A Training Coordinator to help plan and orchestrate start up trainings and
community learning day events for Members. Steve Rubinstein accepted this
position as we seek a Coordinator to replace his position.
4.
Overtime was drastically reduced.
Changes in Members:
1. Despite a reduction in staff and overtime hours, the Mt. Adams has increased its
Member capaciity from 35 to 40 Members. Presently Mt Adams has 38 Members.
2. For Metro Center, if Forest Service matching funds become available, the number of
Members will increase from 75 to 86 by the end of January. If we cannot obtain those funds
Metro Center may reduce staff and drop from 75 Members to 61 Members by the end of January.
At the present time Metro Center has 46 Members.
3. For Green Lights, the total number of AmeriCorps Members is slated to increase from
22 to 27 by the end of January. At the present time Green Lights has 19 Members.
17. Primary Challenges Encountered this Reporting Period:
The greatest challenge is creating a sustainable AmeriCorps project with the constant erosion
of federal funding. All three AmeriCorps Centers are seeing a decrease in CNS funding along
with a significant decline in matching federal funds, whether they flow from the EPA or the
Forest Service. This decline in federal funds has forced NWSA to focus on educational
objectives and strenghten those partnerships, but it has created dramatic shifts in staff
responsibilities and structure. Our inability to target Forest Service funds to perform restoration
projects on the national forest lands that dominate our service area has also eroded two of our
primary objective-restoring NW watersheds and renewing NW communities. The lack of key
funding from the Forest Service has resulted in more individual placements, fewer field service
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teams and, most importantly, significantly limited NWSA's ability to perform critical pro bono
community projects in NW communities. This has had a detrimental effect on staff and Member
morale and exacerabated NWSA's recruitment challenges.
These dramatic changes result from the collapse of matching Forest Service funding. Almost
one half of the land in the State of Washington and over two thirds of the land in the State of
Oregon is federal land. Eighty percent of the federal land in our service area is managed by the
USDA Forest Service. Congressional limitations on the Forest Service providing matching
dollars to AmeriCorps programs makes it difficult for us to perform service on these lands. This
loss of funds has postponed the start up of 36 NWSA Members at the Metro site this September.
It has forced us to reduce staff in critical project development areas where we need the staff the
most. It has a profound effect on our ability to restore NW watersheds and renew NW
communities.
An additional challenge involves recent GAO audit findings on NWSA Year One funds
provided by the Commission for National and Community Service and the Corporation for
National Service. Our key concern is the auditors definition of administrative versus programatic
costs.
Unfortunately the Washington State auditors built upon the GAO findings while auditing Year
Two AmeriCorps funding to ESD 112. The Washington State auditors are now calling for a
$187,000 repayment to the CNS because they not only consider the NWSA Executive Director's
position but also four NWSA Center staff positions administrative instead of programatic cost.
One immediate repercussion has been to shift the NWSA Executive Director away from direct
Center based program support to help ESD 112, the parent organization, deal with these critical
audit issues. ESD 112 prides itself on operating a wide range of high quality educational
programs serving local communities. A finding of this magnitude, if upheld and reported in the
local press, may compromise the second largest school district in the State of Washington's
ability to provide services to local school districts.
ESD 112 and NWSA staff sincerely appreciates the special support that Mike Kennefick and
Brigit Breyea have provided in addressing these audit challenges.
Recruitment has continued to be a challenge this year. Students are constantly surprised to hear
that AmeriCorps is still alive-especially with many sister AmeriCorps programs in the Pacific
NW closing their doors. Changing from a team based to individual placements places far greater
challenges before our recruitment staff. In additon adjusting our timelines to meet our matching
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grant challenges also increases their workload. Even with well established programs like Green
Lights, recruiting qualified Members is a challenge.
Member training and development is still not unified under one position. Each Center, for a
variety of reasons-ranging from the region's geography to the specific needs of each strand-has
its own part time training position. The leadership team is still working at greater coordination
and integration of training resources.
Still another challenge that may be looming on the horizon is our access to State of Oregon
vehicles. Transportation is a major expense in the rural west and our strong ties to Oregon
State University through the Western Rural Development Center brought access to low cost
Oregon State vehicle leases. As the tax base changes in Oregon, university education is
increasingly forced to cut costs which may cause our vehicle costs to raise substantially.
PART II - REPORT ON PARENT ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
18. Primary Accomplishments this Reporting Period:
Sustainability:
1.) Board of Directors: The recent GAO audit raised the level of concern and involvement of
the ESD 112 Board of Directors. The result was a substantial effort by the Board to share
NWSA AmeriCorps' positive community impacts with their Washington State federal
legislators. Two key board Members, Don Donaldson from Longview and Anne Campbell from
Glendale, joined Dr. Twyla Barnes, the Superintendent of ESD 112, in Washington DC. While
there, they met directly with Senator Patty Murray and aides to Senator Gorton, Senator Wyden
and Representative Linda Smith about AmeriCorps issues.
2.) Advisory Board: Thanks to technical assistance from the CNS and the NW Regional
Education Lab, the NWSA is starting the process of rebuilding an advisory board. In one full
day meeting in Vancouver Washington, Laura Wilson and Jean Carrociccio took the NWSA
Leadership Team, Marlis Miller, Director of the Oregon State Commission, Scott Boules from
EPA and Fev Pratt from BPA through the steps necessary in creating a new advisory board. The
Leadership Team is now following up with assignments steming from this meeting with the clear
objective of having a new board in place by January 1997.
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3.) Visitor Days: From April to July 1996 a total of 7 visitor days reaching over 60 visitors and
involving 45 Members were hosted by the NWSA. These were used to build support from
project coordinators, congressional staffers and potential corporate sponsors of the NWSA. The
day consisted of a tour of Members serving at a specific site, lunch provided through an in kind
donation from a local restaurant and finally a round table with Members on the impact of
AmeriCorps in their lives and in their community. These days helped target a spectrum of folks
that we can target for the advisory board.
4.) Independent Placement training and evaluation: Allen Dietz, representing Texas Parents
AmeriCorps project, provided detailed training to the staff at each Center on the evaluation and
field training of individual placements. This training was provided in May, as each Center was
developing individual placement strands. Through interactive facilitation, Dietz modeled the
evaluation system used by the Texas Parents program to evaluate the effectiveness of their
AmeriCorps placements by using a three systems debrief; first with the Members, then with the
project managers and finally by bringing the two together. This training was offered by Allen
Dietz thanks to contacts made by Jon Stewart through the Presidio Leadership Program.
6.) Program retrenchment
A key change in the NWSA's orientation to sustainability resulted from a visit of the Executive
Director to the East Bay Conservation Corps AmeriCorps project. First was the recognition that
sustainability must occur at all levels of the program. The idea that all the money trickles down
through grants from the top does not do justice to our focus on local community needs. Indeed
the East Bay Conservation Corps also modeled a successful individual placement model that
draws upon a wide spectrum of community resources.
Metro staff had already proven their ability to develop mini teams around individual placements
while our teams had provided beachheads with key community environmental and educational
groups. The key was encouraging them to develop this process further. The crisis in Forest
Service funding encouraged this trend at both Centers.
Today the results are a far broader base of funding, including local environmental non profits,
school districts, municipal governments, county governments, state governments and a range of
federal agencies. It is not yet a stable base, but it helps sustain the program as we build an
advisory board capable of reaching out to the corporate community and key foundation grants.
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19. Program Monitoring Activities this Reporting Period:
Leadership Team Meetings-monthly: On a monthly basis we hold leadership team meetings
involving each the Center Director from each of the three programs and ESD 112 staff at the
Vancouver offices of ESD 112. A key focus of these meetings is building an advisory board and
meeting with the fiscal officer at ESD 112 to avoid future audit findings. Coordination of
training, staff and Member recruitment and other Academy wide business is discussed in these
six hour meetings.
Center Visits: Jon Stewart, the Executive Director, visits one Center staff meeting each week.
He alternates between Centers and also makes every effort to visit either a Center team or
individual placement representing each Center at least once a month. In addition he has actively
participated in commencement ceremonies, staff and Member trainings and Member swearing in
ceremonies over the past three months.
Internal program evaluation has also been encouraged by the parent organization. Efforts at
specific Centers has included:
1. Member driven: Both Centers developed internal Member driven vehicles for evaluation and
change. Metro Center developed "coffee talk" a center wide internal evaluation at the start of
each Community Learning Day. In addition the Metro Steering Committee put together their
own Member evaluation in which they evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the
program. Mt Adams Members helped design a written program evaluation tool to be used in
addition to tri-quarterly staff and Member evaluations. Tri quarterly feedback forums, held
during Community Learning Days, provide a facilitated Member driven evaluation of the
program.
2. Project driven: The USDA Forest Service provided project managers with formal feedback
forms on the internet while Mt Adams Center devised a very detailed project evaluation form
that is used to debrief both Members and project managers at the beginning, midpoint and
conclusion of every field project. Metro Center is still developing their project evaluation
process.
3. Formal: Working with Green Lights, the Executive Director is prototyping the evaluation
process designed by Texas Parents to evaluate both individual and team placements. This
will be used with project managers and Members at each Center each quarter within the
individual placement strand.
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20. (a) Training and Technical Assistance Activities this Reporting Period:
1. Advisory Board: Working in cooperation with Mikki Seligman, our CNS program officer,
Nancy Henry at the NW Regional Education Lab and Marlis Miller and Bill Basl, our respective
State AmeriCorps Commission Directors in Oregon and Washington, we utilized the services of
Laura Wilson and Jean Corrocio from the Council on Aging to rebuild a NWSA advisory board.
2. Texas Parents: Drawing upon the skills and expertise of Allen Dietz, Executive Director of
Texas Parents, we provided a half day of training for all three Center staff on directing, training
and evaluating individual placements.
3. Diversity: After sending key Metro and Mt Adams staff to diversity training in Seattle, the
NWSA hosted key trainers at both the Mt Adams and Metro Center to focus on a diversity
assessment. The audit findings were then shared with Leadership Team and Jon Stewart, the
executive director, shared the findings with the entire staff during staff training in August. The
goal of this process is to help build greater diversity among the staff and Members. The findings
from these audits are being integrated into NWSA's trainings and recruitment strategy this fall.
4. Presido Leadership Training: After attending Presidio Leadership Training in October
1995, the executive director encouraged both Center Directors to also attend Presidio Leadership
Training. The results are found in many of the training techniques that the Center Directors and
Metro AmeriCorps Leader are sharing with staff and Members. At Metro Center facilitative
leadership training has been integrated into each weekly staff meeting by Michael Menzes,
NWSA's AmeriCorps Leader who also attended the training, and Joe Parvankin. At Mt Adams
Center Jerry Gabay used the visioning piece to help define Member's goals and objectives for
their service year.
20. (b) Training and Technical Assistance needs/trends for this Reporting Period:
Even though we have provided some training in these areas over the past six months, it has
exposed significant gaps in our knowledge and the need to learn and, more importantly, do more.
Below are the priorities for training identified by each Center. The greatest comman need is
developing evaluation systems that clearly reflect program goals and objectives. After that
comes the major challenge of recruiting a retaining a diverse corps and developing the long range
fund raising strategy to support it. Finally comes managing individual placements and
transitioning Members after service.
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Each number represents the priority set by the Centers for their Training and Technical
Assistance needs:
1. Recruiting and Retraining a Diverse Corps
1. Long Range Fund Raising Development Technical Assistance
1. 2. and 2. Evaluation (including definition of program goals, objectives and progress
indicators)
2. Transitioning AmeriCorps Members after service
3. and 3. Managing Individual Placements
20. (c) Review the Training and Technical Assistance Requests Made by Your Operating
Sites:
We will would like help in continuing to build an advisory board and moving forward with
our long range fund raising plan.
We will take a lead in program evaluation based on internal resources that are available to us.
Even though we had an internal evaluation, the NWSA has not done well recruiting a diverse
program. We may still need help on this issue.
We may seek an opportunity for our key IP Coordinators to visit a successful program like
the East Bay Conservation Corps to learn some additional techniques in managing Individual
Placements.
The parent organization will work with our local resources on providing career transitions for
our AmeriCorps Members.
21. Building and Strengthening Private Sector Partnerships:
The NWSA is still struggling to build and strengthen private sector partnerships. Because of our
strong links to a variety of community environmental non profits like Friends of Trees and the
Nature Conservancy, we have provided some challenging placements for individual AmeriCorps
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Members who coordinate community service projects for these organizations. In this sense we
are building indirect links to the private sector partners who fund these programs.
In addition, as we build a new Advisory Council, we are targeting Corporate leaders from the
local community as key board Members. We used Visitor Days over the past six months to
encourage their interest in the NWSA and AmeriCorps. In the process we learned what works
and doesn't work in reaching out to the Corporate community-with our hardest lesson being how
difficult it is to reach them. We invited 160 visitors of which 60 attended. The ratio of no
shows/cancellations to attendance was one to five and the average number of phone calls to get a
visitor to attend was three with at least two letters and one confirming FAX. Six Portland
restaurants donated $539 in lunches to the program. Unfortunately, even with this concentrated
effort, we did not get one direct team or Member sponsor.
The leadership team shall continue to pursue this strategy to build a strong board with a strong
Corporate presence. But, at this time, the bulk of NWSA's matching funding comes from public
schools, local and state grants, a variety of community non profits and federal funding routed
through the Washington State Departments of Fish and Wildlife for riparian restoration projects.
22. Primary Challenges Encountered this Reporting Period:
Our inability to equal the direct Corporate and private individual donations that NWSA garnered
in our first year of operations ($50,000+) has been discouraging. It has been difficult to
overcome the reports that AmeriCorps is dead. Unfortunately the congressional votes that
blocked AmeriCorps funding were much better covered in the local press than the final
resolution that provided continued funding of the program. The Oregonian, our local regional
newspaper, after twice clearly stating the financial demise of AmeriCorps on the front page,
failed to mention that AmeriCorps funding was restored.
Part of the fault is ours, in that the audit challenges combined with our need to complete key
Forest Service projects before the end of the Year Two grant absorbed a lot of energy that we
traditionally focus on attracting press coverage to the positive aspects of NWSA's AmeriCorps
projects. Changing the physical location of Metro Center, the working location of the Executive
Director, integrating Green Lights into the NWSA and restructuring the staff so the NWSA is
ready to meet its environmental objectives and target potential Forest Service matching funding
if it becomes available after the election has also demanded more time and energy than expected.
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PART III - FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON
AMERICORPS*NATIONAL PROGRAM
23.
Attached please find a modified SF269A "AmeriCorps Financial Status Report Form."
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09/18/96 WED 12:14 FAX 565 2788
DEP.EXEC.DIR.
1
002
AMERICORPS
FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT
(Short Form)
Aggregate
Sub-grantee
Parent Organization
(Follow Instructions on back)
Page
of
Pages
1. Federal Agency or Organization to Which Report Is Submitted
2. Federal Grant Number Assigned by Corporation for National Service
Corporation for National and Community Service
95ADNOR005
3. Recipient Organization (please Include name and complete address and zip code)
Northwest Service Academy/ESD 112
2500 NE 65th Avenue
Vancouver WA 98661
4. Employer Identification Number
5. Recipient Account Number (or Identifying Number)
6. Final Report
7. Basis
91-0847188
Yes
No
α
Cash
Accrual
8. Grant Period (See Instructions)
9. Period Covered by this Report
From: (Month, Day, Year)
To: (Month, Day, Year)
From: (Month, Day, Year)
To: (Month, Day, Year)
9/1/95
12/31/96
7/1/96
9/30/96
10. Transactions:
I
II
III
Previously Reported
This Period
Cumulative
a. Total Outlays
1,820,659
384,823
2,205,482
b. Recipient Share of Outlays
1. Outlays from Section B-G
(see instructions for 10.b. on back)
247,136
37,789
284,925
2 Outlays from Section A
155,547
51,827
207,374
c. Federal Share of Outlays
1. Outlays from Section B-F
(see Instructions for 10.c on back)
669,784
75,107
744,891
2. Outlays from Section A
748,192
220,100
968,292
d. Total Unliquidated Obligations
NOT REQUIRED
e/
Recipient Share of Unliquidated Obligations
FOR AMERICORPS
f. Federal Share of Uniquidated Obligations
GRANTS
g. Total Federal Share (sum of lines c.1. and c.2.)
1,713,704
h. Total Federal Funds Authorized For This Grant Period
i. Unobligated Balance of Federal Funds (sum of line h. minus line g.)
11 Not applicable to Amer Corpsigrante Indirect hould be Included as part of administri tive cost.
12. Remarks:
Attach any explanations deemed necessary or information required by Federal sponsoring agency in compliance with governing legislation.
13. Certification: / certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that this report is correct and complete and that all outlays and unliquidated
obligations are for the purposes set forth in the award documents.
Name (typed or printed)
Title (typed or printed)
Telephone Number (please include area code,
Tim Merlino
Bus Services Administrator
number and extension)
(360) 750-7500 ext 263
Signature of Authorized Certifying Official
Date Report Submitted
J-Meiline
10/21/96
OMB Approval No. 0348-0039
Standard Form 269A (REV 4-88)
Prescribed by OMB Circulars A-102 and A-110
NWSA Mt. Adams Center #95-ADNOR005-002
Progress Report, April I to September 30, 1996
PROGRESS REPORT FOR OPERATING SITES OF
AMERICORPS*NATIONAL AND AMERICORPS*TRIBES
AND TERRITORIES PROGRAMS
1. Operating site: Northwest Service Academy - Mt. Adams Center
Location: Trout Lake, WA
2.
Operating Site ID #: 95-ADNOR005-002
3.
Corporation Grantee Name: Northwest Service Academy/ESD112
4.
Mark the reporting period to which this form applies:
First Progress Report
- Second Progress Report/Renewal Request
-
(10/1/95-12/31/95)
(1/1/96-3/31/96)
X End-of-Term Progress Report
(4/1/96 - 9/30/96)
5.
Name of person completing this report: Jerry Gabay & Mt. Adams Center Staff
6.
Position of person completing this report: Center Director
7.
Telephone number: (509)395-3469
8.
Fax number: (509)395-3365
9.
E-mail address (if available): [email protected]
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PART I: PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
AMERICORPS*NATIONAL OPERATING SITE
10 (A). Members and Service Hours
Member Census Question
Full-time
Full-time
Part-tim
Part-time
1995-96
1996-97
1995-96
1996-97
How many AmeriCorps Members was your
35
40
0
0
site granted for this year?
How many AmeriCorps Members were
enrolled at the beginning of the reporting
33
0
1
0
period?
How many new AmeriCorps Members did
0
38
0
0
you enroll during this reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
were in service at the close of this
0
38
0
0
reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
completed their term of service during
33
0
1
0
this reporting period?
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In this
In this
Since
Since
AmeriCorps Members' Hours of
reporting
reporting
beginning
beginning
Service
period
period
of
of
1995-96
1996-97
program
program
year '95
year '96
Full-time Members
24,909.85
6,823.85
60,965.35
6,823.85
Part-time Members
741.25
0
986.75
0
11 (a) Please provide estimates of the following information:
In this
In this
Since
Since
Volunteer Generation
reporting
reporting
beginning
beginning
period
period
of
of
1995-96
1996-97
program
program
year '95
year '96
How many non-AmeriCorps Member
74
0
582
0
volunteers were involved in AmeriCorps
service activities?
How many hours did non-AmeriCorps
475
0
6345.5
0
Members contribute to AmeriCorps
service activities?
NB.
CNS clarified the definitions of Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers during the course of the
service year. Under the new definition, many of the volunteers claimed in the first 2
quarterly reports of 1995-96 would not now be counted, meaning that our yearly totals
would be substantially reduced from those indicated here.
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11. (b) Share with us some examples of the service activities that your Non-AmeriCorps
Member volunteers participated in during this reporting period (April 1 - August
30. 1996).
Two Members created a Castle Rock Riverfront Recreation Plan to develop approximately 70
acres of school district land on the west bank of the Cowlitz River into a day-use/active
recreation area. In the first phase of the plan the Members relied on Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers
to provide assistance in clearing the existing brush and noxious weeds. The Members held a
work day on June 8, 1996, involving 14 community volunteers. The Members also gained
support from the summer youth employment program and the Toutle River Boys Ranch. This
project alone garnered 42 Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers completing over 200 hours of service.
The NWSA partnered with two schools, Cascade Locks and Trout Lake, to develop nature trails
in celebration of the National Day of Service. In Cascade Locks, Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers
dug a pond, planted native plants and constructed a big "CL" out of white rock on the hillside.
The Cascade Locks Booster Club also provided lunch for the volunteers. This project utilized 16
Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers providing over 80 hours of service.
On the same day, NWSA/AmeriCorps Members gathered 10 Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers to
construct a nature trail leading to a crater created by natural volcanic lava tubes. Volunteers
spent over 40 hours building the trail and participating in interpretive hikes.
In addition, Non-AmeriCorps volunteers spent hours helping with a playground construction
project, surveying for steelhead and spotted owls and designating riparian areas along a series of
creeks and rivers.
Mt. Adams Members constructing riparian fencing to
keep cattle out of salmon spawning streams
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12. Summary of Progress this Reporting Period Toward Accomplishing Annual
Objectives:
(a) Community Service Objectives:
SERVICE YEAR 1995-96
(1) Restoring Northwest Streams:
Project: Steelhead Surveys
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 1 - June 20, 1996
Location: Wind River and its tributaries (50 miles southwest of Trout Lake)
Objective: Monitor the Wind River Steelhead population through the use of three floating
rotary screen traps mounted on aluminum rafts and redd surveys (spawning surveys).
Results: Nine miles of stream were surveyed for the presence/absence of wild adult
steelhead. Three smolt traps were monitored for a three month period collecting biological
information from 143 wild steelhead.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $30,000
Potential Impact: The steelhead of the Wind River contribute to regional socio-economic
and cultural well being. The NWSA involvement in this assessment has the potential of
preserving thousands of years of wild steelhead genetic evolution.
Project: Trout Creek Archaeological Testing
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 15 - 19, 1996
Location: Carson, Washington
Objective: To establish boundaries of archeological sites along the Trout Creek drainage
to ensure a proposed rerouting of Trout Creek has no impact on the sites.
Results: The NWSA team "shovel probed" nine sites and surveyed approximately two
miles of riparian buffer along Trout and Layout Creeks, where logs will be cut and
anchored into the stream bank.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $3,200
Potential Impact: The team found over 100 artifacts, some dating back as far as 1,000
years. By completing this survey, the team is potentially preserving the archaeological
integrity of the area.
Project: Purple Loosestrife Management
Partner: Hood River County Division of Weed and Pest Control
Dates: July 15 - 19, 1996
Location: Hood River, Oregon
Objective: Purple Loosestrife is an invasive non-native species that has the potential of
taking over wetlands. The plant can produce over 100,000 seeds per year. The NWSA's
goal was to eradicate a section of purple loosestrife along Neal Creek, a tributary to the
Hood River.
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Results: The NWSA team hand pulled over two miles of purple loosestrife plants.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $4,000
Potential Impact: By controlling the spread of purple loosestrife the NWSA preserved
habitat for traditional residents such as muskrats and waterfowl.
(2) Renewing Northwest Forests:
Project: Western Grey Squirrel Surveys
Partner: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Dates: April 1 - 5, 1996
Location: Goldendale, Washington
Objective: Survey a tree stand ready to be logged in search of western grey squirrels, an
endangered species in Washington state.
Results: The NWSA team surveyed approximately 50 acres for western grey squirrels and
discovered three nests
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $6,000
Potential Impact: The low number of nests discovered has the potential of indicating to
logging companies the importance of managed logging.
Project: Wind River Nursery Seedling Lift and Pack
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 1 - 12, 1996
Location: Carson, Washington
Objective: Help process seedlings for shipping throughout the region. This includes lifting
seedlings from the tree beds and grading the seedlings for packing.
Results: The NWSA team lifted and packed over 300,000 seedlings.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $9,600.00
Potential Impact: Growing seedlings for planting has the potential of preserving our
national forests.
Project: Spring Tree Planting
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 23 - May 3, 1996
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest (15 miles north of Trout Lake)
Objective: To plant seedlings either on newly harv ested plantations or interplant within
shelterwood units that have some natural regeneration present but require additional
seedlings to meet desired stocking as well as increase specie diversity.
Results: The NWSA team planted eight acres (approximately 2,600 trees) of first plant and
interplanted 24 acres (approximately 3,050 trees).
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $9,164
Potential Impact: By planting species less susceptible to root disease, the NWSA has
potentially created a stronger and healthier stand of trees.
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Project: Amphibian Surveys
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 6 - 9, 1996
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Document the presence, condition, and distribution of Larch Mountain and Van
Dyke's salamanders (amphibians) in the Jammin' and McToo timber sales of the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest. These species are part of Strategy 2 in the Forest Plan Standards
and Guidelines.
Results: The NWSA team successfully conducted field surveys and located a third
amphibian species, Ensatina. This species had not been documented in the timber sale area
before.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $6,500
Potential Impact: The location of Ensatina indicated that the timber sale areas are suitable
salamander habitat and that amphibians will gain a closer look in the future.
Project: Trail and Facilities Management
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 6 - 17, 1996
Location: Randle, Washington
Objective: To construct a cedar railing, construct and upgrade benches and maintain
existing trails.
Results: The NWSA team brushed approximately four and one half miles of trail,
disassembled and discarded the amphitheater seating, constructed 24 foot cedar split-rail
fence, constructed cedar round bench along old growth loop of the Woods Creek Trail.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $5,780
Potential Impact: Increased recreational use on National Forest lands, especially by users
of universally accessible trails.
Project: Habitat Evaluations and Northern Spotted Owl Surveys
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 28 - June 26, July 15 -26, 1996
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Document the presence, condition and distribution of Northern Spotted Owls in
the South Skill Center of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest through both day and night
surveys. Of the 97 known spotted owl activity centers, the goal is to monitor 60-70 activity
centers.
Results: The NWSA team conducted 127 field visits to effectively survey 65 sites. Twenty
five percent of the sites had a single spotted owl in attendance, five a pair and two had
nests. The team also documented sightings of six raptor species: northern goshawk, red
tailed hawk, great horned owl, flammulated owl, northern spotted and barred owls.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $25,000
Potential Impact: The NWSA contributed to the data set that will help assess the
biological condition and population trend of the northern spotted owl. This information will
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then be used in determining the appropriate management level for the species under the
Endangered Species Act.
Project: Riparian Area Designation and Layout
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: June 10 - 14, 1996
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Locate and mark riparian boundaries for the layout of timber stand
improvement projects.
Results: The NWSA team completed a total of 140 acres.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $5,162
Potential Impact: Riparian reserves need to be marked in order to protect the wildlife and
aquatic interest of the area. The service provided by the NWSA has the potential for
increasing the water quality and species diversity throughout the riparian area.
Project: Augspurger Mountain Trail Construction
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: June 17 - 26, July 1 - - 3, 29 - August 1, 1996
Location: Augspurger Mountain (approximately 45 miles southwest of Trout Lake)
Objective: To construct 4.6 miles of trail on Augspurger Mountain.
Results: The NWSA-Mt. Adams team partnered with the NWSA-Metro team to clear,
grub and excavate the path for the new trail. Together the two centers completed the trail
and connected it to the existing Dog Mountain Trail.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $22,985
Potential Impact: By connecting the Augspurger Mountain Trail to the over crowded Dog
Mountain trail, the NWSA teams have creative a recreational alternative, thus lessening the
use of the Dog Mountain Trail and providing recreationalists with an established trail
through this scenic area.
Project: Wildlife Tree and Woody Debris Surveys
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: July 1 - 11, 1996
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Document the presence, condition and use of wildlife trees previously left in
harvested timber sales.
Results: The NWSA team monitored all of the assigned wildlife trees (190) and initiated
monitoring on an additional 60 trees for a total of 250 trees. The team accomplished 125%
of the expected results.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $10,000
Potential Impact: Preliminary findings show differential tree survivorship and wildlife
use. The variance appears related to tree species and method of conversion. These findings
are expected to play a role in determining future wildlife tree management actions.
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Project: Universally Accessible Trail Construction
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: July 8 - 11, 1996
Location: Takhlakh Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Reconstruction of an existing one mile trail along Takhlakh Lake to meet
universal design standards and improve fishing access along the lake shore.
Results: The NWSA team converted one mile of trail to the "difficult" level of barrier free.
wheelchair accessible standards-including the construction of a 50 foot raised walkway and
the foundation for a fishing platform in the lake.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $2805
Potential Impact: An increased number of users on universally accessible trails.
(3) Rebuilding Northwest Communities:
Project: Home* A*Syst Wellhead Protection and Education
Partner: Washington State University-Cooperative Extension
Dates: April 8 - 12, 1996
Location: Pasco, Washington
Objective: Conduct a drinking water awareness
campaign in the Columbia Basin utilizing WSU's
Home*A*Syst assessment materials, nitrate testing
and other state and local resource materials.
Results: The NWSA team contacted close to 100
families, performed over 80 nitrate tests and
conducted approximately 57 household assessments
with residents.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $4,000
Potential Impact: By educating local residents regarding the quality of their drinking
water the NWSA may have lessened the improper storing of hazardous materials
(pesticides, fertilizers, animal manure, petroleum products or other pollutants) which puts a
family's health at risk.
Project: HOSTS (Helping One Student To Succeed)
Partner: Henkle Middle School
Dates: February 1- June 20, 1996
Location: White Salmon, Washington
Objective: Provide students needing help in reading with a community volunteer who
wants to make a difference in a student's life. HOSTS volunteers play a vital role in
increasing student achievement and self-esteem.
Results: The NWSA Members mentored approximately 16 students per day for one half
hour each.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $20,000
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Potential Impact: By providing students with one on one contact and educational
assistance, these students have a greater likelihood of successfully completing school and
doing so above average.
Project: Project Self Esteem
Partner: Cascade Locks School
Dates: April 10 - June 5, 1996
Location: Cascade Locks, Oregon
Objective: Presenting assemblies in all grades, concentrating on the fifth grade classes to
emphasize and implement self-esteem language and culture.
Results: NWSA Members presented nine assemblies/workshops ranging from Self
Respect and Respecting others to Communication and Problem Solving to You Can Make
A Difference.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: The school could not put an estimated value on this project.
Potential Impact: Students will potentially feel better about themselves and therefore have
fewer disciplinary problems, higher grades and better attendance in school. The project
may well help some children to avoid the dangers of drugs and gang-involvement.
Project: Social Skills and Self Esteem
Partner: Mosier Elementary School
Dates: February 28 - June 7, 1996
Location: Mosier, Oregon
Objective: Supplement and encourage growth in the areas of self-esteem, conflict
resolution, leadership inclusion, decision making, safety and service for grades
Kindergarten - Fifth grade.
Results: Members spent thirteen days at the school giving the kids additional attention and
one-on-one interaction with a positive role model.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: The school could not put an estimated value on this project.
Potential Impact: Students will potentially feel better about themselves and therefore have
fewer disciplinary problems, higher grades and better attendance in school. The project may
well help some children to avoid the dangers of drugs and gang-involvement.
Project: National Day of Service Trail Preparation
Partner: Trout Lake School and Cascade Locks School
Dates: April 23 - 25, 1996
Location: Trout Lake, Washington and Cascade Locks, Oregon
Objective: Construct nature/interpretive sites at the schools.
Results: The NWSA successfully garnered local support from community members and
built nature trails and landscape the areas with native plants.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $5,600.00
Potential Impact: By providing schools with on-site environmental education
opportunities, the students will be able to better recognize the ecological value of this area
and their immediate surroundings.
