2018–19 Grinnell AmeriCorps Partnership

2018–19 AmeriCorps Team

Two new AmeriCorps members Nikki Laug (healthy readers) and Mariah Hirsch (community engagement) started their service in early February. Pictured below from left to right: Mariah Hirsch, Nikki Laug, Ellyonna Glenn ’22 (after-school enrichment), Carolyn Bittner (after-school enrichment), and Samantha Ramsey (AmeriCorps skills gap coordinator alum and presenter) attend the Life After AmeriCorps Training presented by Ramsey.

2018-19 AmeriCorps Members M.Hirsch, N.Laug, E.Glenn, C.Bittner, S.Ramsey
AmeriCorps member Carolyn Bittner discussing the play children in her room were planning to present
AmeriCorps member Carolyn Bittner discussing the play children in her room were planning to present
AmeriCorps member & Grinnell College student Ellyonna Glenn reading a story with a young man
AmeriCorps member and Grinnell College student Ellyonna Glenn reading a story with a young man

2019 AmeriCorps Members Serving in Grinnell This Summer!

During the summer of 2019, 34 AmeriCorps members served at one of six different community host sites.  Under the direction of host site supervisors, most members provided literacy–based education and enrichment to improve reading skills and mitigate summer learning loss. Summer sites focused on literacy infused programming were Drake Community Library, Grinnell Area Summer Camp, Grinnell-Newburg School District (SLICK), Grinnell College Museum of Art, and Unity Point Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center Day Camp. Jodi Blackford, AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator, served at the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation. Blackford focused on volunteer coordination for education efforts.

2019 Summer Learning Corps Member Group Photo
2019 Summer Learning Corps Member Group Photo
 

Pictured: Front row: Shelly Vokoun, Kaitlyn Goss-Peirce, Kate Kwasneski, Nellie Hatch, Ava Deitrich, Gillian Ferguson, Kenadie Fiebelkorn, Cherise Cox, Francesca Dalla Betta, Lily Hamilton. Second row: Naomi Jackson, Ciara Hirsch, Sophie Shea, Mikayla Trissell, Olivia Montgomery, Zac Lotfin, Jose Nino, Emilee Hulsing, Sophia DeLeonibus, Gabriela Aponte, Madelyn Matsubara, Jodi Blackford. Back row: Claire Eide, Keli Vitaioli, Sandra Skouson, Jarrett Rose, Cici Dugas, Joseph Fitzpatrick, Packard Otto, Kyle Cogley, Elaine Thut, John Osler, Dane Edwards, and Rob Clower.

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