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members on board. The team of 18 stamembers that was in place for Class 18’s graduaƟon is a memory, as a 32person stawas present for the 19A and 19B graduaƟons. The mix of newcomers with seasoned vets of NCCC service has been wonderful and very construcƟve in helping us adjust to changing Ɵmes. One of our most seasoned hands, Deputy Director for OperaƟons Ray Terlaje, reƟred in midSeptember this year, leaving a vacancy that no candidate will be able to ll. Ray’s 19 years of service to NCCC has provided the foundaƟon upon which we operate today. On behalf of all of us in Denver, we wish you and yours a peaceful holiday season. GreeƟngs from Denver! Happy holidays to you and yours from NCCC’s SW Campus. It has been an extraordinarily evenƞul stretch of Ɵme since I last provided an update to The Traveler. From graduaƟons to government shutdown, from the arrivals of new stato the departure of a SW Campus founding member, we’ve seen a bit of everything. The constant of course has been the NCCC mission and the SW Campus community’s eort to strengthen communiƟes and develop leaders. On November 20, the SW Campus graduated our rst FEMA Corps members. Class 19B completed their service term by responding to the historic oods here in our own backyard in Colorado. In addiƟon to service across the country helping communiƟes recover from Hurricane Sandy, tornados in Oklahoma, and the explosion in West, Texas, the Corps Members and Team Leaders of Class 19B leŌ a solid foundaƟon upon which we will build. Class 20B Team Leaders arrive on January 14, with the Corps expected to come in on February 11. Class 20A, our TradiƟonal Corps class, was expected to arrive on campus on October 7. However, due to the lapse in government funding beginning October 1, the class was suspended indenitely. While there was a point in the future at which the Class would have needed to be cancelled, fortunately we did not reach that point. An October 24 arrival did result in a greatly truncated CTI (15 days instead of 1 month) and a 5week Round 1. Class 20A is a resilient bunch to say the least. They’ve responded to these challenges with amazing exibility, a keen focus on service, and an ability to roll with the punches that would benet any NCCC class. Over the past year, the SW Campus has grown from 320 members to now over 500. As such, we’ve spent much of the past year looking to bring new staCALENDAR November 20 FEMA Corps Graduation December 19 Class 20A Round 1 Ends December 21January 5 Winter Break January 614 Class 20A Transition Week January 14 FEMA Corps Team Leaders Arrive January 15 Class 20A Round 2 Deployment January 20 MLK Day February 11 Class 20B FEMA Corps Members Arrive AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region’s IN THIS ISSUE AmeriCorps 20th Anniversary p. 23 FEMA Corps Final Round p. 4 Welcome to Class 20A p. 5 Class 20A First Round Projects p. 67 AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region Campus 3001 S. Federal Blvd. Walsh Hall, Rm. 136 Denver, CO 80236 3038447400 [email protected] From the Desk of Ken Goodson Follow AmeriCorps NCCC online! The Traveler WINTER 2013

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This is the December 2013 issue of The Traveler, the AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region quarterly-ish newsletter.

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members on board.  The team of 18 staff members that was in place for Class 18’s gradua on is a memory, as a 32‐person staff was present for the 19A and 19B gradua ons.  The mix of newcomers with seasoned vets of NCCC service has been wonderful and very construc ve in helping us adjust to changing mes.  One of our most 

seasoned hands, Deputy Director for Opera ons Ray Terlaje, re red in mid‐September this year, leaving a vacancy that no candidate will be able to fill.  Ray’s 19 years of service to NCCC has provided the founda on upon which we operate today.   On behalf of all of us in Denver, we wish you and yours a peaceful holiday season. 

Gree ngs from Denver!   Happy holidays to you and yours from NCCC’s SW Campus.  It has been an extraordinarily even ul stretch of  me since I last provided an update to The Traveler.  From gradua ons to government shutdown, from the arrivals of new staff to the departure of a SW Campus founding member, we’ve seen a bit of everything.  The constant of course has been the NCCC mission and the SW Campus community’s effort to strengthen communi es and develop leaders.   On November 20, the SW Campus graduated our first FEMA Corps members.  Class 19B completed their service term by responding to the historic floods here in our own backyard in Colorado.  In addi on to service across the country helping communi es recover from Hurricane Sandy, tornados in Oklahoma, and the explosion in West, Texas, the Corps Members and Team Leaders of Class 19B le  a solid founda on upon which we will build.  Class 

20B Team Leaders arrive on January 14, with the Corps expected to come in on February 11.   Class 20A, our Tradi onal Corps class, was expected to arrive on campus on October 7.  However, due to the lapse in government funding beginning October 1, the class was suspended indefinitely.  While there was a point in the future at which the Class would have needed to be cancelled, fortunately we did not reach that point.  An October 24 arrival did result in a greatly truncated CTI (15 days instead of 1 month) and a 5‐week Round 1.  Class 20A is a resilient bunch to say the least.  They’ve responded to these challenges with amazing flexibility, a keen focus on service, and an ability to roll with the punches that would benefit any NCCC class.   Over the past year, the SW Campus has grown from 320 members to now over 500.  As such, we’ve spent much of the past year looking to bring new staff 