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Project: Composting Toilets Assembly
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 15 - 19, May 20 - June 7, June 18 - 26, 1996
Location: Trout Lake, Washington
Objective: Construct a composting toilet structure at the main entrance to the USDA Forest
Service Compound.
Results: Members constructed, landscaped, and painted a new state-of-the-art structure as a
demonstration project to test the efficacy of composting toilets in the forest setting.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $10,883
Potential Impact: Visitors to the Mt. Adams Ranger District have the opportunity to have
a natural transition setting welcoming them to the wilderness. Forest Service recreation
managers will be able to evaluate this technology for potential wider use in remote
campgrounds.
Project: Earth Day Education Project
Partner: Trout Lake School
Dates: April 22, 1996
Location: Trout Lake, Washington
Objective: Provide students at the Trout Lake School with a celebration in recognition of
Earth Day.
Results: NWSA Members, in conjunction with the "Valley as a Classroom" students,
organized all-day activities for grades K-12, including a morning and afternoon assembly
and a series of project wild activities.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $4,000
Potential Impact: Students will treat their local environment better (eg. litter less, be
careful with household toxins, etc.) because they celebrated and honored the natural
environment.
Project: Community Pride Week
Partner: Mt. Adams Chamber of Commerce
Dates: May 1 - 4, 1996
Location: Bingen and White Salmon, Washington
Objective: Raise the level of pride in the local area through a week of clean-up activities.
Results: The NWSA Members helped collect and dispose of over 7,500 tires from the
yards and empty lots of White Salmon and Bingen. They also provided assistance in
clearing brush off the side of the road on the way to the hospital.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $2,542
Potential Impact: Community Pride Week has become an annual event and is earmarked
to raise the economic base of the communities.
Project: Castle Rock Planning Team
Partner: Castle Rock School District
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Dates: May 6 - August 1, 1996
Location: Castle Rock, Washington
Objective: Develop a river front recreation plan for the school district property in
conjunction with the other properties owned by the county, state and city.
Results: Two Members conducted a needs assessment, held many town meetings, and met
with community leaders to develop a comprehensive plan for this community.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $10,000
Potential Impact: The NWSA Members left the community with a specific, Five-year
Action Plan for the future. In five years Castle Rock has the possibility of being a thriving
city, with wonderful parks and recreation opportunities.
Project: Castle Rock Park Development
Partner: Castle Rock School District
Dates: June 24 - 26, July 1 - 11, July 29 - August 1, 1996
Location: Castle Rock, Washington
Objective: Assist the planning team with the first steps of implementation of the Five-year
Plan.
Results: Teams of ten NWSA Members removed over 20 acres of scotch broom and
developed approximately two miles of trail.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $9,800
Potential Impact: The community has a good start in the development of the recreation
areas. The NWSA support provided the momentum for the community to continue to
move forward.
Project: Native Plant Garden Construction
Partner: Mill A School
Dates: May 13 - 17, 1996 (an extension of the service performed in the last quarter)
Location: Mill A, Washington
Objective: Construct a native plant garden at Mill A School to attract native birds,
butterflies and wildlife.
Results: NWSA Members successfully completed the garden and provided instruction of
how to maintain the garden to the students and staff.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $4,500
Potential Impact: By providing schools with on-site environmental education
opportunities, the students will be able to better recognize the luxury of this area and their
immediate surroundings.
Project: Playground Construction
Partner: Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation
Dates: May 20 - 24, 1996
Location: The Dalles, Oregon
Objective: To construct a playground structure at the City Park in The Dalles, Oregon
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Results: Members were unable to complete construction due to the site not having been
properly prepared. Member did dig and survey the site and began to assemble the
materials.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $1,500
Potential Impact: The NWSA provided the Parks and Recreation department with a good
start and they will be able to complete the project. The City Park is a great attraction for
kids and the play ground equipment will provide a safe atmosphere.
Project: Gorge Games (organized by the Learn and Serve AmeriCorps Member assigned
to Hood River)
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: July 13 - 21, 1996
Location: Hood River, Oregon and surrounding locations throughout the Mid-Columbia
region.
Objective: Expand economic development through increased awareness of the scope of
local opportunities for recreation within the Columbia River Gorge.
Results: Members interacted with thousands of local residents and tourists, experimenting
with alternative forms of recreation from kite skiing to paragliding to kayaking, and
provided them with basic interpretive information about the area.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $6,000
Potential Impact: If the Gorge Games becomes an annual event, it has the potential of
having an enormous economic impact on the area, creating a new base in the local
economy.
Project: Home* *Syst Wellhead Protection and Education
Partner: Oregon State University-Cooperative Extension
Dates: July 23 27, 1996
Location: Sun River, Oregon (20 miles south of Bend)
Objective: Test well water for nitrates and provide informational materials to local
homeowners.
Results: Members conducted 400 home visits, completed 100 household assessments and
90 nitrate tests.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $3,700
Potential Impact: Local residents know the quality of their drinking water and, if
improvements are necessary, have the knowledge to make changes with simple low/no cost
methods.
Project: Community Trail Construction
Partner: Odell Improvement Committee
Dates: August 5 - 8, 1996
Location: Odell, Oregon
Objective: Construct a community trail in the community of Odell, Oregon
Results: Members began and completed construction of a short trail in Odell.
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Sponsor's Estimated Value: $1,260
Potential Impact: Odell is an farming/industrial community. This trail/park is the only
municipal park in the community.
SERVICE YEAR 96-97
1) Reinforcing Northwest Schools
Project: Kids Kamp
Partner: Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Dates: September 24 - October 4, 1996
Location: Camp Baldwin, Oregon (approximately 75 miles south of Trout Lake,
Washington)
Objective: Provide fifth grade students from throughout the area with positive role models
and leadership.
Results: The NWSA Members were team leaders for groups of students throughout the day
and provided support for the students.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: Not yet reported. See next quarterly report.
Project: Early Childhood Education - Individual Placement
Partner: Educational Service District 112
Dates: September 16, 1996 - July 11, 1997
Location: White Salmon, Washington
Objective: Provide leadership for pre-school children.
Results: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in future reports.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in
future reports.
2) Restoring Northwest Watersheds
Project: Snyder Swale Rehabilitation
Partner: Underwood Conservation District
Dates: September 16 - 27, 1996
Location: North of Appleton, Washington (approximately 45 miles from Trout Lake,
Washington)
Objective: Restore Snyder Swale, a meadow presently desiccated, gullied and overgrazed.
Results: NWSA Members built 15 hay bale check dams, one revetment dam, one livestake
debris dam, two cedar bale dams, and three geo-web dams. They also planted 25 willow
bundles and 100 willow stakes. They filled 15 barrels with trash and removed blackberries
from a large section of bank and stabilized the bank with rocks and debris.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $9,800
Potential Impact: Stream temperatures will be lowered. Sediment load will be decreased.
Wildlife habitat will be increased. Eroded gullies will begin to fill in. Groundwater
recharge will increase.
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Project: Fisheries Education/Information Specialist - Individual Placement
Partner: United States Department of Fish and Wildlife
Dates: September 16, 1996 - July 11, 1997
Location: Cook, Washington
Objective: Provide resource information, tours and publicity for the Spring Creek National
Fish Hatchery.
Results: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in future reports.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in
future reports.
3) Rebuilding Northwest Communities
Project: Franz Lake Overlook Construction
Partner: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Dates: July 22 - October 3, 1996
Location: Franz Lake (approximately 60 miles southwest of Trout Lake)
Objective: Construct a viewing platform for public use at the Wildlife Refuge.
Results: Members constructed a viewing platform at Franz Lake.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: $10,000
Potential Impact: The general public will have a designated location to view the wetland
birds that frequent Franz Lake, thereby increasing the knowledge and respect for this
habitat.
Project: Project Coordinator - Individual Placement
Partner: Central Cascades Alliance
Dates: September 16, 1996 - July 11, 1996
Location: Trout Lake, Washington
Objective: Create a coordinated project list and begin implementation of selected projects.
Results: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in future reports.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in
future reports.
Project: Inter-Disciplinary Team Specialists - Individual Placement (Two Members)
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: September 16, 1996 - July 11, 1997
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Objective: Provide support in a number of areas, including wildlife, timber and fisheries.
Results: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in future reports.
Sponsor's Estimated Value: Project has just begun and will be reported on more fully in
future reports.
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12. (b) The NWSA's Community Building Objectives include:
April 1 -August 31, 1996 - Involving Members & Staff In Service Learning Activities:
Each of the projects described above has a service-learning component. All projects are
implemented within an elaborated context of the community of the Mid-Columbia.
Members learn the history behind the problem we are addressing, how what we do
contributes to the ultimate comprehensive solution, and the relative value placed on the
solution by the community.
April 1 - August 31, 1996 - Collaborating With Local Communities:
The June 21 Community Day was a celebration of community, with Members taking shifts
to help clean up the 5-mile section of state highway south of Trout Lake that the Academy
has adopted. In the afternoon all Members and staff participated the Center's "Summer
Olympics." Also, a large number of projects described above were related to capacity
building within local communities, e.g. Gorge-Games, Trout Lake Nature Trail, etc. For a
project with particular impact on community building, please see item 14, "unique
successes."
April 1 - August 31, 1996 - Empowering Young Adults:
In June, the entire Center drove to Wilsonville to attend the two-day Celebration and
Commencement sponsored by the Oregon Commission for National and Community
Service. Members attended workshops on using their education award, debriefing the year
of service, stress management, and leadership development. By the end of the conference,
everyone agreed that the Northwest Service Academy had the most spirited and vocal
Members in the state of Oregon!
Center committee structure has been described in earlier reports. To summarize, the Center
has a cooperative form of governance. Members voluntarily sit on several committees
which have significant input on program management. Residential Affairs Committee
oversees the residential community at Mt. Adams; Community Relations Committee has
primary responsibility for outreach, and supplies a speakers bureau for requests from area
service clubs, radio talk shows, etc. as well as contributing significantly to publications
such as our recruiting brochures and both internal and external newsletters; project activism
committee screens project proposals against pre-established criteria, and helps assign
resources to the projects; Safety Committee acts to improve awareness of safety issues; and
Arts, Culture and Education Committee attempts to interweave Mt. Adams Center into the
cultural framework of the Mid-Columbia.
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Sept. 1 - 30, 1996 - Educational Enhancement: A committee was formed and two
Members have been identified as committee chairs through the Project Action Committee.
They will be developing the Trout Lake Community School, which will take place January
- March, 1997.
Sept. 1 - 30, 1996 - Economic Development: no progress to date.
Sept. 1 - 30, 1996 - Disaster Preparedness: Twelve NWSA Members have volunteered to
develop a disaster response plan for the community of Trout Lake. No action steps have
been taken at this time.
12 (c) Our Member Development objectives include:
April 1 - August 31, 1996 - Promoting Civic Responsibility And Environmental
Stewardship:
Two Members-- Ilka Bailey and Joby Reiley--furthered their environmental stewardship
skills by attending a Forest Service-sponsored trail building workshop in Cascade Locks
from April 13-17. Part of the workshop including repairing trails damaged in the 1996
Floods.
April 1 - August 31, 1996 - Developing Leadership Skills:
On April 26, Steve Bean, Member Development Coordinator at the Metro Center,
conducted a Center-wide training in Conflict Resolution. The day was highly interactive,
and covered topics such as cultural filters, appropriate response to conflict, and good
communication skills. Steve Rubinstein, Program Coordinator at the Metro Center,
assisted with these activities.
Kelli Wood, NWSA Leader,
organized and facilitated our last
Community Day on August 8,
based on a program she had
attended at NCCC, entitled "The
Dimensions of Moral and Ethical
Leadership." Members participated
in a day-long, extended role play
designed to explore the concept of
leadership (and followership),
inclusion/exclusion, and the role
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that privilege plays in our society. It was a highly successful and interactive day, during
which Members realized how far they had come in developing leadership skills in the last
year. It was a very upbeat, energetic way to end a year of service.
April 1 - August 31, 1996 - Focusing life skills, career, and educational goals.
On May 31, the Mt. Adams Center hosted a Career and Education Day for its Members and
local high school students. Over fifteen professionals volunteered their time and expertise
to assist the Members in exploring and accessing career and educational opportunities in
environmental writing, wildlife biology, organic farming, conservation, botany, Peace
Corps, Vista, education, and counseling. It was a highly successful day that combined
lecture, slide presentations, discussions, and hands on workshops in resume writing and job
search strategies.
Team stewards mentored Members who wished to develop Close of Service Statements
along the lines of COS letters in the Peace Corps. About one-third of the Members chose
to develop COS Statements and personal resumes, which they can now use in support of
applications for jobs or further schooling.
Sept. 1 -30, 1996 - Promoting An Ethic Of Civic Responsibility:
Mt. Adams Center introduced 39 prospective new Members to their year of community
service through a highly intentional pre-service training which began with the Members'
arrival on September 3 and ended with our Swearing-In Ceremony on Friday the
Thirteenth. The first week of pre-service training included a general introduction to the
NWSA, AmeriCorps, staff members, facilities, the Trout Lake community, service projects
and sponsors, and the Member Handbook. Members also attended training in First
Aid/CPR conducted by volunteers from the local Red Cross chapter; all thirty nine
prospective Members and 5 staff received certification! Members also attended a highly
interactive and well-appreciated workshop in Conflict Resolution presented by Laurel
Singer and David Little, through a grant from the National Association for Community
Mediation.
Members attended "strand-specific" training from September 9-13. During this time they
concentrated on team building and goal setting within their four service teams. Each team
also received job-specific training to prepare them for the year of service. NWSA
Watershed Advisory Council members, Bill Weiler of Washington Fish and Wildlife, and
Steve Stamplfi of the Underwood Conservation District gave the Watershed team an
introduction to Northwest watersheds, as well as hands on training in stream monitoring
and stream restoration techniques. The Community and Natural Resources team were
introduced to various aspects of the communities of the mid-Columbia, including
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community profiles, archeology, past NWSA service projects, and the history of the Scenic
River Act.
The Education Team received two weeks of skill-specific training, provided by Academy
staff, local educators, and instructors from other AmeriCorps programs. Local facilitators
included Pete Kingsley and his staff from the Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles,
who provided a half-day's training to prepare Members for their role as team-builders at
Kids Kamp. Trout Lake School psychologist Randy Smith provided training in childhood
development and what to expect from students of different grades and ages. Barbara
Middleton, Oregon State Coordinator for Project Learning Tree, brought three local
facilitators with her for an extremely interactive and experiential 7 hour workshop in PLT
curriculum. Tena Barbee, from a program called "Talking about Trees" presented a 2-hour
workshop on how to discuss sensitive subjects in the classroom. And mentor teachers from
sponsoring schools partnered with Members to present a half-hour practicum in their
classrooms on Friday, September 20.
The Individual Placements spent the first day of the second week with their supervisor,
John Duff, in team building and goal setting activities. For the rest of that week, each IP
received on the job training by his or her sponsor, at the assignment site.
On the last day of training, all Members returned to the Center and participated in a 1-1/2
hour activity called "Cover Story Visioning." Center Director Jerry Gabay had participated
in this activity at the Presidio training last August. The activity focuses Members on
success in the community. The scenario states that their year of service will be so
successful that a national magazine will decide to run a cover story on the Mt. Adams
Center. Each team was given an hour to develop and illustrate the cover story they
envisioned, then each story was shared during the Swearing-In Ceremony.
At the end of the day Members attended the Swearing In Ceremony, which included
speeches by Center Director Jerry Gabay, Training Coordinator Leigh Hancock, and
previous Member Ian Sieren. Jessica Tauman, staff person from Senator Ron Wyden's
office read a letter from the Senator. Russ Youmans, Executive Director of the Western
Rural Development Center, swore in the 38 new Members who had successfully completed
pre-service training. The ceremony was followed by a buffet prepared by Shelly Ohl and
other NWSA staff.
There was general consensus that the 1996 pre-service training was the most organized,
intentional, punctual and relaxed pre-service training in our three years of existence.
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Sept. 1 -30, 1996 - Developing Leadership Skills:
Adopting a good idea observed during her February visit to City Year San Jose, Project
Coordinator Sara Wittenberg began this year typing a two-page "Daily Briefing" for all
staff and Members. The briefing contains the daily schedule, safety hints,
acknowledgments of extra efforts or successes, inspirational quotes, and information of
general use to the Center. After two weeks, new Members began to help her. At this point,
most Daily Briefings are being entirely created by Members, volunteering approximately
two hours of their time each evening.
Sept. 1 -30, 1996 - Transitioning From AC* To School Or Workplace: No activities taken
place to date.
13. Other Accomplishments this Reporting Period:
Our biggest accomplishment during this period outside of direct service is the progress this
Center has made toward sustainability. We have done so by taking a close look at how we
could restructure to provide a higher level of service to the community. This had the
ancillary benefit of bringing more focused projects, and outside financial support for them.
In the spring we convened an Advisory Council for Watershed Restoration, drawing from
local and national agencies whose missions deal with watershed preservation. About half
of the advisory group had previously been project sponsors with us. We held out the
possibility of recruiting a service team devoted entirely to watershed restoration, and asked
the board for advice on qualifications, sources, and training for the team members. The end
result was a dedicated, skilled team, training provided by two Council members, three
projects so far contracted with board agencies, and almost $100,000 in fiscal support for the
team.
Building upon the success of our pilot projects in the public schools last winter and spring,
in April we sent a needs assessment survey form out to 42 schools, essentially all the public
schools in the Mid-Columbia. Nineteen schools responded, 16 with requests for service.
We submitted a request for proposals to each of those 16 schools, and ended up with
project agreements covering the entire school year in five schools. None of the school
districts were able to provide financial support for our teams, but we anticipate receiving
between $30,000 and $50,000 in in-kind contributions from the schools. Each Member has
been assigned a mentor teacher dedicated to at least two hours of mentoring a week. All
schools are providing office space and other facilities. One school has dedicated an entire
self-standing classroom for our exclusive use this year!
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The Washington State Commission on National and Community Service held a
competition this spring and fall for fiscal assistance to any AC* program in the state. In the
first go-round in April, we were awarded $75,000 over two fiscal years. In the fall go-
round, we were awarded $18,700. Thus we are very close to meeting our non-federal cash
match for the 1996-97 service year. Washington Governor Mike Lowry traveled to
Vancouver in May to personally present the $75,000 award in a ceremony at ESD 112.
The Commission cited Mt. Adams' superior service in the economically-disadvantaged
Mid-Columbia as the basis for the awards, which were the largest in the state.
During this period, we were also notified that the United Way of Klickitat/Skamania
Counties had named us a United Way Agency for 1996-97. Although the financial award
is small (this United Way only raises $20,000 annually), it is a significant public relations
coup to be named a United Way Agency, and we hope to use the grant to fund a direct mail
campaign later this year.
14. Unique successes or "great stories":
We were authorized 35 Members in FY 96. One Member, Nat Bloomer, left after five
weeks to accept another AC* position (although we believe CNS rules prohibit a Member
transferring between programs without the permission of the first program). After that date
in mid-October, we had no more attrition for the remainder of the year. In January, we took
in a new compressed part-time Member to replace Nat, giving us 33.67 FTE for the entire
year. The new Member, Dave Aurenheimer, did not miss a single day of service or training
for the entire term of service, giving him 100% attendance, despite our own program rules
which would have allowed him six days off during that period.
On National Day of Service, we did two school improvement projects, involving students,
teachers, and community volunteers. At Trout Lake, we created a nature trail to and around
the summit of a dormant volcanic cone on school property. At Cascade Locks, we
naturescaped what had been a blackberry-covered hillside. What was most significant to
us, we helped bring together community volunteers, children, and school teachers. At
Cascade Locks, the school and community did not previously have very favorable relations,
due to resentment over no teachers actually living in the town. The principal said during
the course of the day that this project gave him a new perspective on how to work with the
community.
Mt. Adams Member Ilka Bailey was chosen as one of approximately 50 AmeriCorps
Leaders for 1996-97. She was an outstanding natural leader at NWSA, and we are very
proud of her.
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15. (a) Primary Challenges Encountered this Reporting Period:
In contrast to our first year of service, Year 2 was remarkably free of significant challenges.
At the end of the 1995-96 Service Year, our cook, Kim McClennen, moved to Portland to
join NWSA Metro Center as a Member. We have temporarily hired Tracy Burbee-Dell, a
Member from Year 1 and a Leader from Year 2, as cook. The position is currently being
advertised. Tracy is our fifth cook in less than 3 years of operation. We have found it
particularly difficult to recruit and retain a good cook in this rural area.
The other position difficult to fill in this area is that of secretary. Terry Scott tendered her
resignation for health reasons, and left in July. We consider ourselves particularly fortunate
to have hired Darla Palmer that month. Darla was just moving here with her family, and
came with superb recommendations from her 14 years of secretarial experience. In just two
months, Darla has transformed the office operation into a model of professionalism and
won the hearts of staff and Members in the process. Darla is our fourth secretary in less
than three years.
This year we have been faced with continued difficulties in obtaining help from national
T/TA providers. It seems that often, when informed of our location, the providers are
unable or unwilling to provide contracted services. We are concerned that it might be due
to limitations in their contracts with CNS. In contrast, one provider, Marcia Kleinbort,
came all the way from Atlanta, and provided great training and facilitation involving not
only our Members, but seven teachers from White Salmon and Trout Lake.
The biggest challenge faced so far for this third year of service is the continued reduction in
CNS funding. We have faced it by creative restructuring, and greater involvement in the
community. To that extent, the result is desirable. What is worrisome is CNS' intentions to
further reduce funding. A rural residential program is exponentially more expensive to
operate than an urban, non-residential program. Our Members already pay $3,500 per year
to reside on campus, and this covers only about 80% of residential costs. It is unrealistic to
think the Members can support a higher rate of residential fees next year. Our $35,000 per
year for Member transport is not likely to decrease; rather we are lucky that our van rentals
and mileage charges have not increased over a three year period. We have now cut staff for
the third year in a row. Having eliminated all overtime funding for Stewards, they no
longer have time for some of the after-service team meetings and activities which have
built such strong teams here in the past. We fear we may be getting close to the breaking
point on service quality, retention, and political support - all items which have caused CNS
in the past to highlight our program. At some point, the Corporation will have to assist
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programs such as ours in raising corporate gifts, or AmeriCorps will lose its rural programs,
and become a de facto "UrbanCorps."
15. (b) Primary Training and Technical Assistance Needs this Reporting Period:
1 Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Corps
2 Evaluation (including definition of program goals, objectives and progress
indicators)
3 Managing Individual Placements
16. Strengthening the AmeriCorps National Service Network:
From July 29 to August 3, Program Coordinator Leigh Hancock attended City Year's All-
Staff Summer Training at Norwich University in Vermont. While there she attended all
Morning programs, workshops, presentations, and other activities with City Year staff, in a
dual role of participator/observer. Leigh stayed with Frank Campagna, formerly of City
Year, while in Boston, so they could continue their conversations around intentionality in
training, begun in the fall. This was a highly instructive and inspirational week, and Leigh
brought back many ideas and innovations which were implemented in the September pre-
service training.
The Mt. Adams graduation was a very emotional day, which brought together Members,
staff, sponsors, parents, friends and community residents for one last celebration of an
exceptional year of service. Special guests included Steve Stampfli of the Underwood
Conservation District, Bill Basl, Executive Director of the Washington State Commission
for National and Community Service, Marla Marvin from Senator Patty Murray's DC staff,
Senator Patty Murray via video and Sen. Ron Wyden via letter. The ceremony was
followed by a buffet lunch, with a d.j., music and dancing.
Sara Wittenberg introduced new Members and project sponsors to the AmeriCorps network
of programs and the structure of the Corporation of National Service during a presentation
on the second day of pre-service training. Staff from our new Center, the Green Lights
program, also attended this day of introductions.
Directors from two AmeriCorps programs visited the Mt. Adams Center to provide training
to the Education Team. On Sept. 11, Jill Glickman, of Linking San Francisco, presented a
day-long workshop on "How to Bring Service Learning and Community Service into the
Classroom." Members at the Academy were especially impressed that Jill brought a
Member with her as co-facilitator. Then on Sept. 18 Mike Houston of S.L.I.C.E. Kentucky,
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gave the Members extensive and passionate training in mentoring, teaching reading, and
developing evaluation tools. Both directors came at no cost to our Center through Catholic
Charities peer support funding. They had met our Center Director, Jerry Gabay at the
Presidio Leadership Center training last February, and were willing to take time from their
busy schedules because of the personal connection PLC provided.
Throughout the second half of the service year, Center Director Jerry Gabay continued to
attend Washington State AmeriCorps Directors meetings sponsored by the WA State
Commission. Executive Director Bill Basl particularly sought out Jerry's advice for other
directors in the area of political relations. Bill and Jerry combined for a trip to Vancouver
in the spring to confer with staffs of Sens. Gorton and Murray, and Rep. Smith.
Jerry also attended the Network NW meeting of directors and staff from AmeriCorps
programs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, held in Portland, OR this August.
Jerry and Metro Center Director Joe Parvankin were asked to lead a workshop on
"Successful Recruitment and Retention," which was well-attended, and appeared to be
well-received.
Also in August, Jerry attended the six-month completion of his February PLC National
Service Executive Training. Collaborations stemming from PLC were mentioned above.
Also, the Center has received printed material and ideas from NCCC's Don Scott and
Merlene Mazyck derived from Merlene's participation in PLC.
For this service year, the Center continues to wear distinctive safety gear and uniforms,
making the Mid-Columbia continuously aware of AmeriCorp's presence. It would help the
Center for a definitive direction as to what constitutes safety gear as opposed to uniforms,
for purposes of CNS grant expenditures. For example, our teams routinely serve outdoors
all day in sub-freezing temperatures. We consider our fleece jackets required safety gear
under those circumstances. But does the Corporation agree?
This past half-year, the Academy was heavily involved in recruitment for the '96-'97
service year. The Mt. Adams Center received support in our national recruitment efforts
from Northwest cluster coordinator, Monica Gugel. Monica had come to visit the center in
March to speak with Members about other programs and to find out about the Northwest
Service Academy. She shared information about us with potential candidates, as several
letters of interest started, "I heard of your program through Monica Gugel..." In addition,
the Academy made use of the Corporation database. We received several sorts targeting
national recruits with specific skills. In addition, we were able to identify potential
candidates from the six counties we serve who had heard of AmeriCorps, but did not
realize there was a program operating in their own backyard. The national recruitment
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support proved extremely helpful to our program's recruitment efforts. The Academy also
made use of some of the print materials provided (posters) and the radio public service
announcements. These were helpful, although they focused on a more specific age group
(the younger volunteer) than the Academy chooses to do in our own recruiting.
17. Significant Program Changes this Reporting Period:
Staff turnover has been discussed under item 15, "Challenges." Member attrition was
essentially zero, as indicated under item 14.
NWSA began to make progress in board development with some excellent consulting by
national providers. See Parent Organization section.
The most significant changes this period were alluded to in item 13. This Center
underwent a thorough restructuring to raise yet again our level of service, and obtain fiscal
stability. We have formally entered into a second priority area, "education," by dedicating
and extensively training an entire team in education. Likewise, another team has been
dedicated to watershed restoration. Each of these teams will remain on the same project
with the same sponsor for essentially the entire year. Our remaining team, the Community
and Natural Resources Team, will continue the old pattern of frequent changes between
many short-term projects, in order to better meet the short-term needs of the Mid-
Columbia. Five other Members will spend the year on individual placements with USDA
Forest Service (2 Members), US Fish and Wildlife Service, Central Cascades Alliance, and
Early Childhood Education of White Salmon.
Along with these changes, the Center has cut its dependence on the Forest Service for
project and monetary support. Although our relationships remain very strong, and we
continue to use FS facilities under a Special Use Permit, and receive significant in-kind
contributions, the vicissitudes of the past year, and the needs of the community combined
to convince us that these fundamental changes were essential.
We continue to learn, and to improve as we go along. We are very proud of the scope of
the changes we were willing to undertake, and of the positive results so far experienced.
We will know more fully how truly successful they have been, and more fully the problems
they bring with them, by the next quarterly report.
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PROGRESS REPORT FOR OPERATING SITES OF
AMERICORPS* NATIONAL AND AMERICORPS* TRIBES AND
TERRITORIES PROGRAMS
1.
Operating Site:
Northwest Service Academy Metro Center
Location: Portland, OR
New Address, phone and fax: Please change your records!!!
NWSA Metro Center
525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 240
Portland, OR 97232
Phone 503\ 872-2844
Fax 503\231-6992
2.
Operating Site ID #: 95-ADNOR005-001
3.
Corporation Grantee Name: Northwest Service Academy/ESD112
4.
Mark the reporting period to which this form applies:
First Progress Report
Second Progress Report / Renewal Request
(10/1/95 - 12/31/95)
(1/1/96 - 3/31/96)
X
End-of-Term Progress Report
(4/1/96 - 9/30/96)
5.
Name of person completing this report: Joseph Parvankin and Metro Center Staff
6.
Position of person completing this report:
Center Director
7.
Telephone number: 503-872-2838
8.
Fax number: 503-231-6992
9.
E-mail address:
NWSA Metro Center: [email protected]
Joseph Parvankin: [email protected]
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PART I -- PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
AMERICORPS* NATIONAL OPERATING SITE
10.
Members and Service Hours
Member Census Questions
Full-time
Full-time
Part-time
Part-time
1995-96*
1996-97
1995-96
1996-97
How many AmeriCorps Members was
your site granted for this year?
75
52$
0
0
How many AmeriCorps Members were
enrolled at the beginning of the reporting
69
43
0
0
period?
How many new AmeriCorps Members did
0
43
0
0
you enroll during this reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
were in service at the close of this
0
43
0
0
reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
completed their term of service during this
69
0
4
0
reporting period?
AmeriCorps Members' Hours of Service
In this
In this
Since
Since
reporting
reporting
beginning of
beginning of
period
period
program
program
1995-96
1996-97
year '95
year '96
Full-time Members
51,379.35
6,362.5
129,659.85
6,362.5
Part-time Members
3,094.5
0
3,582.5
0
*
1995-96 Service Year comprises End-of-Term Progress report period of April 1 to August
31, 1996 and the 1996 - 97 Service Year comprises End-of-Term Progress report period of
September 1 to September 30, 1996.
I
An additional 34 Members will be scheduled for a January start-up.
Total for Service Year 1996-'97 is 86 Members.
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11.(a) Please provide the following information
In this
In this
Since
Since
Volunteer Generation
reporting
reporting
beginning
beginning
period
period
of
of
1995-96
1996-97
program
program
year '95
year '96
AmeriCorps Member volunteers were
involved in AmeriCorps service
430
0
3994
0
activities?
How many hours did non-AmeriCorps
Members contribute to AmeriCorps
2819
0
30196
0
service activities?
NB.
CNS clarified the definitions of Non-AmeriCorps Volunteers during the course of the
service year. Under the new definition, many of the volunteers claimed in the first 2
quarterly reports of 1995-96 would not now be counted, meaning that our yearly totals
would be substantially reduced from those indicated here.
11.(b) Share with us some examples of the service activities that your Non-AmeriCorps
Member volunteers participated in during this reporting period.
Service Year 1995-96:
As with our previous report, most of the non-AmeriCorps volunteers and volunteer service hours
come from partnership projects with local schools. NWSA Members worked with students in
grades kindergarten through high school to become more environmentally aware and responsible
by undertaking such activities as starting school recycling programs, constructing worm
composting bins, building raised garden beds, naturescaping school yards, maintaining
arboretums, maintaining and constructing interpretive nature trails, and restoring and creating
habitat for urban wildlife through removal of non native plant species and plantings of native
trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses. Students learn about the environment as they perform service
learning activities in coordination with AmeriCorps Members.
Several other non-AmeriCorps volunteers served with NWSA Members through local non-profit
organizations; usually these partnerships took place while the Academy was engaged in Service
Objective #3 activities, "Rebuilding Northwest Communities."
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Service Year 1996-97:
Currently there are 33 Members in Individual Placements with most of the placements based in
schools. One ten-Member field team has begun service in the environment. As these Members
have been serving for a short period, more details will be provided in the next report.
12.
Summary of Progress this Reporting Period Toward Accomplishing Annual
Objectives:
Service Year 1995-96:
(A)
Community Service Objectives (1995-96)
Community Service Objectives for the 1995-96 Service Year were: (1) Renewing
Northwest Streams, (2) Restoring Northwest Forests, and (3) Rebuilding Northwest
Communities.
(1) Renewing Northwest Streams (1995-96):
Still Creek Trail
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 13
Location: Zigzag Ranger District, Zigzag, Oregon
Objective: Maintain and clear Still Creek Trail
Results: Brushed and restored one mile of trail.
Sponsor's estimated value: $480
Potential Impact: Well maintained trails lead to safer access for hikers and less sediment
runoff into streams.
Pacific Crest Trail Restoration
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Zigzag Ranger District
Dates: May 22
Location: Zigzag, OR
Objectives: Maintenance and repair of Pacific Crest Trail where it intersects with the
Salmon River.
Results: Repaired and reconstructed trail water bars and brushed trail.
Sponsor's estimated value: $698
Potential Impact: The Pacific Crest Trail is a very well known and popular hiking trail. By
improving safe access to the trail, there is a greater opportunity for hikers to visit scenic
natural areas while reducing impacts on the environment.
Camassia Nature Reserve
Partner: Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Dates: April 1 - April 4
Location: West Linn, OR
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Objective: Remove non-native plants (primarily removing Scotch broom and blackberries)
from a plateau area of the reserve, in an effort to preserve rare native plant species that occur.
Results: The NWSA team cleared 2.5 acres of Scotch broom and non-native blackberries
from areas that included sensitive plant species.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1,200
Potential Impact: The Nature Conservancy is a non profit organization dedicated to
conserving natural areas while preserving habitats for plants and animals for the enjoyment
and education of people that visit these areas. By removing non native species, the chance for
the sensitive species to increase in number and vigor is increased. More diversity in an area
results in a more productive ecosystem with a greater variety of habitats for insects, plants,
and animals.
Sandy River Non-native Plant Eradication
Partner: Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Dates: July 15 - August 2
Location: Troutdale, OR
Objective: Remove non-native plants (primarily Scotch broom and blackberries) from area,
in an effort to allow native plants to thrive.
Results: Members cleared four acres of Scotch broom and blackberries from the area.
Sponsor's estimated value: $7,200
Potential Impact: Increased biodiversity for health of the ecosystem.
Sandy River Fence Construction
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area
Dates: July 23 - August 2
Location: Sandy River Delta
Objective: Construction of a smooth wire New Zealand cattle fence to control invasive
plants in the delta area of the Sandy River. The cattle will graze down the area enough to re-
introduce recreation activities to an area presently inaccessible.
Results: Members completed one mile of a four mile fence loop. Work included
construction of reinforcing H-braces, stretching of four smooth wires and installation of
metal fence posts and fence clips.
Sponsor's estimated value: $6,369
Potential Impact: This will allow greater access for the public to the Sandy River Delta area
and provide more wildlife habitat for a variety of waterfowl and small mammals.
Fairview Creek Headwaters Restoration
Partner: City of Gresham, OR
Dates: April 27, Oregon Day of Service
Location: Gresham, OR
Objective: To restore wetland area at the headwaters of Fairview Creek by planting native
trees and shrubs along creek to provide shade, soil stability, and habitat diversity.
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Results: All Metro Members and staff joined AmeriCorps Members from Neighborhood
Green Corps and EnviroCorps. They planted 700 trees and shrubs, transported and spread
seven yards of mulch, removed non-native blackberry bushes, and installed 150 beaver guard
collars around newly planted trees adjacent to creek.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2240
Potential Impact: Oregon Day of Service is designed to promote the spirit of volunteerism
by encouraging local people to get involved in their community. At Fairview Creek, 148
community volunteers came out to help restore a wetland. The headwaters of Fairview Creek
is a highly visible wetland surrounded by the city of Gresham. It is a small natural area that
provides important habitat for nesting waterfowl and other local wildlife.
Cascade Stream Watch Environmental Education Program
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Wolftree Inc.
Dates: April 1 - May 31
Location: Wildwood Recreation Area - Zigzag, OR
Objectives: To provide urban youth with the opportunity to learn about aquatic ecology by
taking part in a variety of hands-on experiments on the Salmon River.
Results: Members facilitated instruction of over 500 students who set up and took down
equipment, dug a salmon channel to allow fish passage for the Riverkeepers Program,
constructed an observation deck on adjacent wetlands, compiled and printed out tables and
graphs containing two years worth of data, and cobbled side channel banks to reduce
sedimentation into streams.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,800
Potential Impact: The students taking part in this program gained exposure to new ideas
and gained a greater sense of environmental responsibility. The students learned about
different career options in the environmental fields as they learned about different indicators
of the health of an ecosystem.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Trail Work - Flood Damage Repair
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 13 - May 24, June 10 - June 19
Location: Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
Objectives: Repair trails damaged by flooding.
Results: In May, NWSA teams cleared the Lava Canyon and Lewis River trails of debris
resulting from flooding. In June, teams repaired five miles of the Lewis River Trail, installed
three culverts, reconstructed 60 feet of turnpike, repaired two bridges, brushed trail, and
rerouted and constructed 160 feet of Quartz Creek trail washed out by a slide. On the Lava
Canyon Trail, Members restored 800 feet of trail, reconstructed 50 feet of trail through a slide
area, and reconstructed two stream crossings.
Sponsor's estimated value: $10,240
Potential Impact: The floods made these trails impassable and hazardous to hikers.
Members restored these trails, allowing for greater safety and accessibility as well as
reducing the amount of sediment going into streams and rivers adjacent to the trails.
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Bull Run Trail Maintenance
Partner: Portland Water Bureau, USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 28 - May 29
Location: Bull Run Watershed, Clackamas County, OR
Objectives: To remove of hay used for erosion control from a newly constructed trail, and
complete a water draining rock bridge.
Results: Members completed construction of a rock bridge and removed 25 large garbage
bags of wet hay.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,400
Potential Impact: Trail leads to a water testing station for the City of Portland's water
supply providing easier access for monitoring water quality.
(2) Restoring Northwest Forests (1995-96):
Zigzag Trail Damage Inventory
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 15 - April 16
Location: Zigzag Ranger District, OR
Objective: Remove broken road sign materials, conduct trail damage inventory, and brush
and clear seasonal Forest Service roads.
Results: Members removed a pile of broken signs from Mt. Hood National Forest, assessed
repair needs for district trails impacted by wind and flood damage, and brushed and cleared
Forest Service roads 20D and 20E.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,162
Potential Impact: By clearing roads of brush and debris, NWSA helps forest visitors have
safer trips due to increased visibility and removal of road hazards. Trail damage assessment
will be used to determine which trails need repairs resulting in safer hikes for trail users.
Ridgefield & Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuges
Partner: USDI Fish & Wildlife Service
Dates: April 1 - April 4
Location: Camas, WA
Objective: Planting of native shrubs to increase the refuge's habitat diversity in both the
Steigerwald Lake and Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuges.
Results: Members planted approximately 1,850 native shrubs and trees, including species of
willow, dogwood, chokecherry, and red osier, and cleared 3/4 miles of flood damaged trails
in preparation for a site to be used to set up bird nets for tagging and research needs.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,592
Potential Impact: Service resulted in improved habitat for plants and animals in the two
wildlife refuges. These refuges are two of only a few protected areas that exist in Oregon and
Washington that provide an important wintering spot for Canadian Geese populations.
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Lolo Pass Power Line Corridor Tree Planting
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 17 - May 8
Location: Zigzag Ranger District, Zigzag OR
Objective: Plant trees beneath a power line corridor to rehabilitate a heavily impacted
managed area.
Results: Members planted 4,257 trees.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,136
Potential Impact: The trees will provide forage and cover for wildlife, provide Christmas
trees for the future harvest, and control soil erosion through slowing of rainfall runoff.
Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: April 15 - May 9
Location: Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, OR
Objective: Clear Columbia Gorge trails of debris and loose rock, repair clogged culverts,
stabilize and clear slide areas, survey flood damage, and construct drainage system for
Multnomah Falls Lodge.
Results: Members repaired trail #400 clearing several washed out areas, restored several
culverts to functioning capacity, dug a trench and placed pipes to facilitate drainage around
Multnomah Falls Lodge, assessed damage on trail #444 and #424 (83 trees down, nine
washouts), and assessed Dog Mountain trail (minimal flood damage).
Sponsor's estimated value: $30,996
Potential Impact: The Floods of 1996 did substantial damage to many trail systems. The
service restored access to some popular Columbia Gorge trails, making for a safer hiking
experience with less erosive impact.
Timberline Lodge Step Installation and Trail Obliteration
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: August 5 - August 6
Location: Zigzag Ranger District, Zigzag OR
Objective: Improve trails near the lodge and obliterate trails made by the public that were
destroying native vegetation.
Results: Members completed three sets of steps, with five steps per set and obliterated .15
miles of area trails.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1942
Potential Impact: There are now fewer random trails, lessening the impact of destruction on
native vegetation. The steps also provide a safer and more accessible area for the public to
enjoy.
Southwest Oregon Nature Conservancy Preserves
Partner: The Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Dates: July 8 - July 11
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Location: Four different Nature Conservancy preserves in Southwest Oregon.
Objective: Native seed collection, invasive plant eradication and weed mapping.
Results: Members collected approximately 2.5 pounds. of native seeds, mapped a seven acre
plot for weeds, and cleared non-native trees, blackberries and other exotic plants.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1792
Potential Impact: The service created natural areas that are more representative of the local
bioregion that will hopefully support environmental education by serving as windows to the
past as well as laboratories for future scientific investigation.
Augsberger Mountain Trail
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: June 10 - August 7
Location: Augsberger Mountain, WA
Objective: To create a new trail to connect with the Dog Mountain trail.
Results: Members completed five miles of trail.
Sponsor's estimated value: $37,110
Potential Impact: The new trail provides access to incredible views, wildflowers, and native
habitats while lessen the frequently hiked Dog Mountain trail
Ramona Falls Trail Restoration
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: June 23 - July 3
Location: Zigzag, OR
Objective: To narrow trail to original specifications to minimize human impacts, obliterate
road in the Salmon/ Huckleberry Wilderness Area, reinstall a washed out bridge, and perform
campground maintenance.
Results: Members narrowed 2700 feet of wilderness trail at Ramona Falls, obliterated 60
feet of road, installed three wooden steps in a campground, reinstalled bridge, repaired water
bars, and cleaned up a campground site.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,064
Potential Impact: The service will enhance wilderness experience for campers using the
trail, lessen the impact of people on the area, and create a campground that is safer and
cleaner.
Mount Hood National Forest Trail Maintenance
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates : April 9 - May 8 (Estacada Ranger District), May 27 - July 3 (Clackamas Ranger
District)
Location: Estacada, OR
Objective: To participate in district wide clean up of trails damaged by flooding.
Results: Members repaired trails damaged by the flood by brushing trail, removing fallen
trees, rebuilding trail tread, and constructing waterbars to improve drainage off of trails.
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Trails improved include the Roaring River, the Dry Ridge, the Bagbee, the Fanton #505, the
Old Baldy, and Riverside trails. Members repaired a total of 15 miles of trails.
Sponsor's estimated value: $12,800
Potential Impact: The service restored stability to hiking trails making for a safer and more
accessible experience.
Columbia Gorge Trail Maintenance
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: May 13 - June 13
Location: Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, OR
Objective: Maintain, repair, and construct trails in the Columbia Gorge Scenic Area
Results: Members brushed and maintained Wakeen, Angel's Rest, Return, Larch Mountain,
and Oneonta Triple Falls trails. In addition, Members maintained one mile of Pacific Crest
Trail starting at the Bridge of the Gods trailhead, constructed 3/4 mile of trail at Augsberger,
stabilized areas where talus and mudslides had blocked trails above Multnomah Falls, and at
Oneonata, constructed new switchbacks to improve drainage off of trails.
Sponsor's estimated value: $16,200
Potential Impact: Renew and increase accessibility to the natural beauty of the Columbia
Gorge Scenic Area.
Zigzag Ranger District Trail Repair
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Zigzag Ranger District
Dates: May 14 - May 16, June 3 - June 26, July 8 - July 19
Location: Zigzag, OR Mt. Hood National Forest
Objective: To make needed repairs and additions to campgrounds and trails affected by
flooding.
Results: Members brushed the Salmon River Trail, installed water bars, and built a 40 foot
turnpike. Members also disassembled a flood damaged foot bridge, installed a staircase at
Trillium Lake Campground, helped reconstruct portions of Ramona Falls that had been
washed away during flooding, and brushed Cool Creek and Pioneer Bridle Trails. An
additional 105 miles of trails (Tom/Dick/Harry Trail, Cold Creek Trail, and McIntyre Ridge
Trail) were brushed and slash was removed from 1000 feet of Pacific Crest Trail.
Sponsor's estimated value: $15,680
Potential Impact: Greater public access and safety on Forest Service trails.
Geographic Information System (G.I.S) Data Input
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest
Dates: April 8 - August 1
Location: Zigzag, OR
Objective: Enter data into the Mt. Hood G.I.S. database.
Results: Members entered tree stand exams involving data on the site topography, the type
and percentage of vegetation cover, as well as the height, age, type, diameter, desirability,
and growth rate of every tree in the stand.
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Sponsor's estimated value: $5,120
Potential Impact: Adding to database knowledge gives forest managers and users a better
picture of the health and diversity of the forest.
Mt. Hood Rock Resource Data
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest
Dates: June 18 - August 2
Location: Gresham, OR
Objective: Compile Geology Technical (Geo Tech) Inventory.
Results: The Member completed the Mt. Hood National Forest rock resource list, ran cross
sections and assisted in the completion of moisture content tests for five drilling projects
where roads had failed in the floods. The Member also prepared all materials necessary for
Geo Tech Department to supply their portion of watershed analysis for two watersheds.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1,792
Potential Impact: The data will enable the Forest Service to repair roads damaged in the
floods so that the public will again have access to their public lands.
Green Canyon Campground
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Zigzag Ranger District
Dates: April 8 - April 11
Location: Zigzag, OR
Objective: To improve campground facilities in order to protect sensitive areas and make
the campground safer.
Results: Members installed 20 post barriers in Green Canyon Campground to keep vehicles
in designated parking areas. In addition, Members installed water bars on an adjacent trail
and repaired flood damaged trail tread.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1,548
Potential Impact: Service assists in protecting the area from excessive resource damage.
(3) Rebuilding Northwest Communities (1995-96):
12 (b) Community Building/Strengthening Objectives (1995-96):
Goals included (1) involving Members and staff in service learning activities; (2)
collaborating with local communities; and (3) empowering young adults. As stated in our
previous Progress Reports, our Community Building activities have been heavily incorporated in
Member Development and Community Service. Please refer to section 12 (a) for direct service
activities in the community and 12(c) of this report for extensive reporting on service learning
and Standing Committee activities.
During this reporting period, the Nike \ Community Cycling Center (CCC) Bike-to-
School-and-Back project concluded. Members brought together children, parents and school
officials in inner NE Portland. The CCC has received national recognition for the project.
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Many Metro Members continued to serve beyond the standard service week. Some of
this service is documented in this report; much of it was done completely outside of the
Academy. One of the most compelling examples of this was a project lead by Reid Cooper. As
described later in this document, Reid facilitated other Members and community volunteers in
the creation of a mural at McLaughlin Junior High School. Reid accomplished the improbable
by tirelessly recruiting volunteers in the evenings after his service day.
Gregory Heights Middle School
Partner: Portland Public Schools
Dates: February 15 - April 5 (continued from last quarter)
Location: Portland, OR
Objectives: To allow students to play an integral role in the restoration of natural habitat at
the school grounds through site inventory, design and implementation.
Results: Members worked with students to naturescape the school grounds. Members
coordinated and planned activities to assist students as they did site inventories and
vegetation mapping. Members researched the natural history of the area and incorporated
this information into the design of the naturescaping project. Members assisted students in
producing a pamphlet inviting community members to join them for their planting day. Local
businesses donated materials and over 80 community volunteers participated in planting trees
and shrubs. Also, Members implemented a recycling program that targeted both classrooms
and the cafeteria, inspired the shop class to construct a compost box, organized an
environmental after school club, and created a curriculum booklet to be used as a resource for
other schools interested in naturescaping activities.
Sponsor's estimated value: $17,010
Potential Impact: The large turnout of people that came to the planting day indicates that the
community supports naturescaping activities. These projects unite the community in an effort
to improve their natural environment, resulting in a more involved community with a greater
awareness of their nearby nature.
Wilsonville Environmental Education Program
Partner: City of Wilsonville, OR., Wilsonville Elementary School, Boekman Creek
Elementary School
Dates: April 30- June 6
Location: Wilsonville, OR
Objectives: To create an environmental education curriculum, restore habitat around
Boekman Creek, increase accessibility to environmental learning area, and encourage use by
teachers and students of the site to heighten environmental awareness.
Results: At Boekman Creek, Members installed twelve plant identification signs, and
repaired twelve feet of trail. Members developed curriculum and implemented classes for
eight Talented and Gifted (TAG) classes and taught twice a week for four weeks of 8 - 10
children per class. Members developed Stream restoration plans for Arrowhead Creek; this
was implemented with the help of Wood Middle School students over a four day period with
35 students involved each day. This effort involved constructing 70 feet of connecting trail,
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planting along creek, laying down gravel to improve existing trail, removing non-native plant
species, and installing 10 trail stairs. Members designed and implemented drop in classes for
grades K - 6, class size 25, 21 classes taught through the month. Members aided in
implementation of student designed service learning projects at Wood Middle School.
Sponsor's estimated value: $13,608
Potential Impact: The project made the Wilsonville community more aware and invested
in their local park. The schools involved have new ways of using the park with a curriculum
in place that allows teachers to provide environmental education at a nearby location. The
site should continue to become more productive and have a greater diversity of native plants
that will attract more wildlife to the area.
McLoughlin Junior High School
Partner: McLoughlin Jr. High School
Dates: July 27 (Community Project Day)
Location: North Clackamas School District, Milwaukie, OR
Objectives: To improve the physical appearance of a school that lacks the funding to do
such upkeep and maintenance.
Results: Members trimmed trees, shrubs and flowers in
the front yard, put down mulch, replaced a split rail fence,
and planted numerous plants. Members also worked on an
extensive mural project which included a large picture of
the school's mascot.
DOWN.
Sponsor's estimated value: $500
Potential Impact: Students will take pride in their school
and want to maintain its physical appearance.
McLoughlin Junior High School Mural
Partner: McLoughlin Jr. High School
Dates: June 21 - August 8
Location: North Clackamas School District, Milwaukie,
OR
Objectives: To cover as much wall space in the basement
as possible with a mural.
Results: Members completed several mural paintings,
covering over 4,000 square feet of wall.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2000
Potential Impact: A more vibrant, culturally expressive
Member Chris Christensen
school environment displayed through wall murals.
working on the mural.
Portsmouth Community Redevelopment Corporation Landscaping
Partner: Portsmouth Community Redevelopment Corporation
Dates: July 27 (Community Project Day)
Location: North Portland, OR
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Objectives: To perform landscaping on a house for a low income family.
Results: Members weeded out blackberries, mowed and tilled the lawn, broke up concrete
walkway and cleaned the area of trash and yard debris.
Sponsor's estimated value: $400
Potential Impact: Neighborhood and the new home owner will take pride in the area and
want to maintain its physical appearance.
Ardenwold Elementary School Playground Construction
Partner: North Clackamas School District, Milwaukie, OR
Dates: July 27 (Community Project Day)
Location: Milwaukie, OR
Objectives: To construct a playground structure
Results: Members dug 35 post holes, set up seven interconnecting playground equipment,
leveled ground, and poured concrete to secure equipment.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1536
Potential Impact: Provides a safe and colorful place for neighborhood children to play as
well as enhance the school's ability to act as a community center.
Film and Video Inventory
Partner: USDA Forest Service
Dates: July 15 - August 7
Location: Supervisor's Office, Gresham, OR
Objectives: Organize the video lending library and resource guide, assist with public affairs
tasks and create two Salmon Life Cycle games.
Results: A Member inventoried over 75 16mm films and 150 video cassettes, summarized
films and determined which should be kept or discarded and organized remaining videos into
a video library for access by Forest Service employees as well as for public use. The Member
also compiled inventory with other sources of relevant videos into a video resource guide,
assisted public affairs staff with photocopying, transfers of maps and other materials to
ranger districts, setting up front desk area for the public, and created two new Salmon Life
Cycle game boards.
Sponsor's estimated value: $900
Potential Impact: The Forest Service staff have easier access to videos on a variety of
topics ranging from Forest Service history to Smokey Bear to GIS. Videos will also be used
to raise public awareness of the Forest Service and for environmental education. The games
will be used to educate students about the salmon life cycle and related environmental themes
and concepts, giving them a greater understanding of the world around them and their impact
on it.
Trillium Lake & Green Canyon Campgrounds Maintenance
Partner: USDA Forest Service, Zigzag Ranger District
Dates: May 20 - May 23
Location: Zigzag, OR
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Objectives: To maintain campgrounds.
Results: Members moved picnic tables, installed four fire pits, brushed out and cleaned up
Trillium Lake campground overflow area, picked up litter, installed stairs, and dug out
sediment from various campsites.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1,944
Potential Impact: Provide clean and pleasant camping experiences for people visiting a
National Forest.
Hedges Creek Restoration
Partner: Tualatin Parks & Recreation District
Dates: April 11
Location: Tualatin, OR
Objectives: 1) To stabilize and restore banks of Hedges Creek. 2) To prepare site and assist
students planting trees and shrubs on Arbor Day.
Results: Members built up the stream bank, laid jute erosion control matting, and planted
vegetation to further stabilize bank slopes. For Arbor Day, Members led thirty 5th Grade
students in the planting of 132 trees and shrubs.
Sponsor's estimated value: $486
Potential Impact: Through stream restoration and erosion control, the quality of the water
and the productivity of the land are increased, resulting in better habitat for plants and
animals and an area that has greater resiliency to flood damage. By involving young people
in restoring an area, students learn about what they can do to help nature and gain a greater
understanding of what stewardship of the land involves.
Boardman Research & Natural Area (RNA) and Clear Lake Ridge Nature Conservancy
Preserve
Partner: The Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Dates: June 3 - June 7
Location: Boardman Naval Air Station, OR
Objectives: To eradicate noxious weeds in a Natural Area and construct barbed wire fence
to keep cattle from sensitive area.
Results: Members cleared RNA of knapweed plants, constructed 1/4 mile of barbed wire
fencing plus one 150 yd. wing, and prepared rock jacks (structures used to support fencing)
for construction of second wing.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,592
Potential Impact: By restricting access of cows and removing non-native invasive plant
species, the natural biodiversity of the areas can be promoted and preserved.
Little Rock Island Non-Native Plant Eradication
Partner: Nature Conservancy of Oregon
Dates: May 13 - May 16
Location: West Linn - Little Rock Island/ Camassia, OR
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Objectives: Eradicate non-native plant species, Scotch Broom on Little Rock Island.
Removal of Scotch broom, ivy, and holly on the Camassia nature trail.
Results: Members removed Scotch broom from approximately 21 acres on and around Little
Rock Island, eradicated Ivy on Camassia nature trail, and removed non-native blackberry
shrubs from area adjacent to the creek along the Camassia preserve land.
Sponsor's estimated value: $2,592
Potential Impact: The service will promote desired biodiversity for the areas and provide a
more healthy habitat for the growth of both pale larkspur and other native species.
Hockinson Heights Primary School
Partner: Hockinson Heights Elementary School
Dates: April 15 - May 8
Location: Brush Prairie, WA
Objectives: (1) To rehabilitate a nature trail located behind the school in a wooded lot (two
acres) and provide interpretive signs identifying native plant species and ecologically
important sites. (2) To draft an education handbook for teachers, compile an informational
pamphlet with a map, and lead students on interpretive hikes. (3) To rehabilitate creek within
this wood lot.
Results: Members led 1250 students by class (K - 8th Grades) through interpretive walks,
installed 26 interpretive signs, restored loop trail for foot traffic and installed steps at various
locations, and completed both a comprehensive Environmental Education Handbook /Trail
Guide with activities for K- 8 students as well as a an informational pamphlet and plant list of
key native species. In addition, Members restored stream by repairing the trail, boardwalk,
and log dams in an effort to provide better habitat for local wildlife.
Sponsor's estimated value: $11,664
Potential Impact: Through the completion of this project, a unique interpretive/ natural area
is now available to the Hockinson School District and their surrounding community. This
natural area will be used as a living classroom for Northwest ecology natural history lessons.
Habitat for Humanity
Partner: Portland Habitat for Humanity
Dates: April 24
Location: Portland, OR
Objectives: To prepare a house for opening.
Results: Members painted the house, constructed a cement walkway, put up fire retardant,
landscaped yard, and cleaned up the site.
Sponsor's estimated value: $567
Potential Impact: Assisted Habitat for Humanity in providing affordable housing for low
income residents in Portland.
Blue Lake Regional Park
Partner: METRO Regional Government, Portland Public Schools
Dates: April 24 - April 25, 1996
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Location: Portland, OR
Objectives: To assist 7th and 8th grade students in maintaining plants and trees in a wetland
area as part of a habitat improvement project.
Results: Members assisted 120 school children from Mt. Tabor Middle School as they
removed 20 sq. ft. of blackberry vines and thistle, and placed 42 nurse logs (downed woody
debris to add needed nutrients, moisture and resource advantages for young plants), and
mapped presence of non-native species in a two acre area.
Sponsor's estimated value: $1,125
Potential Impact: Students were able to put their class knowledge to practical use by doing
hands on activities that reinforced lessons given on plant associations and communities.
Students became invested in an effort that is resulting in a recovering wetland ecosystem.
Oaks Bottom Park Trails Improvement
Partner: City of Portland, Bureau of Parks & Recreation
Dates: July 10, 1996
Location: Portland, OR
Objectives: Brush and repair flood damaged trail.
Results: Brushed 3/4 mile of trail and reconstructed 30 feet of trail.
Sponsor's estimated value: $460
Potential Impact: Better access to a wetland area for the general public to enjoy.
Northeast Community Development Corporation
Partner: NE Community Development Corporation
Dates: June 10 - June 26, 1996
Location: NE Portland, OR
Objectives: To assist NE Community Development Corporation where needed.
Results: A Member conducted 30 door-to-door community surveys in NE Portland to assess
which community events residents would be interested in participating, compiled data from
107 completed surveys, added the 107 survey respondents to database, created a list of
community events that respondents expressed interest in, followed up on eight requests for
information made by respondents, designed flyer for neighborhood meeting, and distributed
100 copies around the neighborhood.
Sponsor's estimated value: $500
Potential Impact: By assessing community interests, events can be planned that will involve
residents and create a greater sense of community.
12.
Summary of Progress Toward Accomplishing Annual Objectives for Service
Year 1996-97:
The Direct Service Objectives for Service Year 1996-97 are:
1) Basic skills tutoring
2) Monitor, evaluate and restore sub-basins in and around the Columbia River Watershed
3) Support of existing non-profit organizations and community agencies
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We had only a few days of service the 1996-97 Service Year during this reporting period; some
of those outcomes will be reported below with a follow-up in our next progress report.
(A)
Community Service Objectives (1996-97):
Community Gardens
Partner: City of Portland, Bureau of Parks & Recreation
Date: Sept. 18
Location: Portland, OR
Objective: To construct and fill raised garden beds for a new community garden
Results: Members constructed and filled five raised garden beds for a new community
garden and created 100 ft long one foot buffer along edge of garden.
Partner's estimated value: $700
Potential Impact: The 25 IP Members & staff provided 175 hours of service to create a
community garden. The raised beds will provide access to gardens for individuals with
disabilities. In addition to NWSA Members, ten high school students assisted in the project
for a total contribution of 25 hours.
Sabin Community Development Corp.
Partner: Sabin CDC
Dates: September 23-24
Location: Sabin Community of Northeast Portland.
Objectives: To remove non-native plants, landscape a rental site, clean up around a restored
home, and distribute informational flyers about affordable housing.
Results: Members cleared 100 feet of fence and non-native plants including ivy and
blackberry, maintained landscape of renovated rental site with pruning and brush removal,
removed debris from old roofing on restored home, and distributed Sabin CDC informational
flyers to more than 60 businesses in NE Portland. A total of 10 IP Members provided 63
hours of service.
Partner's estimated value: $252
Potential Impact: Sabin promotes affordable housing and neighborhood enhancement.
Sponsor provided staff support (2.5 hours) and use of equipment with a value of
approximately $50.
Cascade AIDS Project Public Outreach
Partner: Cascade AIDS Project
Date: September 25
Location: Portland, OR
Objective: To prepare and sort AIDS prevention outreach kits.
Results: Members packed and sorted outreach materials and assisted in reorganizing
materials for clients.
Partner's estimated value: $84
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Potential Impact: Three IP Members provided 21 hours of service aimed at minimizing the
spread of AIDS in the Portland area.
Multnomah County Animal Shelter
Partner: Multnomah County Animal Shelter
Date: September 30
Location: Northeast Portland
Objective: To assist in the maintenance of the facility and care of the animals.
Results: One IP Member provided seven hours of service that included assisting with the
maintenance of the shelter and exercising dogs and handling cats.
Partner's estimated value: $24
Potential Impact: This service assisted the county shelter in providing homes for stray
animals as well as care and upkeep of the facilities.
(B)
Community Development Objectives (1996-97):
The Community Building/Strengthening Objectives for Service Year 1996-97 are:
1) Recruit and develop community volunteers.
2) Promote an ethic of service in and among the local community by holding special
service events.
3) Develop plans for potential continued school service after AmeriCorps/NWSA
project is completed.
We have had only a few days of service during the 1996-97 Service Year in this reporting period;
therefore, the Community Development outcomes will be reported in our next progress report.
12.(C) AmeriCorps Member Development Objectives:
Service Year 1995-96:
The Metro Member Development Program (MDP) is organized into the following four objectives
or "threads:" Hard Skills, Leadership, Community Building and Environment. The Metro MDP
is committed to the notion of a "Three-tiered" learning structure. We focus on these four threads
and teach a curriculum of ever-advancing skill levels in each thread. Our program has
committed to visiting each chosen topic in each thread at least three times during the course of
the service year.
Due to the non-residential nature of the Metro program, Member Development Objectives are
met in the field under the conditions of Direct Service Projects, as well as in more traditional
service-learning and educational environments. At Metro, these service-learning opportunities
are created during Community Learning Days (CLD's), Team Learning Days (TLD's), and All
Community Service Days (CSD's).
The period covered by this report was a source of unique challenges to the Member Development
Program. These challenges included increased Member autonomy via the Leadership
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Development Program, radical positive change in the Member standing committee system, and
the pressures of meeting our US Forest Service grant obligation. These unique challenges
resulted in a particularly flexible period, programatically; this flexibility in turn produced some
of the most unexpected and fantastic successes.
Community Learning Days (CLD's):
This quarter, the NWSA Metro Center held five Community Learning Days. At CLD's when
available, an hour to an hour and a half was set aside for Member Standing Committees to meet
as per our Member self-governance structure (a mainstay of our Community Building objective).
Additionally, this time was used to allow those Members not engaged in committee work to
participate in Voluntary Simplicity classes. Below is a list of the CLD's held during the period
covered by this progress report, with a brief description of each:
Conflict Resolution/Earth Day Celebration (Friday, April 18)
This CLD took place in two parts: a morning follow-up to our March 28th Conflict Resolution
training (funded by CNS through the National Center for Community Mediation) and an
afternoon of workshops around the theme of Earth Day. The three hour Conflict Resolution
session concluded the twelve hours of training mandated by the Center curriculum. The
recommendations of the primary trainer, Laurel Singer, are included as an appendix to this
session. This session, due largely to the cozy setting of Camp Namanu, was received more
positively by the Members than the previous session at Portland State University. Afternoon
workshops included a Member-led geology class, an appropriate technology demonstration,
hands-on paper-making, and a lecture and field trip about edible wild plants.
Mini-CLD: "Taking Care Of Business" (Friday, May 31)
Designed to take the place of a full-length CLD, the mini-CLD continued the Academy's
commitment to what has become known as "Member Business." This mini-CLD included a
guest speaker (Christian Seppa, "How to Start your own Green Business), a meeting of the
Chautaqua reading and discussion group, and two sessions of "Coffee Talk." Coffee Talk is a
program designed by our Member Steering Committee and mandated by legislation written by
that committee and ratified by our Center Director. The purpose of Coffee Talk is to bring
Members and Staff together to talk about issues of mutual concern. Each Coffee Talk consists of
one Staff presenter/resource person, a Steering Committee facilitator and Member participants.
Career Development Day (Thursday, June 20)
This day took place at Mount Hood Community College as a result of the generous work of Mr.
Skip Paynter, Director of Career Planning and Placement. This CLD started out with Member
Business, including a guest speaker (Jon Stewart: "Spotted Owls and Timber in the Northwest")
a slideshow (Bré Bartels: "A Galapagos Adventure"), a meeting of the Chautaqua reading and
discussion class, and two sessions of Coffee Talk. In the afternoon, the entire Center was
engaged in a selection of workshops aimed at developing Member skills in the area of career
development. The afternoon program offered Members 17 different workshops to choose from
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in 24 slots, with skills-specific workshops being offered several times throughout the program.
Highlights from the 17 different workshops included: "Computers as Aides to Job Searches",
"Small Group Résumé Work", "The Real Peace Corps", "Guerrilla Management: Management
from the Bottom Up", and "Self-Marketing: How to Use Applications to Your Advantage."
Member Standing Committees Continuous Improvement
"Member Standing Committees establish a significant forum for input from Members to the staff,
as well as establishing a basis for Member self-governance. Standing Committees are
considered the heart of our program's training and service-learning in the area of civic-
responsibility. -- NWSA AmeriCorps National Direct Grant Application
Never was this statement proven more true than during this last NWSA term. Twice this year
they have facilitated a comprehensive Member Survey (evaluation) on all aspects of the program
(the last two were sent to our CNS Program Officer). What follows is a list of accomplishments
for the three primary Metro Member Committees:
Steering Committee
This committee designed, administered and compiled the results of a Member driven Program
Evaluation, created a "Coffee Talk" program, reviewed the Absence Policy, administered a
budget for the Community Project Day Committee, and wrote legislation addressing a plethora
of Member concerns.
Project Action Committee
This term's new, improved PAC hit the ground running. After being trained in sponsor contact,
PAC proceeded to create a Sponsor Survey to supplement the project proposal form and ensure
that field teams received the information that they needed about a project. A discussion between
the PAC and a representative from the US Forest Service prompted our staff to update the
information going out to sponsors about discretionary education time. PAC also wrote
legislation advocating a 1/2 day mandatory debriefing session for teams in between projects of
eight working days or longer, and designed a grievance system meant to empower Members to
review the performance of sponsors whom they deem to be undeserving of Academy service
time.
Community Project Day Committee
Born out of an abandoned "Serve-a-Thon", the CPDC took on the task of designing, organizing
and executing an All Community Service Day. This day, known as "Serve and be Served", was
an entirely Member organized, Member driven project. The CPDC selected four projects across
the city, solicited donations of refreshments for each site, developed publicity, and printed T-
shirts. The event drew enough attention to bring staff from Senator Ron Wyden's office out to
volunteer pulling ivy in Forest Park. That evening, a celebration was held at a local restaurant
where Metro Center bands performed. The proceeds from T-shirt sales and the admissions
charge were earmarked as matching funds to be used for unpaid service projects next year.
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Newsletter Committee
In contrast to the first term's Newsletter Committee, which was able to generate only a single
issue, our second term's committee generated several full-length newsletters. Furthermore, these
newsletters were considered by all to be excellent forums for debating the issues concerning the
Metro Center. Of particular interest were discussions regarding gender roles in the Academy, the
Absence Policy, and interpretations of the AmeriCorps Prohibited Activities clause with regard
to newsletter content.
Team Learning Days
Throughout the final term of Service Year 1995-96, Team Learning Days continued to comprise
a significant structure for the accomplishment of Member Development Objectives. Moreover,
with the emphasis on seasonal trail work and the increased programmatic obligation to the US
FOREST SERVICE Two Mountains Grant, TLD's became a primary vehicle for the delivery of
Service-Learning. TLD's bring the "classroom" and the "field" together. TLD's were
recognized by 22 Members as their most valued Member Development structure, giving TLD's
the highest preference rating by 6.6%. What follows is a list of TLD's and related service-
learning conducted during NWSA Metro's second term:
Native American Historical And Cultural Awareness
This term, two teams visited the Warm Springs Indian Museum to learn about indigenous
cultures and history. The day included a movie and a tour of the museum and grounds.
Mt. St. Helen's Volcanic National Monument
This TLD included an introduction to the geology of the Northern Cascades as well as a
description of volcanic activity. Members learned about the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's in 1980
and the uncovering of lava canyon.
Northwest Geology And Geothermal Activity
This team hiked into the Wind River watershed to learn about plate tectonics, the Cascades
formation, hydrothermalism, hydrothermal rocks, and the source of hot spring water. The
presentation was given by Metro Member Kristi Merganthaler.
METRO Regional Government And OMSI
Members toured the Portland METRO Regional government building, built in the early nineties,
and designed to utilize recycled building materials. The tour explained the workings of the
METRO agency in areas such as waste, recycling, and Greenspaces. At OMSI (the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry), Members visited the Watershed Lab, and viewed a movie
about Antarctica on the OmniMax Theater.
Environmental Education Camp
Members from one of our field teams traveled to the Oregon Coast to visit a fellow Member at an
IP at an OMSI's science education camp. There, the IP Member trained the other in the
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environmental education curriculum that takes place at the camp. On the second day of their trip,
the Members assisted the staff at the camp in teaching the curriculum to some visiting students.
Mt. Hood Alpine Mountaineering Training
Part or all of three field teams participated in this training in preparation for an ascent of Mt.
Hood that Members organized on their own time. The training included gear training, techniques
of snow ascent, self-arrest, crampon use, knots and harnesses and roped glacier travel. This
training was conducted safely at lower elevations by former National Outdoor Leadership School
(NOLS) instructor and Metro Team Steward John Jackson.
Pierce Ranch And Beacon Rock
The team was educated about mitigated land acquisition as a result of the construction of
Bonneville Dam. They also learned about wildlife refuge management practices, cattle as a tool
for land management, and local geology and natural history. The team was able to view nesting
Peregrine falcons.
Chinook Archeological Dig At Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge
Team Two toured an excavation of a Chinook Indian longhouse. They learned about the process
of excavation, as well as the results: tool usage, lifestyles, etc. of the Chinook Indians.
Bonneville Dam Visitors' Center
One team visited the Bonneville Dam Visitors' Center. There they learned about the
construction of the dam by the US Army Corps. of Engineers, and about the effects of its
completion on the natural and human communities in the watershed. The team also viewed the
operational fish ladder in place at the dam.
Willow Creek Natural History Presentation
During a project restoring a prairie to its original state, one team learned about land composition
before Europeans arrived and the changes to the face of the land as a result of European
settlement. The team learned specifically about the extinction of oak savannahs. The team also
learned about the surrounding wildlife and discussed the impact of a computer chip factory under
construction nearby on the watershed.
Spotted Owl Biologist Lecture
This service-learning took place in the field during the course of a trail construction project.
General information was presented about owl and other sensitive species. Different techniques
were discussed for the observation of owls and other wildlife focusing on the relative levels of
impact of these different techniques on animal behavior.
Birdhouse Building
The team learned the proper design of birdhouses for several native species of bird. They learned
design essentials including size of house, size of entry hole, ventilation, and appropriate
placement. The team completed the construction of several birdhouses.
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Special Member Development Events:
State Commission Celebration
At the end of June, the Oregon State Commission held a state-wide celebration of our Members'
year of service. Part graduation, part workshop/conference, this event offered something for
everyone: essential information about the post-service award, career development training,
Member-led workshops, and statewide networking opportunities. Members left the event with
morale boosted, and our compliments go out to the State Commission.
Summer Summit
It had been a long time between Summits, the Winter Summit having been canceled by the
floods. Metro Members were eager to have one last joint summit with our brothers and sisters at
Mt. Adams; the Mt. Adams Center had not yet been visited by the Metro Members this year.
The highlights of the day included a day hike up Sleeping Beauty, a tour of the local organic herb
farm, and an exploration of the nearby ice caves.
Bridge Pedal
The Bridge Pedal, a 20+ mile bike ride across all of the Portland Bridges, was the first event of
its kind and NWSA Metro Members were on hand providing critical services. This ride was
sponsored by the Bicycle Transit Alliance, and organized as a fund-raiser to increase Portland's
bicycle-friendliness. Ten thousand riders completed a course which serpentined back and forth
across the Willamette River, closing each of the bridges in turn, even the freeway bridges. A
dozen Metro Members served as Route Safety Monitors along the final, and most hazardous, leg
of the course. Other Metro Members, organized by NWSA Metro Alum Dave Frankunas, served
as traveling bicycle mechanics. based on the feedback from event coordinators, the NWSA
Metro involvement proved that AmeriCorps' cadres of highly-trained, motivated Members
utilizing transportation and communication resources provided by their host programs are an
invaluable resource to local, large-scale community service events.
12.(c) AmeriCorps Member Development Objectives:
Service Year 1996-97:
Member Development Plan Overview
The Academy is committed to graduating Members who are responsible, highly skilled citizens
able to assume active leadership roles in their communities. To this end, we have created a
Member Development Plan which outlines specific knowledge and skills that are either required
or recommended for successful completion of the program. This Plan will be explained in detail
during the pre-service orientation. Members and staff will work together to keep the MDP up-to-
date as an important record of Member Development and progress throughout the year.
Our adjusted Member Development Objectives for the Service Year 1996-97 are:
1) Participation in Civic Action Committees [encompassed in Community Involvement
Areas hours, discussed later].
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2) Demonstrated leadership in the community and/or lead an NWSA team.
3) Training and development of specific skill sets.
Written into each Member's Member Development Plan are requirements to complete thirty
hours per trimester in one of six focus areas. Those areas are as follows:
A. Governance Committees
Steering, PAC etc.
B. Local Community Organizations & Committees
Neighborhood associations, Watershed Councils etc.
C. Coordinating Community-at-Large Projects
Project related or independent event involving community volunteers.
D. Newsletter & Northwest Service Journal
Internal & External newsletters
E. Academy Extension Service
Volunteer participation in Portland/Vancouver area service events or
conducting service skills trainings for other organizations.
F. Reflections on Service
Participation in weekly action-discussion circle designed to draw on service
experience as a medium through which to develop a personal service ethic.
Participants will gain skills & experience in using and facilitating experiential
reflection activities.
Members may expect to spend up to 20% of their service year in non-direct service activities
including training and development. This includes two weeks of Pre-Service Training and
Orientation (for full-time Members entering in September); approximately nine Community
Learning Days and five Center Days scheduled throughout the year; project-related service
learning provided by the Sponsor, the Academy, and the Members themselves; guest speakers;
project-based experiential learning facilitated by staff and Members; and a variety of individual
opportunities.
MDP Component Descriptions
Core NWSA Trainings
These trainings will be provided on: Pre-service Orientation, Community Learning Days,
Community Days and during some team meetings designated by a team for training. Trainings
will be provided by; external consultants, staff, current members and NWSA alumni when
possible.
Community Involvement Areas
New this year to the Member Development Program are Community Involvement Area (CIA)
hours. Community Involvement Areas are designed to address a number of community and
Member needs. This is a direct programmatic response to needs identified by both Members of
the Center and partnering community organizations over the first two years of our operation.
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Over the course of the service year each Member will provide 90 of their service hours in one of
the six identified areas. Each of these areas has been identified as an avenue to strengthen
community ties, involve more volunteers in Academy facilitated service projects, improve the
Northwest Service Academy's ability to meet community needs and strengthen the community
leadership skills of Academy Members.
The Northwest Service Academy recognizes that the true test of the service it provides to the
community is the sustainability of its projects, the ownership of those projects by the community
served and the responsiveness of the Academy to community needs. To this end the Community
Involvement areas have been developed as an integral part of the service year. Each Staff
member of the NWSA staff will also commit to participation in one or more of these areas
throughout the service year.
Peer Observation
Eight hours per month starting in October are reserved for observation of other members, other
projects and/or non-NWSA colleagues with a focus on: continuous improvement, skills sharing
and peer skills improvement. These peer observation opportunities are intended to help
Members make full use of the resources which exist to help them further improve their ability to
provide valuable, effective service in their service areas. NWSA feels strongly that by
strengthening our ties to each other through resource sharing and collaborative service learning
activities we simultaneously strengthen the results and sustainable nature of the service we
provide.
On-Site Service Learning Opportunities
Sponsors will be provided Sponsor Training regarding their role of service-learning and Member
Development in Academy service projects. This component of the MDP is still being developed
with the intention of beginning these sponsor trainings early in the autumn of the 1996-97
Service Year. NWSA's goal is to include this as a requirement for accepting service projects in
coming years.
Community Learning Days/Center Days
Community Learning Days (CLDs) are Center-wide, mandatory training events designed to help
Members fulfill the requirements of the Member Development Plan. Center Days (CDs) are
Center-wide mandatory events which will allow us to come together as an Academy Community.
CLDs/CDs are scheduled on a regular basis during the service year, usually on a Friday.
Attendance is mandatory and Members are given development hours credit.
The first part of each CLD/CD is reserved for an All-Community Meeting, which all Members
and staff are required to attend (part-time staff schedules may impact their ability to attend).
These meetings provide a forum for sharing successes, concerns, and ideas for continuous
improvement. Academy Members and staff will contribute items to a posted agenda. Members
will be trained to facilitate these meetings.
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Continuous Improvement Days
Scheduled All-member/All staff days focused on organizational Continuous Improvement
facilitated by Member Steering Committee. Two days per service year are scheduled for these
events.
Journals
NWSA is a program based on the principles of experiential education. It is an essential part of
the experiential learning cycle that Members reflect on their experiences in systematic ways in
order to recognize, evaluate, and utilize what they have learned. Journaling is one of these
systems and along with evaluations and debriefs, journaling will be used as a tool for Member
reflection. Members will be provided with a journal and expected to complete journal exercises
throughout the service year. Instruction and guidance will be given for these exercises. With the
exception of an occasional request by your Steward or Leader that you write something you are
prepared to share, your journals are private. Furthermore, there will be opportunities to reflect
using a medium other than writing. Sometimes artwork, photography or found objects, with
some kind of interpretation, can stand in for a written journal entry.
We feel that writing is an important skill to master in order to enhance one's ability to conduct
and display the results of service learning. We also recognize that for some, journaling will be a
challenge. It is important that Members recognize that we will offer the same encouragement
and resources to explore journaling as we will in developing skills teaching children, building
trails, or restoring habitat.
NWSA Member Committees
Member Committee participation is an important avenue for developing leadership skills and
accomplishing continuous improvement goals of the Academy. Due to the significant structural
changes occurring in the 96-97 service year the Committee structure will look as follows:
The Autumn trimester will begin with a core committee, the Steering Committee, and one other
community involvement area committee, the Newsletter Committee. The Steering Committee
will, over the course of the first trimester, be given the task of assessing the need for further
committees. Each committee will have a Member or staff liaison support person.
STEERING COMMITTEE: As the Member voice for the Academy, this committee will meet
weekly for two hours and is composed of one Member per team of ten. Its advisor is the
AmeriCorps Member Leader. Steering Committee duties have included:
Acting as funnel for member concerns.
Evaluating the NWSA program twice annually.
Generating reports to Members in the newsletter.
Developing and proposing policy changes to be updated in the Member Handbook.
Additional duties may include:
Selecting Members for special opportunities such as conferences.
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Coordinating exchanges with other programs
Facilitating community meetings at CLD's.
NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE: Currently, this committee is composed of five Members who
will be responsible for a monthly internal newsletter and a quarterly external newsletter.
Our Pre-Service Orientation and Training focused on the following areas:
*
Ice Breakers and Group Initiatives
*
Returning Members Panel
*
Daily Academy Community Briefings and Closings
*
Intro. to AmeriCorps/Member Handbook
*
Intro. to Health Care, Childcare, Student Loan information
*
Intro. to Member Development
*
HIV/Aids Awareness
*
Sexual Harassment Issues
*
Mandatory Reporting Training for Members working in Schools
*
Epinephrine Kit Training
*
Ed. Curriculum & Public Presentations Training
*
First Aid & CPR Training
*
Issues of Diversity Training
13.
Other Accomplishments
Service Year 1995-96
Revenue Match Exceeded
The Center has exceeded its targets for fee-for-service revenue and cash match goals. The
primary source of this match was the Two Mountains Grant received from the USDA Forest
Service. Academy Members and Staff have worked very hard to meet our service obligations
with all partners while gaining this match.
Continuous Improvement
Using the Facilitative Leadership at the Metro Center
In July the Metro Center Director Joe Parvankin attended Class VI of the National Service
Executive Program of the Presidio Leadership Center. This training was far and away the most
helpful and productive training to date. The investment of time and funds was very worthwhile
particularly in light of the Academy's early stage of organizational development. Joe indicated
that even after the intense 5 1/2 day training he felt "more recharged than from his two week
vacation." Funding for the Presidio training should remain a high priority for CNS. The Center
staff is currently using the tools from the training and our new Field Members are being trained
in Facilitative Leadership.
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Our new AmeriCorps Leader, Michael Menzies, received similar training at ACL training in
Harper's Ferry, WV. Having two staff members trained in facilatative leadership has made
bringing it to our staff and Members much more successful.
National Multi-Cultural Institute Review
As discussed in our previous Progress Report, the Academy applied to and received a
comprehensive assessment from the National Multi-Cultural Institute. The assessment was lead
by Jim Hickman from the Institute and covered most aspects of the program. Our objective is to
assess the Center and the Academy with regard to issues of multi-cultural inclusivity. An initial
briefing by the assessment team was held during the reporting period, the official report is not yet
complete.
Member Steering Committee
The Center Member Steering Committee continuous to be a very important source for continuous
improvement at the Center. The committee initiated and coordinated numerous program changes
from national visibility issues to strengthening our project selection process as well as facilitating
a comprehensive Member Survey (evaluation) on all aspects of the program.
NWSA Metro Class Two Graduates
On August 9, 1996, the second class of the NWSA Metro Center formally graduated. The
ceremony was planned by Members and coordinated by the Member Steering Committee. The
celebration was held at Blue Lake park in Troutdale. Members received words of thanks and
praise from community leaders, sponsors, and service beneficiaries; however, the crowd favorite
appeared to be an address from graduating Member Kristi Merganthaler who described the ups
and downs on the front lines of national service.
Service Year 1996-97:
NWSA Metro Class Three Members Begin Their Year
After two weeks of orientation, 46 Members from the Metro Center's September class were
sworn-in by Marlis Miller, Oregon State Executive Director for National and Community
Service. These Members will be joined by 40 more Members in January.
This year's orientation has improved substantially over our first two years. The training is much
more targeted and intentional. Members indicated that they felt more part of the national service
movement. This is due to an intentional emphasis on the Academy's role in the national service
movement and its historical roots.
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14.
Unique successes or "great stories":
Service Year 1995-96
NWSA Member Renee Hauer
Renee began in her high school, Rex Putnam, as the facilitator & tutor for all of the kids that
were kicked out of class. She realized that without structure these students would drop out of
school. Renee developed a program for her students including the beginnings of a literature
curriculum and began to confront the administration on the need for a credit retrieval program.
By January, Renee had convinced the school of the need for a half time teacher for the program
to provide her students with credit for their work. Together, Renee and her fellow teacher
developed the Alternative Learning Program for Success (ALPS). Students received credit for
their work and many stayed in school. This school year the program has a full time teacher and
an AmeriCorps Member. It would not have existed without Renee's service to the school.
NWSA Member Beverly Anderson
Beverly Anderson began the year doubting her abilities to be a
naturalist instructor for OMSI science programs. She worked
diligently at her skills and confidence all year. She almost
quit twice but stuck through the difficult times including her
placement almost going bankrupt and a change of supervisors
three times. By August, Beverly was the site supervisor for a
marine science camp coordinating all of the staff assignments
and student curriculum. (Photo: Beverly Anderson working
with students.)
From the Graduation Address from NWSA Member Kristi Mergenthaler
(another) Member, Chris Christensen, said one day about her frustration and
later realization during the Flood of 1996: "The flood wasn't about me. It was
about the people afflicted by the floods. When Chris said that I was stunned; she
articulately voiced my nebulous thoughts. You see, I desperately wanted to be a
hero. During my flood relief service, I wanted dramatic movie soundtracks and
camera close-ups of my weary pain-wrought face, as I lifted and placed the last
sandbag that saved the entire Metro region. Instead my service was a bit more
subtle. It wasn't my show.
I feel the same about my AmeriCorps service the past two years. The work is not
typically glorious with immediate and tangible results.
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Community Project Day Committee (CPDC):
The mission said it all:
"Creating an opportunity for a diverse cross-section of communities to provide direct service
and tangible results while raising funds and gaining visibility and awareness for the NWSA
Metro Center."
In celebration of a year of service, the 1995-96 NWSA/Metro Center Members developed a
Community Service Day. The service day was formed entirely by Members. Based in part on
the City Year's Serve-A-Thon, Metro Center Members developed a service day that was
intended to set the groundwork for future projects. Early on in the process, the CPDC Day had
several substantial goals:
Make public relations a major focus
Develop service day(s) that produce tangible results
Allow the community and NWSA work together
Make it easy for community to participate
Bring businesses together with non-profits and neighbors
Give Members an opportunity to be involved in with project development
Academy Teams lead projects and individuals from the communities served alongside teams.
Members developed projects that brought community members into the service day and provided
an opportunity to bring together all parts of the
community--businesses, non-profits, neighbors, and
NWSA. The projects included:
McLoughlin Jr. High School, North Clackamas
School District, Milwaukie, OR. Members and
volunteers from the community worked to
improve the physical appearance of the school
including landscaping the grounds and installing
an extensive mural. This mural project continued
for several weeks beyond the CPDC Day of
Service and drew in many community volunteers.
As indicated earlier, this mural was possible
180ST
through the leadership and creative talent of
NWSA Member Reid Cooper.
Fanno Creek METRO Green Space
Restoration, Beaverton, OR. NW Service
Academy Members and community volunteers
removed non-native invasive plant species from
the creekside, removed dumped carts and trash,
A section of the mural painted at the corner of a hallway.
and mulched existing plants around one of the
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creeks most urbanized drainages. The restoration effort is intended to reduce flooding
and provide habitat for this very urbanized drainage area. The CPDC day continued the
restoration efforts at a time when improving plant survival was crucial.
Portsmouth Community Redevelopment Corporation
Landscaping, North Portland, OR. NWSA Members and
community volunteers performed landscaping on a house for a
low income family. The PCRC grounds were brought from a
state of disarray and neglect to near garden status. NWSA
Members and community volunteers removed concrete,
blackberry and other "waste" materials from the grounds. The
landscape beautification has contributed to the overall upkeep
of the neighborhood.
(Photo: Members Rose Barcellano & Anthony Deloney)
Ardenwold Elementary School Playground
Construction, Milwaukie, OR. NWSA Members
and community volunteers constructed a
playground structure manufactured from recycled
plastics. The colorful playground enhances the
school's ability to serve as a community center in
an area void of play areas for children. (Photo:
Members Kendra Petersen-Morgan, Raymond
Hites, and Renee Hauer.)
Forest Park METRO Green Space Ivy
Removal, Portland, OR. NW Service Academy
Members and community volunteers removed
non-native invasive plant species from the largest
urban park in the USA This project assisted in the
challenging process of reviving plant and animal
habitat in an area that is quickly loosing both.
Dozens of individuals throughout the city assisted
in this effort and major headway in recapturing
Members working on playground structure
this natural space was made.
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15.(a) Primary Challenges Encountered this Reporting Period:
Service Year 1995-96:
Staff Downsizing:
Due to tightening budgets the Center lost significant staff resources. Two coordinators were cut
completely from the Center: Jay Trowbridge, Service Project Coordinator and Steven Bean,
Member Development Coordinator. One Team Steward, Anna Aguilar, was cut completely.
Several other staff were cut to part time and have had their positions consolidated: Sherrie
Jackson was reduced to half time, she will be facilitating Member Recruitment; Kathleen Taylor
was reduced to .625 FTE and will help Members develop service projects and facilitate project
agreements; Steven Rubinstein has been reduced to .625 FTE, he will coordinate staff and
Member Development, including all Center Community Days. The above cited cuts result in a
cumulative reduction of over four and one-half people.
Downsizing precipitates something else which has been a challenge: staff role clarification.
Fewer staff running the Center requires changes in processes, expectation, work loads, and the
way we do business.
Organizational Development
In our last Progress Report we reported that the Academy as a whole and the Center as a specific
operating site were experiencing "growing pains." Last January at an Academy-wide staff in-
service, a consultant concluded that we were experiencing issues typical to a young organization.
Allana Hein said we were "a classic example of organizational development for young
organizations." On the Academy level, organizational development has been focused on the
formulation of a Community Board or Council.
Forest Service Obligations and Fee-For-Service
Listed in section 13 as a success is our revenue from fee for service. As was mentioned in our
previous report this has been both a success and a challenge. Meeting the service commitments
of the Forest Service Two Mountains impacted our ability to meet other program goals. As an
example, our service schedule was so dominated by the Forest Service commitment that we had
to cancel Member Development activities to free up calendar time to Forest Service Projects.
We would have been unable to dispatch to natural disaster during the final quarter of the year and
we had to forego critical service projects to meet this revenue need.
Audits
Challenges associated with two programmatic audits will discussed in the Parent Organization of
this Progress Report. It should be noted that these two audits created substantial challenges at
the center level. The amount of staff resources required by the auditors seem quite excessive.
Staff throughout the organization felt the added stress associated with the audit as well.
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Service Year 1996-97:
The primary challenges for this service to date have been (1) development and coordination of a
greatly expanded Individual Placement Strand for 40 Members, and (2) continued national
recruitment for a substantially different program. Both of these challenges were confounded by
several factors including staff downsizing and restructuring and relocation to a new facilities
during the end of one service year and beginning of the next service year.
Some of the challenges associated with the IP Strand include:
Coordinating the development of individual placements and raising matching funds
Communicating with potential Members across the country regarding sponsor priorities
and schedules in a period of two months.
Implementing changes to improve the IP program based on the pilot year and the
Academy changes in structure.
Welcoming aboard two NWSA Leaders and not having adequate time to sit back and
plan but having to get things done!
Some of the challenges associated with recruitment include:
We did not have a clear view of our service delivery structure when we started
recruiting potential Members. This left Members without commitment and certainty,
and caused a great deal of communication problems among staff. Some Members were
unhappy when they enrolled, because they did not know their specific placement, they
did not get the placement they requested, and they felt uncomfortable with our
placement process.
There was a quick turn around period for recruitment due to staff downsizing and
organizational restructuring, resulting in little time to prepare for the new service year.
15.
(b) Primary Training and Technical Assistance Needs this Reporting Period:
Service Year 1995-96 and Service Year 1996-97
Listed in order of priority:
1. Long Range Fund Raising Development Technical Assistance
2. Evaluation (including definition of program goals, objectives, and progress
indicators)
3. Managing Individual Placements
16.
Strengthening the AmeriCorps National Service Network:
Service Year 1995-96 and Service Year 1996-97:
Presidio Leadership Center Team
A by-product of the Presidio Leadership Center's National Service Executive Program are the
on-going training teams which the PLC establishes. Joe Parvankin takes part in regular
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conference calls and information exchanges with other National Service Executives on his team.
This is an important cadré of professional support and development.
Relationships with State Commissions \ Working with Other Programs.
The Metro Center fully participated in the annual Oregon State Commission Service Celebration
event in Willsonville, Oregon. Like with all state and regional AmeriCorps events NWSA was a
strong and visible force.
Metro Center staff participated at the Northwest Network 96 in last August at Portland State
University. Staff lead training sessions in Community Involvement Strategies, Making Excellent
Short Term Service Projects, and Making your Program 'Sing' in the Community; Maintaining
High Visibility.
AmeriCorps Leader Ambassadorship
In our AmeriCorps Leader Site application we programmed 25% of our AC Leader's time to be
devoted to specific coordination of AmeriCorps Service programs in Oregon. Michael Menzies,
our AC Leader, has already begun to work closely with Oregon Commission for National and
Community Service to this end.
During our Member Orientation Michael's educated the staff and Membership on the
significance of the AmeriCorps National Service Network. He conducted daily closing activities
specifically as an AC Leader--we began the year stressing the theme of "being a part of a larger
movement."
In September of 1996, Michael Menzies became the Metro Center's first AmeriCorps Leader.
The AmeriCorps Leaders program was created by the Corporation for National Service to help
service sites develop quality service projects throughout their service area. The position also is
intended to develop ambassadorial relations with AmeriCorps programs locally and nationally.
The AmeriCorps Leader is a former AmeriCorps Member who has been trained by the
AmeriCorps Leaders Program.
Northwest Service Academy/ Metro Center's AmeriCorps Leader is one of 48 AmeriCorps
Leader national placements. The role includes: helping Members and the community to
understand national service history; educating Members and community on service learning; and
encourage celebration, networking and collaboration of AmeriCorps and other service programs.
The NWSA/Metro Center AmeriCorps Leader will work closely with the Oregon Commission
for National and Community Service. At the Metro Center, he will be responsible for some staff
and Member advocacy and training, as well as special event coordination.
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17.
Significant Program Changes this Reporting Period:
New Center Offices
NWSA Metro Center
525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 240
Portland, OR 97232
phone 503\ 872-2844
fax 503\231-6992
Our new offices are located in downtown Portland. While we've been at this new location for
only a month we can already see a closer connection to the urban community, our partners as
well as Members and Alumni. Our former offices were so remote that we had very few visitors.
Staff have noted how much more we seem "part of the city" now that we're here.
Academy Director Jon Stewart has relocated his office to those of our parent organization, ESD
112 in Vancouver, WA. This separates the Center Offices from those of the Academy Director
for the first time in our short history. The Center staff misses Jon's daily support, but the
separation seems to have formalized lines of communication and roles from the perspective of
Center Staff.
Program Structural Changes
The Center has been separated into two strands, the Field Strand and the Individual Placement
(IP) Strand. As discussed in our Grant Renewal Application the IP strand is the continuation of
our success last year with our North Clackamas and OMSI teams.
The Metro Center will have two start dates, or classes. The September Class began their service
year on September 9th. The second class will begin in late January.
Staff Changes
(Please also refer section 15 Primary Challenges)
AmeriCorps Leader: As mentioned earlier in this report Michael Menzies is an
AmeriCorps Leader assigned to the Metro Center. Michael was a NWSA Member last
year.
New NWSA Leaders: We will continue our use of NWSA Leaders this year. In the
Year Three September Class we have two NWSA Leaders. Ilene Moss returns for her
second year as an NWSA Leader and Celine Fitzmaurice begins her first year with the
Academy. Both women are assigned to the Individual Placement Strand of the Metro
Center.
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Individual Placement Coordinator: Rebecca Johnson has been assigned to lead and
coordinate the IP Strand. Rebecca was a Team Steward during our first two years. This
new position is one of increased responsibility.
Service Support Specialist: Kathleen Taylor has been reassigned to support field
service teams. This will entail helping recruit service projects and project documentation.
This position is .625 FTE.
Recruitment Specialist: Sherrie Jackson has been reassigned to lead our Member
recruitment. She was an original Team Steward with the program. This is a half time
position.
Members Amy Mitchel and Michael Menzies working on
playground structure at Ardenwald School.
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April 1. 1996 - September 30, 1996
PROGRESS REPORT FOR OPERATING SITES OF
AMERICORPS* NATIONAL AND AMERICORPS* TRIBES AND
TERRITORIES PROGRAMS
1.
Operating Site:
Northwest Service Academy - - Green Lights Center
Location: Oregon, Washington, and Montana
2.
Operating Site ID #: 94ADFDC0130008
3.
Corporation Grantee Name: Educational Service District 112
4.
Mark the reporting period to which this form applies:
First Progress Report
Second Progress Report / Renewal Request
(10/1/95 - 12/31/95)
(1/1/96 - 3/31/96)
X
End-of-Term Progress Report
(4/1/96 - 9/30/96)
5.
Name of person completing this report: Cindy Griffin
6.
Position of person completing this report:
Center Director
7.
Telephone number: (541) 465 - 6884
8.
Fax number: (541) 465 - 6844
9.
E-mail address:
2) [email protected]
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PART I - PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
AMERICORPS*NATIONAL OPERATING SITE
10.
Members and Service Hours
Member Census Questions
Full-time
Part-time
How many AmeriCorps Members was your
3
23
site
granted for this year?
How many AmeriCorps Members were
3
7
enrolled at the beginning of the reporting
period?
How many new AmeriCorps Members did
6
5
you enroll during this reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
7
12
were in service at the close of this
reporting period?
How many of your AmeriCorps Members
completed their term of service during this
2
0
reporting period?
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In this
Since beginning
AmeriCorps Members' Hours of
reporting
of program year
Service
period
Full-time Members
666
666
Part-time Members
867
807
11.
(a) Please provide estimates of the following information:
Volunteer Generation
In this
Since beginning
reporting
of program year
period
How many non-AmeriCorps Member
0
6
volunteers were involved in AmeriCorps
service activities?
How many hours did non-AmeriCorps
0
425
Members contribute to AmeriCorps
service activities?
(b)
Share with us some examples of the service activities that your Non-AmeriCorps
Member volunteers participated in during this reporting period.
Not Applicable
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12.
Summary of Progress this Reporting Period Toward Accomplishing Annual
Objectives:
(a) Community Service Objectives:
(1) Reinforce schools: To conduct lighting surveys in 250 schools and public buildings in
Oregon, and Washington during the first year of service, 350 buildings in Oregon, Montana, and
Washington in the second year of service, and 250 buildings during the third year of service.
Prior to this reporting period, Members had surveyed 510 buildings comprising over 19.2
million square feet. During September 1996, the Green Lights Project Members surveyed an
additional 15 buildings totaling approximately .5 million square feet. The breakdown of the
buildings surveyed this period, by state, is as follows: 8 in Oregon, 3 in Washington, and 4 in
Montana.
The total number of buildings surveyed to date is 525, totaling over 19.7 million square
feet. Final reporting has been completed in approximately 81% of the buildings surveyed.
North Douglas High School in Drain, Oregon, one of three building upgrade projects totally
funded through the Oregon Department of Energy, has been completed. School officials are so
happy with the results that they have agreed to assess the lighting systems in the other buildings
within the district. Initially, the district was hesitant to believe that "volunteer Members of an
unknown entity" would be capable of providing them with a finished product that would be of
any value or importance. Now they sing the praises of AmeriCorps.
There are 36 upgrade projects completed in the Salem/Keizer School District and 16 additional
buildings in the planning stage. When complete, Salem/Keizer School District will have
implemented Green Lights proposals in all buildings in the district. As proposed by Green
Lights Members, the total Salem/Keizer project involving 52 buildings, was to cost slightly more
than one half million dollars and the local utility would provide $400,000 of the cost in rebates.
Simple payback figures indicated the entire district cash outlay would be paid back in two years
of energy savings on their utility bills. It is still a little early to compare actual energy savings to
Green Lights proposed savings; however, the district has agreed to provide us with that
information after a year of "new, improved bills".
The Springfield Oregon School District has retrofitted all exit signs with LED's and upgraded
the exterior lighting systems at all 24 buildings surveyed by the Oregon Green Lights Team.
Springfield officials are opting to implement upgrades on a district wide basis, one system type
at a time.
The Centralia school district, in Washington state, expected to implement most of our
recommendations; however, the Great Flood of '96 caused SO much damage and expensive repair
projects that in spite of about $100,000 in utility incentives the district will not be going ahead
with any retrofits as of now.
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Officials at the Richland School District in Richland, Washington are anxious to receive
completed surveys for the entire district and prospects look good for future project
implementation. All buildings in the Richland District have been surveyed and computer work is
in progress with October 31, 1996 set for a target completion date.
We are working with the State of Montana surveying state offices there. It is our understanding
that there is money for some retrofit projects; however, the timeline for implementation is yet to
be determined.
We continue to monitor the progress of school districts surveyed in our first two years and are
taking a more active approach by trying to help building managers find the money needed to
implement our proposals. For year three operations, we recruited a Member whose sole
assignment is to guide our clients through the process of implementation, including helping to
find the moneys needed.
(2) & (3) Watershed Restoration and Renew Communities: To reduce emissions of CO2,
SOx, and NOx as a result of the reduction in need to generate kilowatt hours of electrically
generated power which in turn facilitates stream flows to support anadromous fish populations.
(The previous objective calculations were based on national pollution figures. As a result of
hydroelectric power generation, the Pacific Northwest has a lower pollution emission average
and therefore, our numbers represent less dramatic savings then would be expected using the
national average. Since we do not have a scientific method to accurately track the effects of
electric power generation on anadromous fish and wildlife populations, we can only report our
progress in terms of factors which specifically reflect Pacific Northwest pollution levels. In the
future we will continue our work to reduce the need for future electric power generation and
thereby lessen the adverse environmental impacts on Pacific Northwest river and stream
habitats.)
We previously reported that over 33,000,000 kWh of electricity will be saved resulting in
approximately $1,400,000 savings of taxpayer's dollars on electric bills if the lighting upgrade
recommendations in the survey reports are implemented by our clients. We would like to correct
a reporting error at this point and offer an apology for any inconvenience it may have caused.
Please note that this error causes the reported pollution prevention numbers and dollar savings to
change also. We failed to place a decimal point that would have placed our savings at 3.3
million kWh. In any event, the Project has exceeded the target for reduction of kWh usage and
air pollutant emissions which will result from implementation of the Green Lights
recommendations for lighting upgrades. At this time, we can accurately report that over 5.6
million kWh of electricity and $1.2 million in tax payer dollars can be saved from the
upgrades when implemented. This will result in over 1/2 million lbs. of CO2, 33,600 lbs. of
NOx, and over 5,600 lbs. of SO2 prevented from entering the local airsheds when the
recommended lighting upgrades are implemented.
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(b) Community Building/Strengthening Objectives:
(1)
Volunteer Development: To recruit and develop community volunteers to assist in
project implementation efforts.
We have encountered a couple of stumbling blocks with this objective. Oregon school retrofit
projects are handled through state labor contracts and Oregon law prohibits the use of unpaid
volunteers working with licensed electricians when the contract is being paid for with public
funds. The idea of paying each volunteer a token sum has met with considerable resistance.
"Free labor" also appears to be a problem with local lighting contractors who are in business for
a profit. We are still looking for ways to accomplish this objective in Oregon, without stepping
on any toes or breaking any laws.
Montana DEQ and the Montana Green Lights Members are talking with the Montana
Conservation Corps (MCC) to find a way to join forces in our efforts to have projects
implemented. The possibility of utilizing MCC Members to do the non-electrical work on
installation projects is looking good. Unfortunately, this does little to aid us in our objective to
involve non-Members in our projects.
(2)
Promotion of Service in the Local Community: To promote an ethic of service in the
local communities by holding special service events.
We added this objective effective September 1, 1996, and as of now, we have not had the time or
opportunity to publicly address this objective, but are making plans to initiate special projects
involving as many local community members as possible. We will accomplish this objective
through Member planned Special Service Projects. Our Members are stationed in multiple
locations across the three states which will provide many opportunities to address Member
identified community needs specific to their region. We hope to address a large variety of
problems by having the Members research specific needs near and dear to them. The Members
will then plan, recruit for, and facilitate a community event that will hopefully become an
ongoing service activity involving as many local people as possible.
(3)
To Form an Effective Federal, State, and Local Partnership for the reduction of
energy use in schools and the associated air pollution from energy production, as
evidenced by active involvement by the partners in the effort.
In addition to 22 active partners in Oregon and Washington, we are in the process of building a
partnership of federal, state, and local partners in the state of Montana. Our primary contacts
have been Mary Blake, Executive Director of the Montana Commission for National and
Community Service, Lou Moore and Kathi Montgomery, Montana Department of Environmental
Quality, and Marla McCombie, BPA. Montana Power has also shown interest in the Green
Lights Project. Kathi Montgomery, Montana DEQ, has been established as the primary project
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contact in Montana. Her help has been invaluable during the first six months of Montana
operations.
In addition to 444 schools and 81 public buildings, we are hoping to attract even more Partners
as the Project moves into the public building arena. We have made initial contact with Curt
Nichols, Senior Energy Program Manager, Portland Energy Office, in Portland, Oregon. The
energy office has money to perform energy audits in Multnomah County and is interested in
utilizing the skills of Green Lights Members in an effort to stretch their dollars further. The
Portland Energy Office may prove to be a viable avenue for the Green Lights cash match funds.
We will continue working on this aspect of the project.
We have developed a portable booth that is used at conferences and on college campuses when
we are recruiting. It contains pictures of Members at work and play, and written information
about the AmeriCorps Green Lights Project. We always receive rave reviews on our display and
it has become an attractive and functional addition to our project.
We are looking into a "fee for service" plan in order to meet our match requirement for living
allowances and to supplement the short fall in our travel budget. We have found the main road
block to be the tremendous cutbacks in already tight school budgets. On the other hand, we have
run up against the misplaced belief that you get what you pay for; therefore, sometimes people
assume if we do not charge for our services, they must be worthless. Somewhat of a "Catch-22"
for us.
(c)
AmeriCorps Member Development Objectives: Briefly restate your objectives and
describe progress toward achieving them during this reporting period.
(1)
Promote an Ethic of Civic Responsibility: To encourage participation in
community activities.
Three first-year Members re-enlisted for another year of service, one person who was a first and
second year Member is working as a temporary Green Lights staff person, and two second year
Members have re-enlisted for another term of service with Green Lights.
Many of our Members are active in other community service projects. Most were active long
before AmeriCorps and will be active long after their term of service here.
We have Members who have given or are currently giving of their time to the following
organizations:
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Women's Issues Network, Rape Crisis Centers, Campus
Board Environment Group, American Red Cross, Committed Partners for Youth, Russian
Community Children's Theater, Community Outreach Programs, Food Coop's,
Community Centers, Boy Scouts, 4 H, Girl Scouts, Campfire, Habitat for Humanity,
Student Governments, Environmental groups across the three states.
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Promoting an ethic of civic responsibility is one of the easier tasks at the Green Lights Center.
(2)
Develop Leadership Skills: To provide the participants with demonstrable skills and
experience that will enhance their opportunities for employment.
The months of August and September have brought massive upheaval and exciting changes to
AmeriCorps Green Lights. In late August, three new Oregon Members joined the team: Jana
DeCristofaro, impending Team Lead; Katie Burco, Eugene; and Jane Henry, Portland. These
three joined the Green Lights staff at the third annual Northwest Network Conference hosted by
Portland State University. The conference stressed the importance of building contacts between
various Northwest AmeriCorps programs. All attendees came away with many helpful ideas and
new telephone numbers to call for any needed information.
All three state Team Leaders served as ambassadors for Green Lights at the NWSA MT Adams
Center staff training week. The Leaders attended a conflict resolution session and a full day
seminar on team building techniques. This also gave the Leads a chance to build face to face
relationships that are hard to create simply via the e-mail. Green Lights returned to MT Adams a
few weeks later for the Center's opening day orientation. After blindfolds, dyads, and haiku's,
the Members once again felt a part of the NWSA family.
Shortly thereafter, TRAINING began. New Green Lights Members from all three states
converged at the Cultural Visitation Center, Federal Way, WA in order to fill their minds with
lighting knowledge and the heady enthusiasm implicit in all AmeriCorps programs. After being
medically trained, enlightened on the many uses of Dr. Seuss, and exposed to ghosts of nuns
past, all Members left training with fourteen new partners in service and a commitment to
building energy efficient communities.
13.
Other Accomplishments this Reporting Period:
Mary Bernatz, a first AND second year Member, will be remaining with the project through the
end of 1996, as the Project Coordinator. Mary's main duty is Washington state building report
completion and delivery. Due to the unexpected, premature departure of our Washington Team
Leader, we have been left with a back log of unfinished reports that need immediate attention. If
possible, we would like to find the funding to support a permanent staff job for Mary to handle
project coordination and recruitment for all three states. After consultation with Scott Bowles, we
decided to pay Mary's temporary position with EPA moneys left over from the allotted second
year Members living allowances.
The Green Lights Project has now merged with the Northwest Service Academy. We have spent
many months ironing out agreements, contracts, and general operating issues in the hopes of
learning to serve together in harmony. Staff members are sharing information, ideas, and time to
facilitate the transition, and are trying to find avenues to involve Green Lights Members in the
academy life. Due to the far flung locations of Green Lights Members, it is going to be a
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challenge to create a feeling of belonging to the academy. Jon Stewart is participating in a
school survey with Members to learn more about the project and to share his perspective with
Members.
Staff members for the Green Lights Project continue working on the streamlining, creation, and
organization of record keeping procedures. We now have the budget on a "push button" Excel
spreadsheet for "finger-tip" access to current balances in all categories AND automated Financial
Status Reports. What a time saver it is to hit "print" and call it done. Just as Members had
gotten used to new electronic forms to record and claim travel expenses, BPA changed their
travel reimbursement system which necessitated another change on our part. Above all, this
project has proven one thing to be true: change is good and nothing is constant, but change
itself.. Duties are constantly being reassigned to the person with the most expertise, in any given
area, in an effort to become a more lean, efficient team.
14.
Unique successes or "great stories":
The AmeriCorps Green Lights Project is one of the recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy
1995 National Awards Program for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. On October 31,
1995, the Project Director accepted this award from the Secretary of Energy, on behalf of the
Project Members, sponsors, staff, and our partners in the public and private sector who made this
possible.
During the late summer of 1995, Members surveyed five buildings in Vernonia, Oregon. Final
reports were being readied for delivery when the "Great Flood of 1996", lessened our load. The
raging waters and giant mud slides took possession of Vernonia High School, took the building
on a joy ride down the mountain side and left it disguised as a heap of debris. Fortunately, no
one was injured, the building was insured, the kids got a few days off school, and the school
district is now rebuilding, including installation of new, energy efficient lighting technology.
This method does not follow our normal upgrade proposal routine, and we do discourage this
sort of thing; however, we assume the results will be basically the same.
15.
(a) Primary Challenges Encountered this Reporting Period:
We spent most of the month of September in training and revving our engines in anticipation of
things to come. Green Lights requires a considerable amount of technical expertise on the part of
our Members and this training can be stressful, fast-paced, tedious, tiring, and repetitious, not to
mention down right boring at times. We bring people together from across three states for seven
days of intensive training that includes: first aid/CPR, diversity, conflict resolution, team
building, safety, lighting techniques and technology, computer spreadsheets and e-mail, multiple
paperwork hurdles, and numerous other incidentals including: civic responsibility, leadership,
and pride in AmeriCorps. We really need two weeks for these exercises; however, that would
create a financial hardship by using over three quarters of our total training budget at one time.
Also, two weeks would meet with greater resistance from Members who have families at home,
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which means we would face the possibility of loosing some really terrific candidates. As written,
our project proposal was for three full time and 22 part time Members; however, recruiting part
time Members proved to be somewhat futile for year three. We re-adjusted our outlook and
determined for the same amount of money we could offer incoming Members the choice of one
part time position or two part time positions served as one full time position. Seven of our 9 new
Members have chosen to accept 14 of the part time positions served as 7 full time positions and 2
have chosen regular part time positions. This method leaves us with the equivalent of 6.5 full
time positions to begin in January. The only issue that has arisen from this method is lack of
adequate funding to offer insurance to all full time Members. Fortunately, only 3 Members
needed health insurance and we had funding for 3. The insurance snafu may limit our ability to
be so flexible for Members joining us in January; however, We will attempt to exercise the
option of offering part time or full time positions, depending on the applicants wishes and needs.
15.
(b) Primary Training and Technical Assistance Needs this Reporting Period:
1. Evaluation (including definition of program goals, objectives, and progress indicators
2. Transitioning AmeriCorps Members after service.
16.
Strengthening the AmeriCorps National Service Network:
As reported above, we traveled to the Seattle area in early September to spend seven days of
intensive training for new Members. Bill Basl, from the Washington CNCS introduced the
Members to AmeriCorps, Jim Chapman, EPA Region 10, gave the introduction to Green Lights,
and we were joined for a day by Jon Stewart who provided us with an introduction to the
Northwest Service Academy. Members were quickly brought up to speed on current lighting
technology and working with electricity, survey procedures and scheduling maneuvers, Excel
spreadsheets, first aid/CPR, diversity issues, conflict resolution, and daily activities on team
building. They were all issued laptop computers that are e-mail capable for ease of
communication from the field. They are armed with electronic distance meters and sonic light
meters to ensure accurate field data collection.
Team Leaders from Oregon, Montana, and Washington participated in training events at the
NWSA Mt. Adams Center in late August. In addition to the team building, diversity, and
conflict resolution training, the Leaders agreed that it was a great opportunity to learn about the
NWSA first hand.
We used EPA funds to purchase new project specific uniforms that allow for a little more
professionalism in our appearance. All Members now have the standard grey shirts and a couple
of additonal polo shirts with NWSA and Green Lights screened logos. Because of increased
cost, we opted to require Members to wear AmeriCorps pins on these shirts as opposed to more
screen printing. As stated above, Montana DEQ and the Montana Green Lights Members are
talking with the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) to find a way to join forces in our efforts to
have projects implemented. The possibility of utilizing MCC Members to do the non-electrical
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work on installation projects is looking good. Unfortunately, this does little to aid us in our
objective to involve non-Members in our projects. We have developed a portable booth that is
used at conferences and on college campuses when we are recruiting. It contains pictures of
Members at work and play, and written information about the AmeriCorps Green Lights Project.
We always receive rave reviews on our display and it has become an attractive and functional
addition to our project. We recently received from the corporation, a national list by zip code of
people who have shown interest in AmeriCorps. It is our intention to use the list for January
recruitment activities.
17.
Significant Program Changes this Reporting Period:
As reported above: Mary Bernatz, a first AND second year Member, will be remaining with the
project through the end of 1996, as the Project Coordinator. Mary's main duty is Washington
state building report completion and delivery. Due to the unexpected, premature departure of our
Washington Team Leader, we have been left with a back log of unfinished reports that need
immediate attention. If possible, we would like to find the funding to support a permanent staff
job for Mary to handle project coordination and recruitment for all three states. After
consultation with Scott Bowles, we decided to pay Mary's temporary position with EPA moneys
left over from the allotted second year Members living allowances. The Green Lights Project has
now merged with the Northwest Service Academy. We have spent many months ironing out
agreements, contracts, and general operating issues in the hopes of learning to serve together in
harmony. Staff members are sharing information, ideas, and time to facilitate the transition, and
are trying to find avenues to involve Green Lights Members in the academy life. Due to the far
flung locations of Green Lights Members, it is going to be a challenge to create a feeling of
belonging to the academy. Jon Stewart is participating in a school survey with Members to learn
more about the project and to share his perspective with Members.
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Mem
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L/
Dist
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MI Mem L-Name
PH RM # ADDR Street
ADDR City
ADDR State
Zip
Stf F_Name
MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
message 1215
AK Ted
Stevens
R S 522 HSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Goerge
Lowe
N 202-224-1031 202-224-2354 00
message
AK Ted
Stevens
R S 522 HSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Liz
Connel
N 202-224-3004 202-224-2354 00
Stevens voted for National and
Community Service Act
SPOKD
AZ John
McCain
RS 241 Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Andrew
I. Batavia
N 202-224-2235 missayetz/5 202-228-2862 00
McCain has opposed AmeriCorps;
Kevin Avam
Batavia requested information on
Allan
602-491-4300
fux 602 9.584
GAO cost studies and questioned
whether middle class citizens
should be able to participate in
AmeriCorps
CO Ben
Nighthorse Campbell
R , S
380
RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Raissa
Qunital
N 202-224-5852 202-224-1933 00
Quintal handles VA-HUD
appropriations issues; promised
to help with USDA program
CO Ben
Nighthorse Campbell RS 380 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Tom
Compton
N 202-224-5852 202-224-1933 00
Compton strong support for
program; Campbell is on VA-HUD
appr. sub-committee
CO Ben
Nighthorse Campbell
R
S
380
RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Mike
Russell
N 202-224-5852 202-224-1933 00
Russell used to work for
Corporation for National
Mayne Alland
Service; Campbell still stronly
supports AmeriCorps funding CNS
IA Charles
Grassley
R S 135 HOB
Washington
DC
20510 Bill
Hannagan
N 202-224-3744 202-224-6020 00
Opposes AmeriCorps Members
working "at USDA"
ID Larry
Craig
R S 313 HSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Brooke
Roberts
N
202-224-2752 202-228-1067 00
Craigt told AmeriCorps Members
Kelley
Tesk
ID
224-614
is
at town meeting in Idaho that he
Dirk Kempthorne
Fux
224
-
5873
Ratkinsow
SPOKE
to
-12/14
supported the program
IN Daniel
Coats
R S 404 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Michael
Gerson
N 202-224-5623 202-228-4137 00
Gerson spoke at PPI/HUDSON forum
FI
Connie
mack
Scott
Barnhart
224-5214
274 - 8022
NO
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message
KS Nancy
Kassebaum
RS 302 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Mary Elizabeth
Larson
N
202-224-4774 202-224-6510 00
Spoke to Kassebaum at NASC
Pat Roberts Sam Brownbach
conference
KY Mitch
McConnell
RS 120 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Robin
Bowen
N
202-224-2541 202-224-2499 00
message
10/11
KY Mitch
McConnell
RS 1501 S Main Street
London
KY
40701 Ken
Upchurch
L 606-864-2026 606-864-2035 00
Upchurch attending Summer of
Gleaning event and pledged
Dusan Callens
support for the program
Pities
ME William
Cohen
RS 322 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Kate
Lambrew
N 202-224-2523 202-224-2693
message 1216
ME William
Cohen
S
Gayle
Ashby
L
Ashby visited with AmeriCoprs
Members in Aroostok County
ME Olympia
Snowe
R S
495 Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Cynthia
Dailard
N 202-224-5344 202-224-1946
whet 12/6
ME Olympia
Snowe
R S
495 Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Tom
Geier
N 202-224-5344 202-224-1946
ME Olympia
Snowe
S
MO John
Ashcroft
R S 312 Monroe Street
Jefferson City
MO
65101 Mike
Mills
L 573-634-4505 573-634-2488 00 Also works for Senator Bond
MO Christorpher
S. Bond
R S 293 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Shawn
Gilleylen
N
202-224-5721
202224-8149
00
Gilleylen sat-in for meeting
between Bond and Glickman
MO Christopher
S. Bond
RS 312 Monroe Street
Jefferson City
MO
65101 Mike
Mills
L 573-634-4505 573-638-2488 00 Also works for Senator Bond;
Mills has visited with
AmeriCorps Members at farm
meeting
MS Thad
Cochran
RS 236 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Gregory
McGinty
N 202-224-8594 202-224-8594
McGinty said Cochran will not
restrict USDA's spending on
MI Tom Flazier, Spencer Abrahum
Beck+ Davis 274-7719
517,484-1984 Fat 517-484-3099
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ADDR State
Zip
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MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
S
AmeriCorps
MT Conrad
Burns
S
Rick
Mollin
N
202-224-2644 202-224-8594 00
Staff inquired about status of
Forest Service AmeriCorps
NE - chuch Hayel
project in Montana
NC Lauch
Faircloth
RS
Colin
Moore
N 202-224-3154 202-224-7406
Sent release on hurricane relief
NC Jesse
Helms
RS
Kevin
Koonce
N
2020224-6342
202-228-1339
00
Sent release on hurricane relief
NH Judd
Gregg
RS 393 Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Rick
Murphy
N 202-224-3324 202-224-4952 00
Took no definate position on the
program
NH Robert
Smith
RS
Mark
Aldridge
N 603-634-5000 603-634-5003
274-2841
Ed corrigan
NH Robert
Smith
RS
NH
L
(224-1353 00
Inquired about status of NRCS
AmeriCorps project in New
Hampshire; all but admitted the
Senator was wrong for opposing
AmeriCorps
NM Pete
Dominici
R S 328 Hart
Washington
DC
20510 Brian
Jones
N 202-224-7074
00
Took no definate position on the
224 -4835
program
Spoke to
NM Pete
Dominici
RS
Carol
McGuire
224-0642
202-224-0537
gl
10/18
NM Pete
Dominici
RS
Joe
Trujillo
OK James
RS
la
Phat
M. Inhofe
00
Met w/ state staff at Claremore
L 6621 224-7371
nature center
OK Don
Nickels
RS 3310 Mid-Continent Towe Tulsa
OK
74103 Kevin
Coit
L 918-581-7651
00
Met state staff at nature center
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Zip
Stf F_Name
MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
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messy 10/18
in Claremore
OR Mark
Hatfield
RS 711 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Patrick
Atagi
N 202-224-3753 2022240276
00
Met with about Forest Service
and general issues; Hatfield has
supported Northwest service
Academy
OR Mark
Hatfield
RS 711 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Sue
Hildick
N 202-224-3753 2022240276
Phon
Member 00 2/6
PA Arlen
Specter
RS 530 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Kevin
Mathis
N 202-228-1229 2022244254
00
Sent letter of support to
TFax 224 1254
Senator Bond
TN Fred
Thompson
RS
Terminal Bldg.#103
Blountvile
TN
37617 W.T. (Tony)
DeVault
L 423-325-6217 423-325-6192 00
Met with Members in Jackson;
michael
6. berber
370 Russell
224-29341 Fats 228-2856
asked questions about costs and
Phil
bramm
benefits me
TX Kay Bailey
Hutchinson
S
Washington
DC
Bob
Richard
N 202-224-5922 202-224-0776
228-4450
12/6
VA John
Warner
S
Washington
DC
Rem
Dickinson
N 202-224-2023 202-224-6295
C83 Rusal
them Blate
VT James
M.
Jeffords
RS 513 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Sherry
Kaiman
N 202-224-2962 2022281932
00
Jeffords voted to restore
7
funding; Kaiman expressed desire
michael
for her boss to be involved in
Ember
key negotiations
WA Slade
Gorton
RS
Sherry
Cooper
N
00
Has not returned calls
CA Jerry
Lewis
R H
1150 Brrokside, J-5
Redlands
CA
Corrine
Spears
L 909-862-6030
CA Jerry
Lewis
R H 2112 RHOB
Washington
DC
20510 Jeff
Shockey
N
202-224-5852 202-225-6498 40
Lewis Chairs House VA-HUD
225.5861
Appropriations Subcommittee
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FL Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen
RH
Catherine
Castillo
N 202-225-3931 202-225-5620
KS Todd
Tiahrt
R H 1309 LHOB
Washington
DC
20515
202-225-6216 202-225-3489 04
Sent letter explaing the
Congressman could not join me to
visit site in his district;
Tiahrt sponsored Amerndment to
eliminate AmeriCorps
hissage /0//
KY Harold
Rogers
RH
Bob
Mitchell
L
606-678-4856 05
Mitchell is handling issue in
Fall of 1996; Rogers voted for
National and Community Service
Act of 1993
KY Harold
Rogers
R H 601 Main Street
Hazard
KY
40701 Jeff
Speaks
L 606-439-079
05
message 10/11
LA W.J. (Billy)
Tauzin
R H 2183 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Monica
Azare
N
202-225-4031
202-225-0563
03
Spoke to Azare about rural fire
protection projects
MA Peter
Blute
R H
Lost June me Hoverm
Dean
Kueter
N 202-225-6101 202-225-2217
10/18
MA Peter
Torkildsen
RH
Katherine
Armstrong
N
MA Peter
Torkildsen
R H
Cost
John Tierney
L 508-741-1600
Spoke to 10/18
Jenny
Balinsky
Balinsky called to request
information
MA Peter
Torklidsen
RH
Joy
Spano
L 508-521-0111
Spano called to request support
for project
MD Wayne
Gilchrest
R H
Melvin
Thompson
N 202-225-5311
202-225-0254
SPOKE to 10/18
MI-Dick
Chrysler
R H
721
N. Capitol. St 3
Lansing
MI
48906 Mary
Cline
Li
517-484-5575 517-484-1770
MI Dick
Chrysler
R H
721
N. Capitol St, 3
Lansing
MI
48906 Scott
Rylko
L
517-484-5575
517-484-1770
Debbie
stebenow
10/22
Cost
Scott RY/CO
Fax
Message
Shuwn Gallager
8/0-210-1002
of Fax 810-22-1020
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MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
messas 10/22
S
MI Vernon
Ehlers
RH
Debbie
Marshall
N 202-225-3831 202-225-5144
Ehlers voted to restore
AmeriCorps funding
MI Peter
Hoekstra
R H 900 Third Street
Muskegon
MI
49440 Jerry
Kooiman
L 616-722-8386
Visited with AmeriCorps in
meeting in Muskegon
MI Fred
Upton
H
Scott
Aliferis
N 202-225-3761 202-225-4986
Local aid visited project at
Vinyared and offered support
MS Mike
Parker
H
Scott
Malvaney
N 202-225-5865 202-225-5886
message 16/22
NC Charles
Taylor
R
H
22
S.Pack Square
Asheville
NC
28801 Martha
Peterson
L 704-251-1988 704-251-0794 11 Served a VISTA volunteer;
Congressman refused to help on
Forest Service AmeriCorps
reprogramming 10/22 messa ye
NE Doug
Bereuter
R H 2348 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Jodi
Smith
N 202-225-4806 202-226-1148 01
Wrote letter praising tornado
relief; voted to recommit Tihart
Brett
Beatse
Amendment message 10/22
NM Steven
Schiff
H
Jim
Stein
N 202-225-6316 202-225-4975
Schiff voted to restore
AmeriCorps funded
SPOKS
Tim samjers - 2638
messageto
NM Joe
Skeen
R H 2367 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Jamie
Castillo
N 202-225-2365 202-225-9599 02 Agreed to help with Lewis
10/15
NM Joe
Skeen
RH
1065B S.Main Ste.A
Las Cruces
NM
88005 Donna
L.
McClanahan
L 505-527-1771
02
Voted to recommit Tiahart
Amendment; Skeen visited
AmeriCorps rural water project
NM Joe
Skeen
R H 1065 B.South Main
Las Cruces
NM
88005 Dorothy
Thomas
L 505-527-1771
02
Voted to recommit Tiahart
Amendment; Skeen visited
AmeriCoprs rural water site and
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Sost ! Parlene Mooley
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OR Jim
Bunn
RH
David
Reimhart
202-225-5711 202-225-2994
16/22 MP ssage
TN James
H. Quiilen
R H
Reluce
Washington
DC
Ben
Rose
N 202-225-6356 202-225-7812
10/22 MPSSuge SPoke
TN James
H. Quillen
RH
TN
L
B
01
Local staff called to lobby for
willium fenhers Kingsport
info. on projects in district;
voted to recommitt Tihart
Amendment 12/6
NY Jack
Quinn
R
331 CHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Aura
Kenny
N 202-225-3306 202-226-0347 30
Staff agreed to help save
projects
NY Jack
Quinn
R
403 Main Street
Buffalo
NY
14203 Ron
Hayes
L 716-845-5257
30
Very supportive of local
projects
RI John
Chafee
R
Barbara
Riehle
N 202-224-2921
SC Strom
Thurmond
R
Alfred
Budrick
N
202-224-5972 202-224-1300 00 Called to inquire how to help
local constituent who wanted to
join USDA AmeriCorps program;
did not know that her boss had
voted against funding the
steve Howley
program
VT Bernie
Sanders
H
Katie
Clarke
N 202-225-4115 202-225-6790 00
16/22 me ssage
AR Dale
L. Bumpers
D
S 229 Dirksen Building
Washington
DC
20510 Lisy
Brown
N
202-224-4843
202-224-6435
00
Also met with State Director on
trip to Arkansas
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AR David
Pryor
DS
267
Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Chuck
Welch
N
202-224-2353
202-228-3973
00
State Director met with all RD-
sponsored AmeriCorps Members
CA Barbara
Boxer
DS
112
Hart Building
Washington
DC
20519 Sujata
Tejwani
N 202-224-3553
00
Very supportive
CA Barbara
Boxer
DS
112
Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Emily
Selt
N
202-224-3553
00
Very supportive
CA Dianne
Feinstein
DS 331 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Kathryn
F. Lacey
N 202-224-3841
00
Spoke to and faxed information
about helping with Forest
Service AmeriCoprs reprogramming
issue
CA Dianne
Feinstein
S
Los Angeles
CA
Kenneth
Price
L 310-914-7300 310-914-7318 00
Visted with USDA AmeriCoprs
Members at meeting outside of
Fresno
CT Christopher
Dodd
DS
Suzanne
Day
N 202-224-2823 202-224-1083
CT Joseph
Lieberman
DS
Tom
Peterson
N 202-224-4041 202-224-9750
FL Bob
Graham
DS 524 HSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Mike
McGinn
N
202-224-3041
202-224-2237
00
Wrote to Department requesting
Brian
Hal
AmeriCorps rural development
project in his state
GA Sam
Nunn
DS 303 DSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Matt
Sikes
N 202-224-3521 202-224-0072 00
At PPI conference, Senator
May Clelan)
praised decsion to end CNS
grants to Federal agencies
HI Daniel
Akaka
DS
Mark For
John
Tagami
N 202-224-6361 202-224-2126 00
HI Daniel
Inouye
DS
N 202-224-3934 202-224-6747 00
CT
Juan morales Hartfor D 860-549-8463
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IA Tom
Harkin
D S 531 HSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Mark
Halverson
N
202-224-3254
202-224-9369
00
Spoke to and faxed information
about projects in Iowa
IL Carol
Moseley-Braun
DS
Bill
Mattea
S 202-224-2854 202-228-1318 00
IL Carol
Moseley-Braun
DS 3996 Fed Blg., 230 S De Chicago
IL
60604 Carolyn
Bay
S
312-886-8024
00
Briefed on projects in Illinois
IL Paul
Simon
DS 462 DSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Eric
Edwards
N
202-224-2152 202-224-0868 00
Met with her about unique USDA
AmeriCorps issues; very familiar
Receard Darler
with overall program
IL Paul
Simon
DS
230 S. Dearborn
Chicago
IL
60604 Nancy
Chen
L 312-353-4952
00
Briefed her on USDA AmeriCorps
projects in Illinois
KY Wendell
H. Ford
DS
173A Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Jim
Low
N 202-224-4343 202-224-0046 00
LA John
Breaux
DS
516
Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Betty
Phelan
N 202-224-4623 202-224-1991
LA John
Breaux
DS 516 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 H. Adam
Lawrence
N
202-224-4623
202-228-2577
00
Briefed him on USDA AmeriCorps
projects in Louisiana
LA John
Breaux
DS 516 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Jeff
Lewis
N
202-224-4623
202-228-2577
00
Briefed him on USDA AmeriCorps
projects in Louisiana
LA J. Bennett
Johnston
DS 1361 Ref Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Audra
McCardell
N
202-224-2952
202-224-2952
00
Worked on press release on dry
fire hydrants
LA J. Bennett
Johnston
DS 136 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Dionne
Thompson
N
202-224-2952
202-224-2952
00
Seantor obtained funds for
Many Sandrer
Fouchon Beach project
MA Ted
Kennedy
DS
Jeff
Huang
202-224-0767 202-224-5128
MA John
Kerry
DS
DC
Michael
Quenan
N 202-224-2742 202-228-1061
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MA John
Kerry
DS
John
Phillips
L
617-248-3870
messaep
12/6 message 10/22
MD Paul
S. Sarbanes
DS
DC
Johnathan
Davidson
N 202-224-4524 202-224-1651
224-9084
MD Barbara
A.
Mikulski
DS
134
Dirksen Building
Washington
DC
20510 Sally
Chadbourne
N
202-224-7231 202-224-3444 00
Mikulski's top aide working on
AmeriCorps
MD Barbara
A. Mikulski
DS
134
Dirksen Building
Washington
DC
20510 David
Bowers
N 202-224-4082 202-228-4513 00
Working on negotiating with
Bond's staff on future of USDA
AmeriCoprs program; very
supportive
MD Barbara
A. Mikulski
DS 9658 Baltimore, #208
College Park
MD
20740 Asuntha
M. Chiang
L 301-345-5517
00
In Beltville, met with USDA
AmeriCorps Members from around
the state; very supportive
MD Paul
S. Sarbanes
DS
L
00
Visited members at Beltsville
and supported program
Jackie
MI Carl
Levin
DS
DC
Allen
Weinberg
N 202-224-6221 202-224-1388
Parker
MI Carl
Levin
DS
MI
L
00
Senator swore-in Summer of
Gleaning Members
MN James
Oberstar
D
Chip
Gardiner
N 202-225-0621 202-225-0699
MN Paul
Wellstone
DS 717 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Colin
McGinnis
N 202-224-5641 202-224-8438 00
Surprised to learn that original
Mikulski Amendment would have
eliminated signficant projects
in Minnesota; very supportive
ND Kent
Conrad
DS 724 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Robert
L. Foust
N 202-224-2043 202-224-1193 00 Concered about anti-hunger
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projects perfroming EITC
outreach but extremely
224-1193
supportive overall
ND Byron
Dorgan
DS 713 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Rebecca
Donovan
N 202-224-2551
00
Extremely supportive
NE J. James
Exon
DS
Mary
Peterson
N 202-224-6551 202-224-5213
NE Bob
Kerrey
DS 303 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Patty
Sedon
N
202-224-6551
202-224-7645
00
Senator has recently changed his
position in order to support
Bal Bradley Tonsiilli
AmeriCorps
NJ Bill
DS
Mark
Schmidt
N 202-224-3224 202-224-8567
NJ Frank
Lautenberg
DS
NJ
20510 Mitch
Warren
L 202-224-4744 202-224-9707 00
NM Jeff
Bingaman
DS 703 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Emily
N
202-224-5521
202-224-2852
00
Spoke to and faxed information
Cabhx
waths
about projects in New Mexico
NM Jeff
Bingaman
DS
119 E. Marcy
Santa Fe
NM
87501 Maria
Wolfe
L
505-766-3666
02
OR Ron
Wyden
DS 259 Russell SOB
Washington
DC
20510 Carolyn
Bourdeaux
N 202-224-5244
00
Relayed the Senator's interest
in placing juvenile offendors in
Forest Service AmeriCorps
OR Ron
Wyden
DS 259 Russell SOB
DC
N
228.0
projects
Washington
20510 Ciara
Torres
00
Faxed information on Forest
the RI 1 sach Reed
Service and overall program;
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extremely supportive
SC Earnest
Hollings
DS 120 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510
N 202-224-6121 202-224-4293 00
Senator issued press rlease in
1994 praising USDA AmeriCoprs
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projects in South Carolina but
Tim Johnson
has since vocally opposed the
overall AmeriCorps program
SD Tom
Daschle
D S 509 Hart Building
Washington
DC
20510 Glen
Ivy
N
202-924-5501
202-224-6603 00
The Senator has visited with
USDA AmeriCorps Members in his
state
VA Charles
S. Robb
DS 154 Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Eric
G. Falls, Esq.
N 202-224-4024
00
Is working to sned letter to
Fax 224 - 8689
Bond regarding USDA AmeriCoprs
program
VT Patrcik
J. Leahy
D
S
433
Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 David
Carle
N 202-224-4242 2022243479
VT Patrick
J. Leahy
DS
433
Russell Building
Washington
DC
20510 Amy
D. Rainone
N 202-224-4242 2022243479
00
The Senator gave keynote speech
to first USDA AmeriCorps staff
training
WA Patty
Murray
DS 111 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Mike
Egan
N
202-224-2621
202-224-0238
00
Very supportive
WA Patty
Murray
DS 111 RSOB
Washington
DC
20510 Marla
Marvin
N
202-224-2621
202-224-0238
00
Key player in effort to save
Forest Service AmeriCorps
projects
WI Russell
D. Feingold
S
DC
Sarah
Thom
N 202-224-5323 202-224-2725
WI Herb
D. Kohl
DS
Steve
Etka
N 202-224-5653 202-224-9787
WI Russell
D. Feingold
DS
517
E. Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee
WI
53202 Cecelia
Robertson
L
414-276-7282
414-276-7284
00
Visited with anti-hunger project
in Milwaukee and pledge support
WI Herb
Kohl
DS
310
W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee
WI
53202 Eve
Galanter
L
414-297-4451
608-264-5473
00
Visited with at Milwaukee anti-
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hunger project
WV Jay
Rockefeller
DS
Rick
Remish
N 202-224-9665 202-224-7662
WV Robert
C. Byrd
DS
DC
20510 Sue
Masica
N 202-224-5271
00
Most interested in rural water
projects in West Virginia
AR Blanche
Lambert Lincoln
DH
Elizabeth
Hurely
N 202-225-4076 202-225-4654
AR Ray
Thornton
DH
Cahrlie
Saunders
202-225-2506 202-225-9273
AR Blanche
Lambert Lincoln
DH 615 S Main Street, 211 Jonesboro
AR
72401 Joseph
Black
L 501-972-4600 501-972-4605 01
Attended picnic on behalf of
I
Berry
AmeriCorps members who aided
manion
tornado relief
AZ Ed
Pastor
DH
Blake
Gable
N 202-225-4065 202-225-1655
CA Gary
Condit
DH
Lynn
Marquis
N 202-225-6131 202-225-0819
CA Calvin
M. Dooley
DH
Maria
Montengro
N 202-225-3341 202-225-9308
CA Sam
Farr
DH
Sandi
Hentges
N 202-225-2861 202-225-6791
CA Lynn
Woolsey
DH
Linda
Theil
202-225-5161 202-225-5163
CA Lynn
Woolsey
DH 1050 Northgate Dr, 140
San Rafael
CA
94903 Grant
Davis
L 415-507-9554
06
Strong supporter; interested in
using USDA AmeriCorps to aid the
Russian River
CA Sam
Farr
D H 380 Alvarado
Monterey
CA
93940 Donna
Blitzer
L 408-649-3555
17
Very involved in Summer of
Gleaning
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CA Calvin
M. Dooley
DH
224
West Lacey Blvd
Hanford
CA
93230 Valerie
Castles
L 209-585-8171 209-585-8199 20
Congressman started gleaning
program in graduate school; very
supportive
CA Calvin
M. Dooley
DH 224 West Lacey Blvd
Hanford
CA
93230 Christina
Sunstrom
L 209-585-8171 209-585-8199 20
Congressman started gleaning
project in graduate school; very
supportive
CT Rosa
DeLauro
DH
Andy
Garfinkel
N 202-225-3661 202-225-4890
CT Barbara
Kennelly
DH
Adam
Rak
N 202-225-2265 202-225-1031
FL Peter
Deutsch
H
Fritz
Hirst
N 202-225-7931 202-225-8456
FL Carrie
Meek
DH
Tola
Thompson
N 202-225-4506 202-226-0777
FL Pete
Peterson
DH
Eve
Young
N 202-225-5235 202-225-1586
GA Sanford
Bishop
D H
Ken
Keck
202-225-3631 202-225-2203
HI Patsy
Mink
DH 2134 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Laura
Eferd
N 202-225-4906 202-225-4987 - 02
IL Cardiss
Collins
DH
DC
IL Jerry
Costello
DH
Maggie
Pew
N 202-225-5661 202-225-0285
IL Glen
Poshard
DH
Daren
Johnson
N 202-225-5201 202-225-1541
IL Louis
Gutierrez
DH
3181 N. Elston Ave Chicago
IL
60618 Raymond
Valdez
L 312-509-0999
04
Spoken to him about USDA
AmeriCoprs project in his
district
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IL Cardiss
Collins
D H 230 S. Dearborn, #3880 Chicago
IL
60604 J. Robert
Kettlewell
L 312-3535754
07
Briefed on USDA AmeriCoprs
project in the district
IL Sidney
R. Yates
D H 2109 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Del
Davis
N 202-225-2111 202-225-3493 09
Stated that committee majority
does not seriously consult with
Congressman Yates on
JonN
Shimkus - R
reprogramming issues
IL Richard
J Durbin
DH 2463 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515
N 202-225-5271 202-225-0170 20
Congressman met with Members at
the Secretary's Illinois rural
development forum
IN Andy
Jacobs
DH
David
Wilds
N 202-225-4011 202-226-4093
KY Scott
Baesler
DH
DC
Lisa
Tomlinson
N 202-225-4706 202-225-2122
LA Cleo
Fields
DH
Tiffany
Clements
202-225-8959
MA Joseph
P Kennedy,II
DH
Heather
Mizeur
N 202-225-5111 202-225-9322
MA John
Olver
DH
Debra
Drake
N 202-225-5335 202-226-1224
SPOKS to
MA Martin
T. Meehan
D H
Caroline
Washburn
L 202-225-3431 202-226-0071 05
Staff called to lobby for NRCS
077\
AmeriCorps project in the
district
MD Ben
Cardin
H
Michelle
Ash
N 202-225-4016 202-225-9219
MD Elijah
Cummings
DH
Neil
Rochkind
N 202-225-4741 202-225-3178
MD Steny
Hoyer
DH
Catriona
N
202-225-4131 202-225-4300
MPssage Per
SPOKE
macDonald
Missage
JAVLY Irvinp 225-4131 (DLC)
No
M
12/6
missay
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ME John
E
Baldacci
DH 1740 LHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Ashley
Abbott
N 202-225-6306 202-225-2943 02
At a reception, Congressman
pledged full support to program
ME John
E
Baldacci
DH
L
02
Visited and supported project in
Arosstook County
MI David
Bonior
DH
DC
Scott
Paul
N 202-225-2106 202-225-1169
MI John
Dingell
DH
DC
Mike
Scholl
N 202-225-4071 202-226-0371
MI John
Dingell
DH
DC
David
Lipsett
MI David
Kildee
DH
Adam
Gluck
N 202-225-3611 202-225-6393
MI Bart
Stupak
DH
Chuck
Oxender
N 616-929-4711 616-927-7725
MI David
Bonior
DH
MI
L
10
Attended Michigan Summer of
Gleaning Swearinng-In
MI Barbara-Rose
Collins
DH 401 CHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Audrey
Wright
N 202-225-2261 202-225-6645 15 Suggested by staff in Michigan
MI Barbara-Rose
Collins
DH
719
Griswolrd, # 2006
Detroit
MI
48226 Cecilia
Walker
L
313-963-3322
313-963-1509
15
Attended Michigan Summer of
Gleaning Swearing-In
MI John
Dingell
DH 23
E. Front Street
Monroe
MI
48161
L 313-243-1849
16
Staff attended AmeriCorps well- -
closing
MN Colin
Peterson
DH
DC
Heather
Westlund
N 202-225-2165 202-225-1593
Alex Fisher
MO Pat
Danner
DH
DC
20515 Fraser
Verrusio
L 202-225-7041 202-225-7834
message 10/18
Spoke to
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MO Harold
Volkmer
DH
N 202-225-2956 202-225-7834
MO Harold
L. Volkmer
DH
Columbia
MO
Lost
Kshhy HELLY
L
09
Visited him at his office
R
Hulshof
MS Gene
Taylor
DH
Jack
Stewart
N 202-225-5772 202-225-7074
MS Bennie
Thompson
DH
Richard
Mattox
N 202-225-5876 202-225-5898
NC Eva
Clayton
DH
Fran
Fierro
N 202-225-3101 202-225-3354
ND Earl
Pomeroy
DH
DC
James
Delaplane
N 202-225-2611 202-226-0893
NJ Robert
Andrews
DH
David
Socolow
N 202-225=6501 202-225-6583
NJ Dick
Zimmer
DH
Carey
Pilato
N 202-225-5801 202-225-9181
NJ Frank
Pallone
DH 420 CHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Ryss
McGuirk
N
202-225-4671
202-225-9665
06
Sent "Dear Colleague" letter on
behalf of USDA AmeriCorps
program
NJ Robert
Menendez
DH 1730 LHOB
Washington
DC
20515 David
Waldman
N 202-225-7919
13
Inquired about status of project
in his district
10/18
Sporo tu
NM Bill
Richardson
DH 2209 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Kathy
Keith
202-225-6190 202-226-2160 03
Congressman wrote to Department
praising rural development team
efforts in his district
NY Michael
McNulty
DH 2442 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Charlie
Diamond
N 202-225-5076 202-225-5077 21
Swore-in Summer of Gleaning
AmeriCorps Members
OH Bob
Zachritz
H
Bob
Zachritz
N 202-225-6465 202-226-0351
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ST Mem F_Name
MI Mem L-Name
P H RM # ADDR Street
ADDR City
ADDR State
Zip
Stf F_Name
MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
S
OH Tony
P. Hall
D H 1432 LHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Deborah
DeYoung
N 202-225-6465 202-226-0351 03
Working on getting Congressman
503-230-5413 - 5413
Hall to visit AmeriCoprs anti-
503-231-2300
hunger site with the Secretary
Chistine Eugen
Elizabeth Humphel
and Mary McGory
OR
Earl Blumnauer
DH
Michael
Harrison
N 202-225-4811 202-225-8941
OR Peter
Defazio
D H
Peter
Tyler
N 202-225-6416 202-225-0373
OR Elizabeth
Furse
D H
Amy
Lowther
N 202-225-0855 202-225-9497
PA Frank
Mascara
D H
Bonnie
Lowrey
202-225-4665
202-225-3377
sent letters
Debbi tekaver
Fux
PA John
P. Murtha
D H
Carmen
Sciallaba
N 202-225-5709 202-225-2369
225-7065 Phone
RI Patrick
Kennedy
D H
Matt
Braunstein
N 202-225-4911 202-225-3290
RI Jack
Reed
D H 1510 LHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Elyse
Wasch
N
202-225-2735
202-225-9580
02
Congressman swore-in USDA
surrete
Robert
ureygand
AmeriCoprs "Summer of Gleaning"
Members
SC John
Spratt
D H
Andrew
Hunter
N 202-225-5501 202-225-0464
SC James
E. Clyburn
D H 319 CHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Danny
Cromer
N
202-225-3315
202-225-2313
06
Agreed to help with program
SC James
E. Clyburn
D H
1703 Gervais St.
Columbia
SC
29201 Robert
M. Nance
L
803-799-1100
06
Congressman was keynote speaker
at local USDA AmeriCorps
ceremony
SC James
E. Clyburn
D H
SC
Hope
Derrrick
L
803-799-9060 06
Dry fire hydrant release
SD Tim
Johnson
D H
Dwight
Fettig
N 202-225-2801 202-225-2427
sendle
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N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
S
TN John
Tanner
DH
B-7
Federal Building
Jackson
TN
38301
L 901-423-4848
08
Met with AmeriCorps Members in
Ruben
Jackson an pledged support
Hinogoone
TX E. (Kika)
de la Garza
DH
Barbara
Tucker
N 202-225-2531 202-225-2534
TX Greg
Laughlin
H
Steven
McHaney
N 202-225-2831 202-225-1108
TX Solomon
Ortiz
DH
Sheila
McCready
N 202-225-7742 202-2251134
TX Frank
Tejeda
H
Farah
Press
N 202-225-1640 202-2251641
UT William
Orton
H
Dave
Lemmon
N 801-379-2500 801-379-2509
UT William
H. Orton
DH
51
S. University, 317
Provo
UT
84606 John
F. Smith
L 801-379-2500
03
Smith visited sites with
AmeriCorps Members
VA Rick
Boucher
H
Laura
Hanen
N 202-225-3861 202-225-0442
VA L.F.
Payne
H
Maria
Freese
N 202-225-4711 202-226-1147
VA Bobby
Scott
H
Missy
Santoro
N 202-225-8351 202-225-8354
WA Norm
Dicks
DH 2467 RHOB
Washington
DC
20515 Mike
Bagley
N 202-225-5916 202-226-1176 06
Secretary Glickman spoke to the
Congressman about Forest Service
projects
WI Thomas
Barrett
H
Peter
Sampson
N 202-225-3571 202-225-2185
WI Thomas
Barrett
DH 135 W. Wells, #618
Milwaukee
WI
53203 Ed
Walz
L
414-297-1331 414-297-1359 05
Attended Glickman event
WV Alan
Mollohan
DH
Chris
Lee
N 202-225-4172 202-225-7564
S/C
C
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PH RM # ADDR Street
ADDR City
ADDR State
Zip
Stf F_Name
MI Stf L_Name
N Phone Number FAX
rict Comments
S
WV Nick
Rahall
DH
Birdie
Kyle
N 202-225-3452 202-225-9061
WV Robert
Wise
DH
Casie
Deshong
N 202-225-2711 202-225-7856
LA Jimmy
Hayes
H
Gordon
Taylor
N 202-225-2031 202-225-1175
chris falm
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96
by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in: D . Forest Service Rural Devel.
P - RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Environ.
9:34 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C
= Anti-Hunger
Y . Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel
Page:
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Site
No. Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Frank
Muncy
RECD State Office
634 S. Bailey, St te 103
Plamer
AK
99645
907-745-2176
9077455398
SC
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
513-4631
501-513-4630
5013246138
SC
Bruce
Legitt
East Arkansas RC7D Council
400 McCain Blvd., Suite 205
North Little Rock
AR
72116
SC
Shirley
RECD State Office
700 W. Capital St., BOX 2778
Little Rock
AR
72203
501-324-6284
Tucker
5013247351
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Merlin
Berg
Little CO River Plateau RC&D Area
51 W Vista Dr, #4
Holbrook
AZ
86025
520-524-6063
5205246609
SC
RECD State Office
2585 N. Grand, Suite 2
Nogales
AZ
85621
520-281-1068
5202811460
Bonnie
Fricks
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Bennett
NRCS
2121-C 2nd St, Suite 102
Davis
CA
95616
916-757-8228
9167578382
SC
Patricia
U.S. Forest Service
1330 Bayshore Way
Eureka
CA
95501
707-441-3592
7074429242
SC
Mary
McManus
So. Cal. Interfaith Hunger Colation
155 N. Occidental Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA
90026
213-637-1600
2133650033
SC
Elizabeth
Riley
SC
Toni
Symonds
RECD State Office
194 West Main Street
Woodland
CA
95695
916-668-2025
9166682055
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Congressional Hunger Center
525 A. St., N.E.
Washington
DC
20002
202-547-7022
2025477575
SC
Josh
Yates
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Gainesville
FL 32601
904-338-9526
9043389574
SC
Jerry
Joiner
NRCS
401 S.E. 1st Ave, Fed. Bldg Rm 248
SC
Glen
Walden
RECD State Office
4440 N.W. 25th PL
Gainsville
FL 32614
904-338-3440
9043383452
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
355 E. Hancock Ave.
Athens
GA
30601
770-528-2218
7705282212
SC
Earl
Cosby
NRCS
Thomas
RECD State Office
355 E. Hancock Ave.
Athens
GA
30610
706-546-2171
7065462135
SC
Donnie
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
P.O. Box 50004
Honolulu
HI
96850
808-541-2602
8085411335
SC
Michael
Kolman
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
290
29,04
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X a Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ
9:34 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
2
Site
No. Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
SC
James
Ayen
NRCS
210 Walnut St. Suite 693
Des Moines
IA
50309
515-284-4370
5152844394
SC
James E.
Ayen
NRCS
Federal Bldg, 210 Walnut St Ste 693
Des Moines
IA
50309
515-284-4370
5152844394
SC
Dormand
Otte
RECD State Office
210 Walnut Street
Des Moines
IA
50309
515-284-4152
5152844859
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Dave
DeTullio
NRCS
3244 Elder St, Rm 124
Boise
ID
83705
208-334-9447
2083349230
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Rod
Atterberry
Farm Services Agency
930 East Laurel Office A
Havana
IL
62644
309-543-2582
3095432582
SC
Charles
Specht
RECD State Office
1817 S. Neil Street, Ste 103
Champaign
IL
61820
217-398-5412
2173985337
SC
Lue
Walters
NRCS
402 N. Kays Dr.
Normal
IL
61761
309-452-0830
3094526642
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
913 913-346-5692 023 4565 138234540
SC
Jim
Meisenhiemer
Farm Services Agency
760 South Broadway Street
Salina
KS
67401
SC
Larry
Miles
NRCS
760 S. Broadway
Salina
KS
67401
913-823-4578
9138234540
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
913-
SC
Louis
Elliott
RECD State Office
P.O. Box 1227
Shelbyville
KY 40066
502-633-0892
5026330552
2128
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Darlene
Dean
RECD State Office
3727 Government Street
Alexandria
LA 71302
318-473-7925
3184737829
SC
Richard
Hoffpauir
RECD District Office
3727 Government Street
Alexandria
LA
71302
318-253-7528
3182534662
SC
Billy
Moore
NRCS
3737 Government St.
Alexandria
LA 71302
318-473-7768
3184737682
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Marc
McQueen
NRCS
11 Cranberry Highway
West Wareham
MA
02576
508-295-1481
5082912368
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Linda
Adams
NRCS
339 Busch's Frontage Rd, Suite 301
Annapolis
MD
21401
410-757-0861
4107570687
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Richard
Baird
NRCS
5 Godfrey Dr
Orono
ME
04473
207-866-7241
2078667262
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D = Forest Service Rural Devel.
P a RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
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9:34 am
Site
No. Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Michael
Tardy
FSA
27 Westminster St.
Lewiston
ME 04240
207-783-9194
2077834101
SC
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
NRCS
Rm 101, 1405 S. Harrison Rd
East Lansing
MI
48823
517-337-6702
5173376905
SC
Alan
Herceg
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
NRCS
Farm Credit Svcs Bldg, 375 Jacson St., Rm 600 St. Paul
MN
55101
612-290-3677
6122903375
SC
Michael
Price
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Ross
Braun
NRCS
Parkade Ctr, Suite 250, 601 Business Loop, 70 Columbia
MO
65203
573-876-0912
5738760913
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
M.A.C.E.
119 South Theobald Street
Greenville
MS
38701
601-335-3523
6013342939
SC
Ruby
Buck
Jackson
39269
601-965-5460
6019655384
SC
Bettye
Oliver
RECD State Office
100 W. Capitol St., Suite 831
MS
SC
Reginal
Spears
NRCS
Dr. A.H. McCoy Bldg, Suite 1321, 100 W. Capit Jackson
MS
39269
601-965-4335
6019654940
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
U.S. Forest Service
200 E. Broadway P.O. Box 7669
Missoula
MT 59807
406-329-3500
4063293347
SC
Peggy
St. Peter
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
John
NRCS
P.O. Box 653
Aberdeen
NC
28315
910-944-4787
9109444796
Caviness
RECD State Office
4405 Bland Road
Raleigh
NC
27609
919-790-2725
9198732075
SC
Debra
Nesbitt
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Federal Bldg, Rm 278, 220 E. Rosser Ave, P.O. Bismarck
ND
58502
701-250-4761
7012504420
SC
Richard L. Bentaas
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Rt 2, Box 67
Plainview
NE
68769
402-582-4866
4025823799
SC
Jan
Jorgenson
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Federal Bldg
Durham
NH
3824
603-433-0505
6038685301
SC
Carter
Christenson
USDA, NRCS
80 Glen Rd. White Mountain, NF
Gorham
NH
03581
603-466-2713
6034662856
SF
Nita
Williams
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96 - by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T . Farm Service Agc.
X # Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Environ
9:34 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R . RECD Business
C
=
Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Irene
Lieberman
NRCS
1370 Hamilton St
Somerset
NJ
08873
908-246-1171
9082462358
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Larry
Roybal
U.S. Forest Service
1220 St. Francis Dr.
Santa Fe
NM 57504
505-988-6940
5059865124
SC
John
Thomas
RECD State Office
6200 Jefferson St., NE
Albuquerque
NM
87109
505-761-4960
5057614977
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
John
Whitney
NRCS
50 Commerce Way
East Aurora
NY
14052
716-652-8480
7166528506
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Michael
Plunkett
NRCS
200 High St. Rm 522
Columbus
OH
43215
614-469-2061
6144692083
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Leroy
Tull
NRCS
100 USDA, Suite 203
Stillwater
OK
74074
405-742-1200
4057421201
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Bud
Fischer
RECD State Office
101 S.W. Main, Suite 1410
Portland
OR
97204
503-414-3360
5034143386
SC
Gayle
Norman
NRCS
101 SW Main St, Suite 1300
Portland
OR
97204
503-414-3236
5034143277
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Frank
Lee Patterson
RECD State Office
602 Evans City Rd. Suite 101
Butler
PA
16001
412-482-4887
4124824826
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Robert
Eaddy
FSA
1927 Thurmond Mall, Suite 100
Columbia
SC
29201
803-765-5429
8037655165
SC
Wally
Turner
NRCS
1835 Assembly St. Rm 950
Columbia
SC
29201
803-253-3314
8032533670
SC
Greg
White
RECD State Office
1835 Assemby St., Rm 1007
Columbia
SC
29201
803-253-3498
8037655633
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Joyce
Watkins
NRCS
Federal Bldg. 200 4th St. SW
Huron
SD
57350
605-352-1227
6053521270
605-35?
1261
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D = Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T . Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:34 am
N . Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Rural Devel.
Page:
5
Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Gregory
RECD State Office
3322 West End Ave, #300
Nashville
TN
37203
615-783-1348
SC
Tim
6157831301
675 USCH, 801 Broadway
Nashville
TN
37203
615-736-5472
SC
John
Harris
NRCS
6157367135
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Lorraine
Clements
RECD State Office
101 S. Main St, Rm 102
Temple
TX
76501
817-774-1306
8177780177
Freeman
NRCS
101 South Main St
Temple
TX
76501
817-774-1231
8177741388
SC
Mark
SF
7705 West Bay Road
Baytown
TX
77520
713-383-4285
7133834286
Nancy
Webb
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Castleland RC&D
P.O. Box 603
Price
UT
84501
801-637-1081
8016371081
SC
Kresha
Eastman
Ogden
84401
801-625-5252
8016255127
SC
James (Wes) Harvey
U.S. Forest Service
324 25th Street
UT
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
SC
Jim
Anderson
RECD State Office
1606 Santa Rose Road, #238
Richmond
VA
23229
804-287-1554
8042871721
Paul
NRCS
1606 Santa Rosa Rd. Culpepper Bldg, Sute 209
Richmond
VA
23229
804-287-1681
8042871787
SC
Pat
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
NRCS
69 Union St.
Winooski
VT
05404
802-951-6795
8029516327
SC
Vermont Anti-Hunger Corps
103 South Main St.
Waterbury
VT
05671
802-241-2462
8022412593
SC
Barri
Gladstone
Vermont Office of Economic Opportunit
103
South
Main
St.
Waterbury
VT
05671
802-241-2462
8022412593
SC
Avram
Patt
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
FSA
316 W. Boone Ave., suite 568
Spokane
WA
99201
509-543-2582
5095433154
SC
Larry
Albin
RECD State Office
P.O. Box 2427
Wenatchee
WA
98807
509-664-0249
5096640202
SC
Mary
McBride
Rock Point Tower II, Suite 450, W 316 Boone A Spokane
WA
99201
509-353-2337
5093532354
SC
Paul
Taylor
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Milwaukee Community Service Corps
1150 East Brady
Milwaukee
WI
53202
414-276-6272
4142767330
SC
Tony
Perez
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
USDA AMERICORPS STATE CONTACTS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in: D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:34 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Business
C # Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
6
Site
No. Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
SC
James
Anderson
RECD State Office
P.O. Box 12310
Big Chimney
WV
25302
304-965-2712
3049652715
SC
Pat
Bowen
NRCS
75 High St, Rm 301
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-291-4152
3042914628
SC
Lew
McCreery
U.S. Forest Service
180 Canfield St.
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-285-1583
3042851505
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
Total Number of AmeriCorps Members in All USDA Projects:
Total Number of State Contacts:
77
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel.
Page:
1
Site
No
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
R02B
4
Susan
Anderson
Rural Community Development
Lower Yukon Economic Development Coun P.O.
Box
242126
Anchorage
AK
99524
907-271-2424
9072713951
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
4
D05B
1
Doug
Butts
Rural Community Development
Ozark Foothills RC&D Council
490 College Street, Room 113, Federal Buildin
Batesville
AR
72501
501-793-6550
R05D
1
Tommy
Davis
Rural Community Development
East Central AR Ec. Dev. Corp - West
125 East Grant Street
Forrest City
AR
72335
501-633-7686
5016338752
R05C
2
Tommy
Davis
Rural Community Development
East Central AR Ec. Dev. Corp West
125 East Grant Street
Forrest City
AR
72335
501-633-7686
5016338752
Pine Bluff
71601
Y05B
1
Dr. Henry
English
Rural Water Extension
University of Arkansas
1200 N. University, Box 4005
AR
501-543-8142
5015438033
X05B
5
Calvin
King
Sustainable Agriculture
ALFDC
Rt. 2, Box 291
Brinkley
AR
72021
800-264-1141
5017683231
Y05C
1
Calvin
King
Sustainable Agriculture
ALFDC
Rt. 2, Box 291
Brinkley
AR
72021
800-264-1141
5017683231
Environmental Restoration
East Arkansas RC7D Council
400 McCain Blvd., Suite 205
North Little Rock
AR
72116
501-753-4452
5013246138
D05A
1
Bruce
Legitt
D05C
1
Bruce
Legitt
Housing Relocation
AmeriCorps Office
P.O. Box 430
Holly Grove
AR
72069
703-462-8300
R05B
1
Sam
Scruggs
Rural Community Development
Mississippi County, Arkansas EOC, Inc
211 N. Broadway
Blytheville
AR
72316
501-532-2348
5015322625
ROSF
1
Margaret
Staub
Rural Community Development
Mid-Delta Enterprise Community
610 South Biscoe Street
Helena
AR
72342
501-338-6406
5013383629
Holly Grove
AR
72069
501-462-3422
5014623580
X05A
8
Mayor Lula
Tyler
Environmental Restoration
Mayor's Office
P.O. Box 430
Y05A
5
Mayor Lula
Tyler
Environmental Restoration
Mayor's Office
P.O. Box 430
Holly Grove
AR
72069
501-462-3422
5014623580
R05A
1
Bobby
Yopp
Rural Community Development
Crowley's Ridge Development Council,
P.O. Box 1497
Jonesboro
AR
72403
501-935-8610
5019350291
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 29
20
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
2324 E. Mcdowell Rd P.O. Box 5348
Phoenix
AZ
85010
602-225-5200
6022255295
N04A
Mike
Baca
Little CO River Plateau RC&D Area
51 W Vista Dr, #4
Holbrook
AZ
86025
602-524-6063
6025246609
Y04A
8
Merlin
Berg
Rural Community Development
Chavez
Rural Community Development
Greater Flagstaff Economic Council, I
1300 S. Milton Rd., Ste 125
Flagstaff
AZ
86001
602-779-7658
5205560940
R04C
1
Jerry
R04E
1
Steven
Colantuoni
Nogales/Santa Curz Dev. Fond. EC 168b
2150 N. Congress St. P.O. Box 1688
Nogales
AZ
85621
520-761-7800
5207617843
Rural Community Development
2733 E. Lakin Dr., Suite 1
Flagstaff
AZ
86004
520-522-4390
5205274392
P04A
1
Clark
Dierks
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
P04B
1
Clark
Dierks
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
2733 E. Lakin Dr., Ste 1
Flagstaff
AZ
86004
520-522-4390
5205274392
R04D
1
Gail
Gallagher
Rural Community Development
City of San Luis
P.O. Box S, 23222 First Street
San Luis
AZ
85349
520-627-2027
5206273879
R04B
1
City of Douglas
425 Tenth Street
Douglas
AZ
85607
520-364-7501
5203647507
Greg
Lucero
Rural Community Development
5204663161
R04A
1
Jean
Pace
Rural Community Development
Eloy Chamber of Commerce
305 Stuart Blvd., P.O. Box 788
Eloy
AZ
85231
520-466-9201
D04A
Cocino National Forest
2323 E. Greenlaw Lane
Flagstaff
AZ
86004
602-556-2001
6025562130
1
Cal
Yoyner
Rural Community Development
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 36
Rick
Box 788115
Twenty-nine Palms
CA
92278
619-830-7011
6198305718
Y06B
2
Aguayo
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P. RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X a Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ
9 37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Rural Devel.
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First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Y06A
3
Rick
Aguayo
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
222 E. Main St, Suite 104
Barstow
CA
92311
619-256-5004
6192563353
R06F
1
William
Avera
Rural Community Development
City of Hollister
375 Fifth Street
Hollister
CA
95023
408-636-4316
4086364310
N06C
18
Patty
Bates
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
15701 Highway 178
Bakersfield
CA
93306
805-871-2223
8058718231
Y06C
4
Robert
Dean
Soil Conservation
NRCS
44811 Date Ave., Suite G
Lancaster
CA
93534
805-945-2604
8059425503
R06D
1
L. Keyth
Durham
Rural Community Development
County of Fresno, I-5 Business Devel C
1575 Eleventh Street
Firebaugh
CA
93622
209-659-2043
2096593412
N06A
98
Gary
Earney
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
34701 Mill Creek Rd.
Mentone
CA
92359
909-794-6198
9097945673
Y06K
5
Jim
Earsom
Water Quality
NRCS
25809 Business Center Drive
Redlands
CA
92374
909-799-7407
9097991438
R06C
1
Juanita
Galaviz
Rural Community Development
Kings Community Action Organization
1222 W. Lacey Blvd., Ste. 201
Hanford
CA
93230
209-582-4386
2095824386
Y06D
1
Stephen
Jewett
Water Quality
NRCS
3380 Somis Rd, P.O. Box 260
Somis
CA
93066
805-386-4489
8053864890
Y06J
2
Len
Kashuba
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
405 Orchard Ave
Ukiah
CA
95482
707-263-4180
7075750912
Y06F
2
James
Kimmel
Rural Community Development
NRCS
415 Placerville Dr, Suite M
Placerville
CA
95667
916-622-1410
9166222563
P06A
1
Rafael
Lopez-Barraga
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
1699 West Main, Ste. K
El Centro
CA
92243
619-352-3314
6193520219
N06B
34
Tony
Montana
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
1330 Bayshore Way
Eureka
CA
95501
707-441-3555
7074429242
R06E
1
Carlos
Palacios
Rural Community Development
City of Watsonville
215 Union Street, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 5000
Watsonville
CA
95077
408-728-6033
4087610736
Y06H
1
Ernest
Paschke
Water Quality
NRCS
1511 Butte House Rd, Suite B
Yuba City
CA
95993
916-674-1461
9166735360
C06A
40
Elizabeth
Riley
Anti-Hunger & Nutrition
So. Cal. Interfaith Hunger Colation
155 N. Occidental Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA
90026
213-637-1600
2133650033
Y06E
2
Robert
Roan
Fire Risk Reduction
High Sierra RC&D
251 Auburn Ravine Rd, Suite 201
Auburn
CA
95603
916-823-6830
9168235504
R06A
1
Alicia
Saigado
Rural Community Development
Imperial County Enterprise Community
836 Main Street
El Centro
CA
92243
619-337-7814
6193378907
R06B
1
Paul
Saldana
Rural Community Development
City of Shafter
336 Pacific Avenue
Shafter
CA
93263
805-746-6365
8057460607
Y06I
3
Lisa Woo
Shanks
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
1301 Redwood Way, Suite 170
Petaluma
CA
94954
707-794-7902
7077947902
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 222
D08A
2
Robert
Dettmann
Rural Community Development
AmeriCoprs Project, U.S. Forest Servi
41595 E. Hwy 160
Mancos
CO
81328
303-275-5741
3032755754
D08B
2
Robert
Dettmann
Rural Community Development
San Juan Supervsior's Office
701 Camino Del Rio
Durango
CO
81301
303-375-5741
3032755754
Y08A
6
Gary
Jennings
Recycling & Water Quality
San Juan RC&D
1060 Main Ave, #020
Durango
CO
81301
970-259-3287
9702473412
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 10
Z11A
5
Larry
Winston
Horticulture
National Arboretum
3501 New York Ave., N.E.
Washington
DC
20002
202-245-4533
X11A
6
Lillian
Woods
Urban Environment Restoration
NRCS
901 Newton St. N.E. Rm 306
Washington
DC
20017
202-274-6914
2022746930
Y24B
1
Lilian S.
Woods
Urban Environment Restoration
NRCS
901 Newton St, NE, Rm 306
Washington
DC
20017
202-274-6914
2022746930
C11A
10
Josh
Yates
Anti-Hunger & Nutrition
Congressional Hunger Center
525 A. St., N.E.
Washington
DC
20002
202-547-7022
2025477575
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D = Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
22
Jacksonville
Y12A
5
Allen
Moore
Water Conservation
NRCS
5542 Dunn Ave
FL
32118
904-232-2871
9047657172
Silver
Rural Community Development
West Palm Beach
FL
32447
Vicki
407-233-5313
4072335365
R12A
1
R12C
2
Bruce
Stitt
Rural Community Development
Marianna Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 130
Marianna
FL
32447
904-482-4353
9044822217
Marianna
FL
32447
904-482-8061
R12B
2
Wendall
Taylor
Rural Community Development
Marianna Chamber of Commerce
P. O. Box 130
9044828002
Y12B
5
Doug
Ulmer
Water Conservation
NRCS
15600 SW 288th St, Suite 402
Homestead
FL
33033
305-242-1218
3052421292
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 15
R13A
1
Dr. Amanda
Brown
Rural Community Development
QUOLA LC/CDC
102 Jackson Street
Valdosta
GA
30601
912-245-1810
9122451008
Gaineville
30501
770-536-0541
7705364411
D13A
1
Mitch
Cohen
Rural Community Development
Chattahoochee National Forest
508 Oak Street, NW
GA
Y13A
12
Cindy
Haygood
Urban Environment Restoration
NRCS
1738 County Farm Road, Suite 275
Marietta
GA
30060
404-528-2218
4045282212
N13A
17
Luana
Kitchens
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
508 Oak St.
Gainesville
GA
30501
770-536-0541
7705364411
C/O Boggs Rural Life Center, 4729 Quaker Rd
Keysville
GA
30816
7055540989
R13C
2
Grady
Sampson
Rural Community Development
CSRA Regional Development Center
706-554-0110
R13B
1
Al
Shauf
Rural Community Development
Crisp/Dooly EZ/EC Coordinating Commit
118 E. 12th Ave.
Cordele
GA
31015
912-273-9570
9122739571
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 34
X15A
6
Robert
Joy
Watershed Protection
NRCS Plant Materials Cntr
Box 236
Hoolehua, Molokai
HI
96729
808-567-6885
Watershed Protection
TBD
TBD
Lanai City, Lanai
HI
808-567-6885
Y15B
1
Robert
Joy
Y15A
1
Robert
Joy
Watershed Protection
NRCS Field Office
Box 236
Hoolehua, Molokai
HI
96729
808-567-6885
X15B
2
Robert
Joy
Watershed Protection
NRCS Plant Materials Cntr
Box 236
Lanai City, Lanai
HI
808-567-6885
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 10
8 South 6th St., Suite 233
Council Bluffs
IA
51501
712-325-1850
7123283213
Y19E
1
Mimi
Askew
Flood Area Restoration
NRCS
120 N. Main St, RR2, Box 237
Oakland
IA
51560
712-432-3029
7124325590
Y19D
3
Martin L.
Braster
Flood Area Restoration
NRCS
NRCS
142 N. Lawler, P.O. Box 348
Postville
IA
52162
319-864-7112
3198647113
Y19H
1
Jim
Fredricks
Flood Area Restoration
3131 West Main St, RR2
Emmetsburg
IA
50536
712-852-2701
7128522065
Y19C
2
Rodney L.
Hansen
Wetland Restoration
NRCS
Y19A
3
Steven
Johnston
Wetland Restoration
NRCS
435 N. Highland, P.O. Box 210
Williamsburg
IA
52361
319-669-2359
3196689004
3216 Thistledown Dr
Waterloo
IA
50702
319-296-3262
Y19F
3
Michael T.
Webster
Flood Area Restoration
NRCS
Y19B
2
Al
Younk
Wetland Restoration
515 n. Jefferson Ste G
Indianola
IA
50125
515-961-8932
5159618939
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
15
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96
by STATE
4/09/96
OP
Site
ID
Codes
Begining
in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P . RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C - Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel.
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Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Y16C
1
Jeffrey
Bohr
Water Quality
NRCS
1369 E 16th St
Burley
ID
83318
208-678-7946
2086785750
Y16I
1
Dave
Brown
Water Quality
NRCS
1620 NW Blvd, Bldg B, Suite 101
Coeur d'Alene
ID
83814
208-667-2548
2086675693
Y16E
1
Ron
Davidson
Water Quality
NRCS
1551 Baldy Ave Suite 2
Pocatello
ID
83201
208-237-4628
2082373412
Y16P
1
John
Gleim
Water Quality
NRCS
510 Arthur St
Caldwell
ID
83605
208-454-8684
2084541037
Y16K
1
Kim
Golden
Water Quality
NRCS
1620 Northwest Blvd, Bldg B, Suite 102
Coeur d'Alene
ID
83814
208-765-8553
2086648470
Y16D
1
Dennis
Hadley
Water Quality
NRCS
1120 Lincoln Rd
Idaho Falls
ID
83401
208-522-5351
2085220280
Y16H
1
Bruce
Hanson
Water Quality
NRCS
2200 Michigan Ave, Box C
Orofino
ID
83544
208-476-5313
2084767365
Y16J
1
Ken
Houska
Water Quality
NRCS
220 East 5th St., Rm 212A
Moscow
ID
83843
208-882-0507
2088834239
N16A
12
Robin
Jenkins
National Forest Conservation
Targhee National Forest
Island Park Ranger District
Island Park
ID
83429
208-558-7301
2085587812
Y16N
1
Randy
Phelan
Water Quality
NRCS
1805 Highway 16, Rm 1
Emmett
ID
83617
208-365-4212
2083657183
Y16F
1
Lynn
Rasmussen
Water Wuality
NRCS
3510 12th St.
Lewiston
ID
83501
208-746-9886
2087463468
Y16A
1
Steve
Thompson
Water Quality
NRCS
211 University Dr
Gooding
ID
83330
208-934-8481
2089344327
Y16M
1
Skip
Vettan
Water Quality
NRCS
118 W. Franklin
Meridan
ID
83642
208-888-1890
2088845636
Y16L
1
Jim
Wood
Water Quality
NRCS
P.O. Box 2637
Boise
ID
83701
208-378-5723
2083785735
Y16Q
1
Thomas
Yankey
Water Quality
NRCS
847 E. 9th St
Weiser
ID
83672
208-549-0198
2085493570
Y16B
1
Richard
Yankey
Water Quality
NRCS
212 Deere St.
Twin Falls
ID
83301
208-733-5380
2087361898
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 27
T17A
5
Rod
Atterberry
Sustainable Agriculture
Farm Services Agency
930 East Laurel- Office A
Havana
IL
62644
309-543-2582
3095433154
X17C
5
William
McCartney
Conservation Work
NRCS
110 East Fayette St.
Pittsfield
IL
62701
217-285-4114
2172855121
Y17C
1
William
McCartney
Conservation Work
NRCS
110 East Fayette St.
Pittsfield
IL
217-285-4114
2172855121
X17A
20
Carzella
Pritchett
Urban Environment Restoration
NRCS
4434 S. Lake Park
Chicago
IL
60653
312-373-9956
3123739960
R17A
1
Larry
White
Rural Community Development
City of Cairo
P.O. Box 151/1501 Washington Avenue
Cairo
IL
62914
618-734-1840
6187349346
X17B
14
Rufus
Williams
Urban Tree Planting
NRCS
601 James R. Thompson Rd.
East St. Louis
IL
62201
217-398-5271
2173985310
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 46
X20F
6
Gary
Bemasek
Stream Stablization
Perry Reservoir
RR Box 63
Valley Falls
KS
66088
913-945-6615
T20B
3
Luann
Callan
Agriculture Education
Coffey County FSA Office
313 Cross St. Suite 1
Burlington
KS
66839
316-364-2313
3163643149
X20C
6
Rick
Martin
Stream Stablization
Kanpolis Reservoir
RR 1, Box 260
Marquette
KS
67464
913-546-2565
9135462343
X20A
2
Daniel
Meyerhoff
Stream Stablization
NRCS
1010 E. 17th St
Hays
KS
66734
316-362-3671
9136283746
Y20A
7
Daniel
Meyerhoff
Stream Stabilization
NRCS
1010 E. 17th St
Hays
KS
67401
913-625-2588
9136283746
X20E
6
Mark
Mohler
Stream Stablization
Milford Reservoir
Box 301
Wakefield
KS
67487
913-461-5402
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
am
N = Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
X20D
6
Mike
Nyhoff
Stream Stablization
Glen Elder Reservoir
Box 162A
Glen Elder
KS
67446
913-545-3345
9135453347
Y20B
10
Norman
Sawyer
Aquatic Habitat Restoration
NRCS
3231 Southwest Van Buren
Topeka
KS
66611
913-267-5721
9132673013
X20B
6
Jerry
Schmidt
Stream Stablization
Cheney Reservoir
Box 167A, Rt 1
Cheney
KS
67205
316-542-3664
T20A
2
Rod
Winkler
Environmental conservation
Brown County FSA Office
1310 Oregon
Hiawatha
KS
66434
913-742-3787
9137427604
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 54
R21C
1
Doug
Arnett
Rural Community Development
Flat Woods Comm. Devel. Corp.
Route One, Box 476
Oneida
KY
40972
606-847-4819
6068474359
D21B
1
Bill
Brumm
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service
Stearns Road, PO BOx 429
Whitley City
KY
42653
606-376-5323
P21J
1
Tom
Carew
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Morehead
KY
606-784-6362
6067848311
R21A
1
James
Cass
Rural Community Development
Cumberland Valley ADD
P.O. Box 1740, 342 Old Whitley Road
London
KY
40743
606-864-7391
6068787361
R21H
1
Kathie
Curtis
Rural Community Development
City of Bowling Green, Operation P.R.
859 Fairview Avenue
Bowling Green
KY
42101
502-745-0090
5027450090
D21A
1
Dennis
Daniel
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service
Red Bird Road, Highway 68, Box 75
Big Creek
KY
40914
606-598-2192
R21B
1
James
Davenport
Rural Community Development
Kentucky Communities Econ Opp Council
P. O. Box 490
Barboursville
KY
40906
606-546-3152
6065465057
P21A
1
DeWayne
Easter
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
32 Big Hill Drive, P.O. Box Y
Beattyville
KY
41311
606-464-8698
6064643512
Jennifer
Jones
Rural Community Development
Bell County
P.O. Box 788, North 20th Street
Middlesboro
KY
40965
606-248-1075
6062488851
R21D
1
N21A
19
R.
Mann
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
1700 Bypass Lane
Winchester
KY
40391
606-745-3100
6067441568
P21C
1
Ruth
Martin
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Route 7, Box 1, Richmond Road
Manchester
KY
40962
606-598-5127
6065984330
P21B
1
Ruth
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Manchester
KY
42502
606-598-5127
6065984330
Martin
Bruce
Rural Community Development
McCreary Co. Fiscal Court
P.O. Box 579
Whitley City
KY
42653
606-376-2413
6063769499
R211
1
Murphy
P21H
1
Dwight
Norfleet
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
207 E. Cumberland Street, Ste. 101
Albany
KY
42602
606-387-5556
6063875236
1
Elissia
Palmer
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
925 Lovers Lane, Ste. 300, P.O. Box 150
Bowling Green
KY
42102
502-793-4176
5027934176
P21E
P21D
1
Tirey
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
3rd Avenue, P.O. Box 47
Prestonburg
KY
41653
606-886-9545
6068863723
Margaret
Big Sandy Area Development District
100 Resource Drive
Prestonburg
KY
41653
606-886-2374
6068863382
R21F
1
Dora
Webb
Rural Community Development
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 35
P22J
1
Reginald
Albritton
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
1805 Trade Dr., P.O. Box 1990
Ruston
LA
71273
318-255-2852
3182511061
R22F
1
Margert
Basco
Rural Community Development
Project Celebration, Inc.
580 West Main
Many
LA
71449
318-256-6242
3182562064
R22C
1
Rural Community Development
St. Mary Community Action Agency, Inc
P. O. Box 271
Franklin
LA
70538
318-828-5307
3188285754
Jeffrey
Beverly
Winnsboro
71295
318-435-9422
3184354725
P22H
1
Jerry
Boyd
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
P.O. Drawer 471
LA
Y22E
1
Danny
Capital RC&D
2191-B Tower St. PO Box 1296
Denham Springs
LA
70727
504-664-5368
5046647734
Clement
Rural Fire Protection
Y22D
1
Benny
Dobson
Rural Fire Protection
Twin Valley RC&D, NRCS
428 Dixie Plaza
Natchitoches
LA
71457
318-352-4946
3183525559
P22D
Dooley
RECD/RHCDS
509 E. Green St., P.O. Box 1228
Tallulah
LA
71282
318-574-4911
3185741931
1
Steve
Rural Housing Outreach
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D
- Forest Service Rural Devel.
P - RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C . Anti-Hunger
Y . Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel.
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Last Name
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Site Super.
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S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
D22B
1
Alan
Dorian
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service, Win Ranger Dist. Rt.
3,
Box
199
Winfield
LA
71483
318-628-4664
3184737117
X22A
9
Gary
Fine
Wetland Restoration
Golden Meadows Plant Material Ctr
438 Airport Road
Galliano
LA 70354
Y22H
1
Gary
Fine
Wetland Restoration
Golden Meadows Plant Material Ctr
438 Airport Rd
Galliano
LA
70354
504-475-5280
5044756546
SC
Richard
Hoffpauir
RECD District Office
3727 Government Street
Alexandria
LA
71302
318-253-7528
3182534662
P22E
1
Woodrow
Martin
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
820 First St.
Jonesville
LA
71343
318-339-8543
3183398551
Y22F
2
James D.
Neveu
Fire Protection/Water Quality
Imperial-Calcasieu RC&D Area
317 N. State St., Suite 1
Jennings
LA
70546
318-824-9533
3188249684
Y22C
2
Steven
Nipper
Water Quality
Monroe Field Office, NRCS
1605 Arizona St.
Monroe
LA
71202
318-387-8683
3183884275
P22F
1
Bruce
Norwood
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
9602 Morlatt St.
Bastrop
LA
71220
318-281-1653
3182817460
P22C
1
Mike
Perry
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
2422 Port Dr.
Jennings
LA
70546
318-824-0263
3188243827
D22A
1
Donna
Remides
Rural Community Development
NE Delta RC&D Council
PO Box 848
Winnboro
LA
71295
318-435-8092
3184357436
Y22A
1
Donna
Remides
Rural Fire Protection
Northeast Delta RC&D, NRCS
P.O. Box 848
Winnsboro
LA
71295
318-435-7328
3184357436
Y22I
1
Larry
Roetker
Rural Fire Protection
Denham Springs Field Office, NRCS
P.O. Box 1296
Denham Springs
LA
70727
504-664-1430
5046647734
Y22B
1
P. Ellzey
Simmons
Rural Fire Protection
Trailblazer RC&D
302 Reynolds Dr
Ruston
LA
71270
318-255-3554
3182519199
R22D
1
Buddy
Spillers
Rural Community Development
Macon Ridge Econ Devel Region, Inc.
3830 Front St
Winnsboro
LA
71295
318-757-3033
3187574212
D22A
1
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
NE Delta RC&D Council
P.O. Box 848
Winnsboro
LA
71295
318-435-8092
3184357436
R22A
1
Jack
Tolson
Rural Community Development
St. Landry Economic Inducement Distri
361 S. Main St
Opelousas
LA
70570
318-948-1202
3189486301
R22B
1
Helen
Vinton
Rural Community Development
Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc
5002 Old Jeanerette Road
New Iberia
LA
70560
318-367-3277
3163673279
R22H
1
Bobby
Washington
Rural Community Development
Town of Cullen
P. O. Box 679
Cullen
LA 71021
318-994-2263
3189942189
P221
1
Mary
Wilkerson
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
405 Bienville St.
Natchitoches
LA 71457
318-352-7103
3183525667
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 35
Y25C
1
Gaylord
Burke
Water Quality
Merrimack Valley Planning Comm.
160 Main St
Haverhill
MA
01830
508-374-0519
5083724890
Y25B
1
Ralph
Goodno
Nature Trails
Merrimack Watershed Council
Box 1377
Lawrence
MA
01842
508-681-5777
5086819637
Y25F
1
Ed
Himlan
Water Quality
MA Watershed Coalition
10 Monument Sq. P.O. Box 577
Leominster
MA
01453
508-534-0379
5085341329
Y25A
0
Daniel
Lenthall
Aquatic Habitat Restoration
USDA, NRCS
319 Littleton Rd
Westford
MA
01886
508-692-1904
5083921305
X25A
10
Jamiese
Martin
Urban Environment Restoration
Healthy Boston Coalition
895 Blue Hill Ave
Dorchester
MA
02124
Y25E
1
Barbara
Offenhartz
Water Quality
Organization for the Assabet River
Damonmill Sq
West Concord
MA
01742
508-692-1904
5083921305
Y25D
1
Nancy
Phillips
Water Quality
Nashua River Watershed Assoc
592 Main St
Groton
MA
01450
508-448-0299
5084480941
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 15
X24B
4
John
Englert
NRCS
9100 Soil Conservation Rd, Bldg 509 BARC East
Beltsville
MD
20705
301-504-8175
3015048741
Y24C
1
John
Englert
Environmental Conservation
NRCS
9100 Soil Conservation Rd, Bldg 509, BARC Eas Beltsville
MD
20705
301-504-8175
3015048741
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP
Site
ID
Codes
Begining
in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R . RECD Business
C
= Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
303 Post Office Rd, Suite B4A
Waldorf
MD
20602
301-932-4638
3019324647
Y24A
6
Donald S.
White
Rural Community Development
Walforf RC&D
Y24B
5
David
Wilson
Rural Community Development
Eastern Shore RC&D
8133 Elliott Rd., Suite 301
Easton
MD
21601
410-822-9481
4108190425
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 16
Y23E
2
Skip
Babinou
Water Quality
NRCS
Federal Bldg & Post Office, Western Ave
Augusta
ME
04330
207-622-8289
2076228221
Y23A
1
John
Badger
Water Quality
St. John Aroostook RC&D
55 North Street
Presque Isle
ME
4769
207-764-4126
2077644126
ME
207-622-4443
2076233748
Y23F
1
William
Bell
Water Quality
NRCS
2 Park St
Farmington
04938
Y23B
1
Donald
NRCS
RR3
Houlton
ME
4730
207-532-2087
2075324379
Collins
Water Quality
Y23M
1
David
Garcelon
Water Quality
NRCS
P.O. Box 121
Machias
ME
04654
207-255-3995
2072556817
T23C
Hancock County FSA Office
RFD 5, Box 508W
Ellsworth
ME
04605
207-667-8462
2076673585
1
Sue
Hill
Water Quality
NRCS, Town of China
Box 970
South China
ME
04358
207-445-5021
2074453208
Y23N
1
George
Lord
Water Quality
Caribou Parks & Rec Dpt
39 Bennett Dr
Caribou
ME
04736
207-493-4224
Y23C
1
Kathy
Mazzuchelli
Water Quality
Y23D
3
Wayne
Monroe
Water Quality/Envir. Education
NRCS
381A Main St
Gorham
ME
04038
207-839-7842
2078397834
Y23K
Environmental Education
Down East RC&D
P.O. Box 210
Cherryfield
ME
04622
207-546-2368
2075462369
2
Dana
Nelson
Oxford County FSA Office
1 Main St
South Paris
ME
04281
207-743-7010
2077439442
T23B
1
Laura
Rand
Water quality
Environmental Education
Beals Island Fish Hatchery
Box 83
Beals
ME
04611
207-497-5769
Y23J
4
Dwayne
Shaw
Y231
3
Esperanza
Stancioff
Fishories Restoration
Knox-Lincoln County Office
375 Main St.
Rockland
ME
04841
207-594-2105
2075940801
Androscoggin County FSA Office
27 Westminster St.
Lewiston
ME
04240
207-783-9194
2077839140
T23D
1
Michael
Tardy
Water quality
Damaraiscotta River Assoc
P.O. Box 333
Damaraiscotta
ME
04543
207-563-1393
Y23H
1
Mary
Thompson
Water Quality
Aroostok County FSA Office
RR3, Box 45
Houlton
ME
04730
207-532-9407
2075324379
T23A
1
Dana
Wright
Water quality
T23E
1
Jennifer
Zweig
Somerset County FSA Office
7 High St.
Skowhegan
ME
04976
207-474-8323
2074740638
Water Quality
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 26
Charlotte
MI
517-543-1539
5175435962
Y26C
1
Bob
Baetsen
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Sparta
MI
616-887-5760
6168877225
Y26K
1
Phil
Dakin
Water Quality
Timberland RC&D
Suite 2020, 1040 S. Winter St
Adrian
MI
49221
517-264-5300
5172645217
Y26D
1
Brian
Ehlert
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Hillsdale
MI
517-439-1497
5174391121
Y26Q
1
Dennis
Haskins
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
USDA, NRCS
East Lansing
MI
517-337-6701
5173376905
Y26N
1
Alan
Herceg
Water Quality
MI
517-684-1040
5176867925
Y26E
1
Chuck
Lightfoot
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Y26H
1
Bernard
Long
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
208 W. Main St. P.O. Box 205
Lake Leelanau
MI
49653
616-256-9783
6162567851
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
7203 Jackson Rd
Ann Arbor
MI
48103
616-761-6722
6166621686
Y26A
1
Steven
Olds
817 S. Stewart Ave
Freemont
MI
49684
616-924-2060
6169466840
Y26I
1
Roger
Peacock
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR* FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R - RECD Business
C a Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
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No.
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First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Y26P
1
Harold
Rouget
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
11 Ag Hall, MI St university
East Lansing
MI
48824
517-355-0177
5173534995
Y26B
1
Randy
Seelbrede
Water Quality
RC&D Sauk Trails
South Haven
MI
616-637-2439
6166373948
Y26F
1
Dan
Sikarskie
Water Quality
Huron Pines RC&D
Huron Pines
MI
517-348-9319
5173487945
Y26M
1
Perry
Smeltzer
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Cheboygan
MI
616-627-2565
616627-8881
Y26J
2
Tom
Van Wagner
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Monroe
MI
313-241-7755
3132419432
Y26L
1
John
Wilson
Water Quality
USDA, NRCS
Waterford
MI
810-673-4496
8106745429
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 16
Y27E
1
Kevin
Daw
Water Quality
NRCS Field Office
Fed Bldg, 515 W. First St., Rm 121
Duluth
MN
55802
218-720-5308
2187205306
X27B
7
Jim
Jirik
River Restoration
USDA, NRCS
Box 5, 212 15th Ave NE
Waseca
MN
56093
507-835-4831
Y27D
1
Jim
Jirik
Water Quality
NRCS Field Office
212 15th Ave. NW, Box 5
Waseca
MN
56093
507-835-4831
D27A
4
Lew
McCreery
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Service
1992 Folwell Ave.
St. Paul
MN
55108
X27A
7
David
Rose
River Restoration
NRCS
PO. Box 74, 105 S. Division St
Warren
MN
56762
218-745-4351
2187466107
Y27C
1
David
Rose
Water Quality
NRCS Field Office
105 S. Division St., PO Box 74
Warren
MN
56762
218-745-4351
2187466107
Y27A
2
Steve
Sellnow
River Restoration
NRCS
110 Second St, Suite 128
Waite Park
MN
56387
612-251-7800
6122519171
Y27B
1
Chuck
Turax
River Restoration
NRCS Field Office
123 W. Monroe Ave, Box 361
Mahnomem
MN
56557
218-935-2967
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 24
Y29A
5
Ross
Braun
Water Quality
NRCS
Parkade Ctr, Suite 250, 601 Business Loop, 70 Columbia
MO
65203
314-876-0912
3148760913
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
5
P28C
1
Michael
Blackwell
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
339-A Liberty Rd.
Natchez
MS
39120
601-442-1791
6014466655
R28C
3
Harry
Bowie
Rural Community Development
Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance 1 819 Main Street
Greenville
MS
38701
601-335-5291
6013355295
C28A
12
Ruby
Buck
Anti-Hunger & Nutrition
M.A.C.E.
119 South Theobald Street
Greenville
MS
38701
601-335-3523
34
R28Q
1
Brad
Chism
Rural Community Development
Natchez-Adams County Econ Devel Autho
123 S. Pearl Street
Natchez
MS
39120
601-445-0288
6014452057
D28A
2
Clarence
Finley
Solid Waste Recycling
NE Mississippi RC&D Council
P.O. Box 313
Stoneville
MS
38776
601-686-3190
6016862696
Y28H
1
Bill
Hannaford
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
816 Highway 348E
New Albany
MS
38652
601-534-7651
6015343242
N28A
19
Richard
Heaslip
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
100 W. Capitol St., Suite 1141
Jackson
MS
39269
601-965-4391
6019655519
Y28E
1
Ronnie
Hudspeth
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
3038 E. Reed Rd, Suite 2
Greenville
MS
38703
601-332-8616
6013356040
Y28A
1
Bennie
Hutchens
Rural Fire Protection
NRCS Field Office
100 Robert's Rd, Box 238
Liberty
MS
39645
601-833-5539
6018350054
Y28B
1
Bennie
Hutchens
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS Field Office
214 Main St., Box 128
Monticello
MS
39654
601-833-5539
6018350054
Y28F
1
James
Johnson
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
200 E. Washington St., Rm 306
Greenwood
MS
38935
601-435-2762
6014537841
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Environ.
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel.
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No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Madison County Human Resource Agency
Post Office Box 726
Canton
MS
39046
601-859-5703
6018592023
R28A
2
Walter
Jones
Rural Community Development
Y28D
2
David
Lane
Streambank restoration
NRCS
Rt 3, Box 215-A
Coffeeville
MS
38922
601-675-4335
6016758649
McGowan
Rural Community Development
Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive #1285
Lorman
MS
39096
601-877-6338
6018776694
R28R
2
Bruce
Y28C
3
Patty
NRCS Field Office
232 E. Pine Ave
Wiggins
MS
39577
601-928-4861
6019284999
Rodgers
Sustainable Agriculture
RECD/RHCDS
175-B Commercial Pkwy
Canton
MS
39046
601-859-1453
6018597091
P28A
1
Linda
Stovall
Rural Housing Outreach
NE Mississippi RC&D Council
P.O. Box 313
Stoneville
MS
38776
601-686-3190
6016862696
D28A
1
TBD
TBD
Solid Waste Recycling
R28B
1
Willie-Jean
Town of Edwards
101 Front Street
Edwards
MS
601-852-5461
6019655384
White
Rural Community Development
322 New Market Dr.
Jackson
MS
39269
601-965-4493
6019654199
P28B
2
Cecil
Williams
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 57
N30A
12
Tim
Aldrich
National Forest Conservation
Gallatin National Forest
10 E. Babcock Ave., Box 130
Bozeman
MT
59771
406-587-6720
4065876804
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
12
P37B
1
Bruce
Arrington
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
P.O. Box 966
Hendersonville
NC
28793
704-693-1743
7046971864
Tom
Barefoot
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Waynesville
NC
704-452-0319
7044521644
P37C
1
RECD/RHCDS
P.O. Box 5, 525 E. Main St.
Jefferson
NC
28640
910-246-8818
9102469173
P37A
1
Terry
Edsel
Rural Housing Outreach
NRCS
201 South Main St
Graham
NC
27253
910-227-5829
9102276890
X37B
5
Calvin
Evans
201 South Main St
Graham
NC
27253
910-227-5829
9102276890
Y37B
1
Calvin
Evans
Rural Fire Protection
NRCS
NC
28802
704-257-4262
7042574804
N37A
27
Fred
Foster
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
P.O. Box 2750
Asheville
412 West Queen St.
Edenton
NC
27932
919-482-7437
9194823428
X37C
5
Rodney
Johnson
NRCS
1
Rodney
Johnson
Trail Building and Education
NRCS
412 West Queen St.
Edenton
NC
27932
919-482-7437
9194823428
Y37C
P.O. Box 219
Marshall
NC
28753
704-649-2582
7046491002
R37A
1
Donna
Martin
Rural Community Development
Family resource Center
P.O. Box 547
Cherokee
NC
28719
704-497-4951
7044973615
D37A
1
J.C.
Smith
Parks and Recr. Improvement
Cherokee Tribe
22 S. Park Sq, Suite 310, S. Market St
Asheville
NC
28801
704-252-1676
7042521676
X37A
5
Sally
Stokes
NRCS
22 S. Park Sq, Suite 310, S. Market St
Asheville
NC
28801
704-252-1676
7042521676
Y37A
1
Sally
Stokes
Stream Restoration
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 50
58103
701-239-5373
7012356706
Y38A
5
Jay
Marr
Water Quality
RC&D
417 Main Ave.
Fargo
ND
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
5
Chamber of Comm. Nebraska City
806 1st Ave.
Nebraska City
NE
68410
402-873-3000
Y31C
1
Paula
Darling
Solid Waste Recycling
Red Cloud
NE
68970
402-746-2268
4027462284
Y31G
1
Merle
Illian
Rural Community Development
USDA, NRCS
20 North Webster
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T . Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R # RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Rural Devel.
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Site
No. Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Y31A
1
Jan
Jorgenson
Rural Community Development
USDA, NRCS
RR2, Box 67
Plainview
NE
68769
402-582-4866
4025823799
Y31F
2
Linda
Kastning
Rural Community Development
City of Ponca
123 3rd St.
Ponca
NE
68770
402-755-4165
4027554165
Y31E
2
Gene
Lehnert
Rural Community Development
USDA, NRCS
P.O. Box 130
Bassett
NE
68714
402-684-3346
4026843347
Y31D
1
Marilyn
McElravy
Solid Waste Recycling
Chamber of Comm. Crete
P. O. Box 264
Crete
NE
68333
402-826-2136
4028264152
Y31B
2
Howard
McNiff
Rural Community Development
USDA, NRCS
448 N. 12 th St.
Tecumseh
NE
68450
402-335-3347
4023353350
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 10
Y33A
3
Rick
DeMark
Rural Fire Protection
NRCS, RC&D
719 Main St. Rm 203
Laconia
NH
03246
603-528-8703
6035288783
Y33B
2
Mike
Lynch
Water Quality
NRCS, RC&D
103 Main St. Suite 3
Meredith
NH
03253
603-279-8171
6035288783
N23A
17
Nita
Williams
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
719 Main Street
Laconia
NH
03247
603-446-2713
6034478405
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
22
Y34A
3
Gail
Bartok
TBD
USDA, NRCS
8 Gauntt P1
Flemington
NJ
08822
908-782-3915
9087880795
Y34B
1
Kent
Hardmeyer
TBD
USDA, NRCS
Morris Co. Courthouse, P.O. Box 900
Morristown
NJ
07963
201-538-1552
2012858345
Y34C
3
Dan
Jones
TBD
USDA, NRCS
Hackettstown Commerce Park, Gldg 1, 101 Bilby
Hackettstown
NJ
07840
908-852-5450
9088524666
Y34D
5
Janice
Reid
NRCS
USDA, NRCS
Somerset County 4-H Ctr, 308 Milltown Rd
Freehold
NJ
07728
908-462-1079
9084623499
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
12
P35A
1
William
Culbertson
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
1570 Pacheco St., Rm B-9
Santa Fe
NM
87505
505-984-8095
5059848078
R35B
1
Patricia
Lundstrom
Rural Community Development
NW New Mexico Council of Governments
208 West Coal
Gallup
NM
87301
505-722-4327
5057229211
Y35A
3
Leon
Martinez
TBD
Hub RC&D Area
4374 Alexander Blvd, NE, Suite 2
Albuquerque
NM
87107
505-761-4686
5057618624
R35A
1
Ron
Martinez
Rural Community Development
La Jicarita Enterprise Community
P.O. Box 1914
Taos
NM
87571
505-758-8681
5057585538
P35F
1
Ernest
Martinez
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Las Cruces
NM
505-521-8348
5055218354
P35D
1
Maria
Mirabal
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Grants
NM
505-287-7941
5052854297
R35C
2
Lisa
Noble
Rural Community Development
Eastern Plains Council of Governments
104
West
Second
Street
Clovis
NM
88101
505-762-4505
5057627715
P35E
1
David
Robertson
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
405 E. Florida, P.O. Drawer 70
Deming
NM
88030
505-546-8885
5055460038
D35A
2
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
Coyote Ranger District
PO Box 160
Coyote
NM
87102
P35H
1
Dr. Willam
Turner
Rural Housing Outreach
Community Asst. Foundation
610 Gold SW, Suite 111
Albuquerque
NM
87102
505-843-7643
5052462232
P35B
1
Eric
Vigil
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
1018 Camino del Pueblo
Bernilillo
NM
87004
505-867-2358
5058670411
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 15
Y36A
5
John
Whitney
Land Use Planning
NRCS
50 Commerce Way
East Aurora
NY
14052
716-652-8480
7166528506
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP
Site
ID
Codes
Begining
in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel
P = RECD Housing
T . Farm Service Agc.
X # Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Environ
9 " am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C E Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel
Page:
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Site
No
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
5
Y39B
5
Wes
Berry
Water Quality
The Nature Conservancy
1504 W. 1st Ave
Columbus
OH
43212
614-486-9772
6144864194
Melissa
Horton
Water Quality
NRCS Field Office
1945 Frebis Ave.
Columbus
OH
5
43206
Y39A
614 443-9416
6144432440
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 10
X40C
4
Greg
Allen
Windbreak Restoration
Cheyenne Field Office
321 W. Broadway, P.O. Box 321
Cheyenne
OK
73628
405-497-2272
4054972313
Windbreak Restoration
Cheyenne Field Office
321 W. Broadway
Cheyenne
OK
73628
405-497-2272
Y40C
1
Greg
Allen
4054972313
Windbreak Restoration
Sentinel Field Office
40) E. Main, P.O. Box 69
Sentinel
OK
73664
405-393-4319
4053934573
X40D
4
Karen
Branson
Karen
Branson
Sentinel Field Office
401 E. Main
Sentinel
OK
73664
405-393-4321
Y40D
1
Windbreak Restoration
4053934573
74017
918-341-0536
9183432807
X40E
4
Arnold
Hamilton
Windbreak Restoration
Claremore Field Office
Fed Bldg, Rm 103, 120S Missouri
Claremore
OK
Y40E
1
Arnold
Claremore Field Office
Fed Bldg, Rm 103, 120S Missouri
Claremore
OK
74017
918-341-0536
9183432807
Hamilton
Windbreak Restoration
Shearhart
Windbreak Restoration
Woodward Field Office
2411 Williams Ave, Suite 115
Woodward
OK
73801
405-256-5320
4052561015
X40B
4
Jim
2411 Williams Ave, Suite 115
Woodward
OK
73801
405-256-5320
4052561015
Y40B
1
Jim
Shearhart
Windbreak Restoration
Woodward Field Office
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 20
P41A
1
Richard
Anderson
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
2200 W. 2nd St.
McMinnville
OR
97128
503-472-1461
5034656347
N41B
32
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
70220 E. Highway 26
Wendy
54
Rhododendron
OR
97049
503-622-3191
5036225622
Evans
2115 SE Morrison
Portland
OR
97214
503-231-2270
5032312271
RRCS
X41B
13
Steven
Fedje
Urban Environment Restoration
Urban Environment Restoration
RRCS
2115 SE Morrison
Portland
OR
97214
503-231-2270
5032312271
Y41A
2
Steven
Fedje
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
6941 Upper Applegate Rd
Jacksonville
OR
97530
503-899-1812
5038582401
M41A
32
Mindy
Martin
328 N. Central
Coquille
OR
97423
541-396-2841
5413965106
Edward
Petersen
Water Quality
NRCS
Y31B
1
328 N. Central
Coquille
OR
97423
551-396-2841
5413965106
Y IC
1
Edward
Petersen
Water Quality
NRCS
NRCS
251 NE Garden Valley Blvd. Suite L
Roseburg
OR
97754
503-673-8316
5036723818
YOU
1
Dennis
Troxell
Water Quality
251 NE Garden Valley Blvd. Suite L
Roseburg
OR
97754
541-673-8316
5416723818
Y414
1
Dennis
Troxell
Water Quality
NRCS
5034656483
P41B
1
Roseanne
Volker-Bronso
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
55 A Oakway Center
Eugene
OR
97401
503-465-6443
576 NE "E" St
Grants Pass
OR
97526
541-476-5906
5419559574
Y41E
1
Amy
Wilson
Water Quality
NRCS
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 86
SW PA Heritage Preservation Commissio P.O. 565, 105 Zee Plaza
Holidaysburg
PA
16648
814-696-9380
8146969569
R42A
5
Dr. Allen
Comp
Rural Community Development
Total rumber of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
5
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Environ
17 in
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R RECD Business
C Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel
Page:
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Site
No
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super
R45C
1
Sarah
Barbrow
Rural Community Development
Penn Center
P. O. Box 126
St. Helena Island
SC
29920
803-838-2432
8038387378
803-635-2757
Y45A
4
Keith
Cain
Water Quality
Crossroads of History RC&D
109A South 321 Bypass
Winnsboro
SC
29180
8036352081
R45A
1
Elona-Carol
Davis
Rural Community Development
Denmark Community Outreach Enterprise
131 South Palmetto Avenue
Denmark
SC
29042
803-793-3676
8037935409
P45C
1
Luke
Dicks
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
216 E. Baud St.
Marion
SC
29571
803-423-4841
4
Edwards
Water Quality
Lowcountry RC&D
County Ag Bldg, 119 Benson St
Walterboro
SC
29488
803-549-5596
8035492597
Y45B
Steve
8035496001
P45A
1
Connie
Nobles
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
531 Robertson Blvd, Ste A
Walterboro
SC
29488
803-549-1822
4
Pee Dee RC&D
300 Russell St, Mozingo Bldg, Rm 209
Darlington
SC
29532
803-393-9809
8033956827
Y45D
Wylie
Owens
Water Quality
R45D
1
Charles
Rhodes
Rural Community Development
Williamsburg Enterprise Community Com
P.O. Box 428
Kingstree
SC
29556
803-394-7927
8033945740
R45B
Rural Community Development
Allendale-Barnwell Redevelopment Prog
P. O. Box 343
Fairfax
SC
29827
803-632-3693
8036323799
1
Charles
Riley
RECD/RHCDS
550 Henley St., Rm 100
Orangeburg
SC
29115
803-534-2409
8035365827
P45H
1
Jesse
Risher
Rural Housing Outreach
Florence County FSA Office
Rm 216 McMillan Fed. Bldg
Florence
SC
29503
803-665-9686
8036658284
T45A
5
John
Rogers
Sustainable agriculture
Y45C
4
Jimmy
Sanders
Ninety Six RC&D
P.O. Box 3127
Greenwood
SC
29648
803-229-2174
8032292845
Water Quality
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
208 Short Street
Kingstree
SC
29556
803-354-9613
8033545463
P45E
1
Rosemary
Smith
Santee-Wateree RC&D
401 W. Evans St. Rm 208
Florence
SC
29503
803-629-8784
8036654136
Y45E
4
Roy
Todd
Water Quality
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 33
Pierre Field Office
314 S. henry St., Suite 300, PO Box 1258
Pierre
SD
57501
605-224-2476
6052246615
Y46B
5
David
Konechne
Water Quality
Burke Field Office
Jones Bldg, P.O. Box I
Burke
SD
605-775-2685
6057752783
X46A
8
David
Steffen
Burke Field Office
Jones Bldg, P.O. Box I
Burke
SD
57579
605-775-2685
6057752783
Y46A
2
David
Steffen
Environmental Conservation
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 15
25th St. Plaza Suite 12, 1300 25th St Plaza N Cleveland
TN
37311
423-476-5871
4234765551
Y47E
1
William
Dailey
Environmental Education
NRCS
NRCS
6183 Adamson Circle
Chattanooga
TN
37416
423-894-1687
4238946877
Y47F
1
Kathy
Daugherty
Environmental Education
2412 W Andrew Johnson Hgw, Suite F
Morristown
TN
37814
423-586-5501
4235872634
Y471
1
Paul
McQuade
Environmental Education
NRCS
235 Oil Well Rd
Jackson
TN
38305
901-668-7770
9016640896
Chris
Moyers
Environmental Education
NRCS
Y47A
2
P.O. Box 2096
Cleveland
TN
37320
423-479-6788
4235590657
Y47D
3
Bob
Peters
Environmental Education
NRCS
115 W Blue Creek Rd
Waverly
TN
37185
615-296-2236
6152961452
Y47B
2
Odell
Environmental Education
NRCS
Poyner
208 Sunset Drive, Box 42, Suite 409
Johnson City
TN
37604
615-854-0923
6152826451
D47B
1
Roy
Settle
Environmental Education
App. NE Tennessee RC&D
208 Sunset Dr, Box 42, Suite 409
Johnson City
TN
37604
423-854-9621
4232826451
Settle
Environmental Education
NRCS
Y47J
1
Roy
113 Progress Center Plaza
Centerville
TN
37033
615-729-2236
6157295786
Y47C
1
Greg
Taylor
Environmental Education
NRCS
Rt. 2, Box 423
Rutledge
TN
37861
615-828-5927
6158285212
D47A
2
Lindy
Turner
Environmental Educ./Recycling
Clinch Powell RC&D Council
Rt 2, Box 423
Rutledge
TN
37861
423-828-5927
4238285212
Y47H
3
Turner
Rural Community Development
NRCS
Lindy
423
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D = Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T # Farm Service Agc.
X = Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Environ.
9:37 am
N Forest Service Pub. Lands
R . RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser. / Rural Devel.
Page:
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Site
No.
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
18
713-583-4285
Mercedes
TX
210-514-4000
R48F
1
Bonnie
Gonzalez
Rural Community Development
2105144007
P48B
2
Noel
Guerra
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
Falfurrias AmeriCorps, 102-B Pine St.
Hebbronville
TX
78361
512-527-3253
5125275547
R48B
1
Charles
Johnson
Rural Community Development
Dimmit County Commissioners Court
103 North Fifth Street
Carrizo Springs
TX
78834
210-876-2323
2108765036
City of Gonzales
P.O. Box 547
Gonzales
TX
78629
210-672-2815
2106722813
R48E
1
Sandra
Mauldin
Rural Community Development
Linda
Moore
Rural Community Development
City of Luling
P.O. Box 630
Luling
TX
78648
210-875-9358
2108755860
R48C
1
2
Alonso
Perez
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
4400 E. Highway 83
Rio Grand City
TX
78582
210-487-5576
2104877882
P48A
X48A
8
Eddie
Galveston Bay Foundation
17324-A Highway 3
Webster
TX
77598
713-332-3381
7133323153
Seidensticker
77598
713-383-4285
7133834286
Y48A
2
Eddie
Seidensticker
Shoreline Restoration
Galveston Bay Foundation
17324-A Highway 3
Webster
TX
P48C
1
Jake
RECD/RHCDS
2514 S. I Road, Ste 4
Edinburg
TX
78539
210-383-4928
2103806458
Sheeran
Rural Housing Outreach
R48D
1
Andrew
Smith, Jr.
Rural Community Development
South Texas Development Council
1718 E. Calton
Laredo
TX
78041
210-722-3995
2107222670
Rural Community Development
Middle Rio Grand Development Council
TBD
Uvalde
TX
210-278-4151
2102782929
R48A
1
Ann
Vaughn
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 21
Y49A
3
Kresha
Eastman
Environmental Conservation
Castleland RC&D
P.O. Box 603
Price
UT
84501
801-637-1081
8016371081
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
355 N. Vernal Avenue
Vernal
UT
84078
801-789-1181
8017815142
N49A
14
Garth
Heaton
D49A
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps Project
599 West Price River Road
Price
UT
84501
1
TBD
TBD
84532
D49B
1
TBD
TBD
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps Project
89 East Center Street
Moab
UT
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 19
D51A
1
New River Highlands RC&D
110 W. Spiller Street, Suite C
Wytheville
VA
24382
703-228-2394
7032283467
Gary
Boring
Rural Community Development
Water Quality
110 West Spiller St, Suite C
Wytheville
VA
24382
703-228-2879
7032284367
Y51D
2
Gary
Boring
New River Highlands RC&D
Rt 4, Box 49
Lebanon
VA
24266
540-889-4180
5408894246
Y51E
1
Blaine
Delaney
Water Quality
Black Diamond RC&D
Y51C
2
Ray
Dorsett
Rural Community Development
Old Dominion RC&D
Rt 1, Box 14
Keysville
VA
23947
804-736-8403
8047360003
Rural Community Development
U.S. Forest Serv., Clinch Ranger Dist
9416 Darden Drive
Wise
VA
24293
703-328-2931
7033283544
D51B
1
Raoul
Gagne
12055 Govt Center Pkwy, Suite 905
Manassas
VA
22035
703-324-1460
7033241421
Barry
Harris
Streambank Restoration
Fairfax Field Office
Y51A
1
P.O. Box 814
Nassawadox
VA
23413
804-442-4509
8044427530
R51B
2
Lenora
Mitchell
Rural Community Development
The Economic Empowerment & Housing Co
RECD/RHCDS
Gate City
VA
24263
5403462021
5403461807
P51A
1
Dwight
Pierson
Rural Housing Outreach
Rt. 2, Box 6
Tappahannock
VA
22560
804-443-1118
8044431511
Y51B
2
Pat
Tyrrell
Forestry
Rappahannock Office Bldg
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
13
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D - Forest Service Rural Devel.
P = RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Environ.
9:37 am
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R = RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y Natural Resources Conservation Ser./ Rural Devel.
Page:
14
Site
No
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
Y50A
3
Dennis
Borchardt
Rural Fire Protection
George D.Aiken RC&D
Rt. 66 Prof. Bldg., HC 67, Box 17A
Randolph
VT
5060
802-728-9526
8027285951
C50A
31
Barri
Gladstone
Anti-Hunger & Nutrition
Vermont Anti-Hunger Corps
103 South Main St.
Waterbury
VT
05671
802-241-2462
8022412593
N50A
19
Joan
McCloud
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
RR 1, Box 1940
Manchester Center
VT
05255
802-362-2307
8023621251
Y50B
2
Norman
Smith
Water Quality
NRCS
18 Blair Parak Rd, Suite 207
Williston
VT
05495
802-878-7402
8028793920
N50A
19
Greg
Wright
National Forest Conservation
Vermont Youth Corps
231 North Main Street
Rutland
VT
05701
802-747-6700
8027476766
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
74
N53A
32
Dave
Johnson
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
295142 Highway # 101 P.O. Box 280
Quilcene
WA
98376
360-765-2221
3607652202
X53A
8
David
Kreft
Aquatic Habitat Restoration
NRCS
1107 S. Columbus Ave
Goldendale
WA
98620
509-773-5823
5097736046
Y53A
2
David
Kreft
Aquatic Habitat Restoration
NRCS
1107 S. Columbus Ave
Goldendale
WA
98620
509-773-5823
5097736046
P53A
1
Betty
Lochner
Rural Housing Outreach
RECD/RHCDS
905 24th St. W.W., Suite 83, PO 2426
Olympia
WA
98507
360-586-7656
3606643029
T53A
5
Randy
Primer
Agriculture education
Spokane County FSA Office
222 N. Havana St.
Spokane
WA
99202
509-353-2932
5093532135
R53A
1
Ken
Sterner
Rural Community Development
Grant County Community Action Council
604 West 3rd Avenue
Moses Lake
WA
98837
509-765-9206
5097659619
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 49
C55A
38
Tony
Perez
Anti-Hunger & Nutrition
Milwaukee Community Service Corps
1150 East Brady
Milwaukee
WI
53202
414-276-6272
4142767330
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
38
R54J
1
William
Bechtel
Rural Community Development
City of Morgantown
389 Spruce Street
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-284-7413
3042847430
R54B
1
Virginia
Branham
Rural Community Development
Mingo County Commission
P.O. Box 2239
Williamson
WV
25661
304-235-2673
3042350389
Y54C
1
John
Carr
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS-Seckman Bldg
228 Main St. PO Box 125
Middlebourne
WV
26149
304-758-2173
3047582512
Y54I
1
Norm
DeLawder
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
1450-3 Edwin Miller Blvd
Martinsburg
WV
2501
304-263-7559
3042679172
R541
1
Karen
Headlee
Rural Community Development
City of Fairmont
P.O. Box 1628
Fairmont
WV
26555
304-367-2772
Y54B
1
James
Hill
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS-Professional Bldg
91 W Main St
Buckahannon
WV
26201
304-472-0884
3044573026
R54H
1
Shelley
Huffman
Rural Community Development
Lincoln County Econ Devel Authority,
P.O. Box 100
West Hamlin
WV
25571
304-824-3838
3048243837
Y54E
1
Ed
Kesecker
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
Rt 1, Box 301, Industrial Park
Moorefield
WV
26836
304-538-2825
3045382086
Y54D
1
Mari
Malone
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
300 Tunnelton St
Kingwood
WV
26537
304-329-1922
3043293056
Y54J
1
Mike
Marks
Sustainable Agriculture
NRCS
4329 Hughes Branch Rd
Huntington
WV
25701
304-736-0196
3047360501
R54A
1
Joseph
Mattaliano
Rural Community Development
Barbour County Development Authority
124 N. Main St.
Philippi
WV
26416
304-457-1343
3044572703
D54A
3
Lew
McCreery
Rural Community Development
AmeriCorps/USDA
180 Canfield St.
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-285-1588
3042851655
R54D
1
Clif
Moore
Rural Community Development
McDowell County Action Network
P.O. Box 158
Wilcoe
WV
24895
304-448-2118
3044483287
R54C
1
Ervin
Queen
Rural Community Development
P.R.I.D.E In Logan County, Inc.
699 Stratton Street, McDade Hall
Logan
WV
25601
304-752-8033
3047521047
USDA AMERICORPS PROJECTS SITES AND SUPERVISORS FOR FY 96 by STATE
4/09/96
OP Site ID Codes Begining in:
D
- Forest Service Rural Devel.
P - RECD Housing
T = Farm Service Agc.
X . Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Environ.
N - Forest Service Pub. Lands
R . RECD Business
C = Anti-Hunger
Y = Natural Resources Conservation Ser / Rural Devel.
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Site
No
Of
First Name
Last Name
Type of Service
Zip of Phone of
FAX of
ID
Members
Site Super.
Site Super.
To Be Performed in Project
S
Agency Office/Name
St. Address of Site Supervisor
City of Site Super. ST
Site
Site Super.
Site Super.
26288
304-847-2454
John
Reed
Rural Community Development
Mountain Enterprise Community
112 Bell Street
Webster Springs
WV
3048475318
R54F
1
Y54K
1
NRCS
209 E. Third Ave
Ranson
WV
Bob
Schnably
Sustainable Agriculture
25438
304-725-3471
3047253472
Y54A
1
Lynn
Shutts
Cultural Resource Restoration
NRCS
75 High St, Rm 301
Morgantown
WV
26505
304-291-4152
3042914628
25802
304-256-2879
3042562936
Y54F
1
John
Vandevender
Sustainable Agriculture
P.O. Box 867
Beckley
WV
Y54H
1
Lowell
NRCS
3744 Teays Valley Rd, Suite 103
Hurricane
WV
25526
304-757-6682
Wilks
Sustainable Agriculture
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state: 21
N56A
12
Mick
Barrus
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
808 Medow Lane
Cody
WY
82414
307-527-6241
3075271212
Cody
WY
82414
307-527-6921
3075271202
N56A
12
Mick
Barrus
National Forest Conservation
Shoshone National Forest
Wapiti Ranger District
N56B
12
Dave
Cunningham
National Forest Conservation
U.S. Forest Service
340 N. Cache P.O. Box 1888
Jackson
WY
83001
307-739-550
3077395010
N56B
12
Dave
Cunningham
National Forest Conservation
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Jackson Ranger District
Jackson
WY
83001
307-739-5400
3077395450
Total number of USDA AmeriCorps members in the state:
48
Total Number of AmeriCorps Members in All USDA Projects: 1354
Total Number of Operating Sites:
369