CALENDAR  November 20 

FEMA Corps Graduation  

December 19 Class 20A Round 1 Ends 

 December 21‐January 5 

Winter Break  

January 6‐14      Class 20A Transition Week 

 January 14 

FEMA Corps Team Leaders Arrive  

January 15 Class 20A Round 2 Deployment 

 January 20      MLK Day 

 February 11   

Class 20B FEMA Corps Members Arrive 

AmeriCorps NCCC Southwest Region’s 

IN  THIS   I SSUE  AmeriCorps 20th Anniversary p. 2‐3 

FEMA Corps Final Round p. 4 Welcome to Class 20A  p. 5 

Class 20A First Round Projects p. 6‐7 

AmeriCorps NCCC  Southwest Region Campus 

3001 S. Federal Blvd. Walsh Hall, Rm. 136 Denver, CO  80236 

303‐844‐7400  

[email protected]   

From the Desk of Ken Goodson 

Follow AmeriCorps NCCC  online! 

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1990 1992

The Corporation for National and Community Service is created, along with AmeriCorps and Senior Corps. AmeriCorps incorporated the new NCCC program, the long-standing VISTA program, and new grant-based service programs.

1993

20 YEARS OF AMERICORPS NCC

2005

Hurricane Katrina - theone of the 5 deadliest h- devastates the Gulf Call 5 campuses deploy imalong with thousands ofongoing recovery shapefor years to come. SincNCCC members have million hours in the Gu

Jules Hamptonretires and Barbara Lane takes over as the Central Region’s new Director.

The Central Recampus moves from the decommissioned LowAir Force BaseColorado HeigUniversity.

10th Anniversary Legacy Weekend in Denver: May 28-30. About 200 alums came out to serve and celebrate.

2004

The Denver campus sends teams to assist those affected by the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.

2001

The first class of NCCC members begins, and Jules Hampton be-comes the first director for the NCCC Central Region based in Denver.

1994

National and Community Service Act of 1990 is passed by President Bush.

The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is created, to be a new era version of the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps.

1996

Many teams support the Olympics in Atlanta, GA

2002

Many teams support the Olympics in Salt Lake City, UT

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FEMA Corps is created as a new track of NCCC, offering young people professional development in emergency management while strength-ening the nation’s ability to respond to disasters.

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Denver says goodbye to Bar-bara Lane as she becomes the new Director of Projects and Partnerships for NCCC HQ in DC. The campus welcomes new Region Di-rector Ken Goodson aboard.

2009 The Serve America Act is passed, reauthorizing and expanding national service.

2007

Summer of Service pilot: 85 “Corps Members in Training”, ages 14-17, spent three weeks living on campus and serving around Denver with NCCC members as Crew Leaders.

2012

Hurricane Sandy - the second cost-liest disaster in U.S. history - devas-tates the eastern seaboard. Ameri-Corps NCCC sends newly trained FEMA Corps teams there on their first major deployment, as well as traditional NCCC teams from Denver and elsewhere, tackling community needs from two differ-ent but important perspectives.

2008 The 17-state Central Region is renamed the Southwest Region and realigned to cover eight states, after the opening of new cam-puses in Vinton, IA and Vicksburg, MS.

2013 The first Denver-based FEMA Corps teams serve on 88 projects, including tornadoes in Oklahoma and historic floods in Colorado.

“The Overlap” of classes 14 and 15, as the campus switched from winter-start to fall-start.

The 20th class of Denver-based NCCC teams deployed on their first projects in November. They join 4,800 NCCC alums who served here before them.

Since 1999, Denver-based members served 4,996,493 hours on 1,965 projects, and, among many other things, accomplished:

614 projects in disaster areas 4,904 miles of trail built or restored 126,123 children tutored or mentored 1,901 new homes built $60,472,523 returned to low-income

citizens through completed tax returns

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19B FEMA CORPS’ FINAL ROUND 

  The inaugural class of FEMA Corps completed their third and final round in November. For the past 10 months, corps members worked on disaster‐related projects with FEMA to aid those affected by natural disasters, and to assist with longer‐term recovery.    For their final round, all teams were deployed to northern Colorado to help there following historic flooding. Teams assisted the FEMA Joint Field Office in Centennial, worked Disaster Recovery Centers in Lyons, Donation Centers in Loveland, Logistics Warehouses in Golden, and the American Red Cross chapter in Denver. 

  FEMA Corps members were glad to help out where they could, especially in the South‐west region’s backyard. While working the flood relief, members met volunteers from all over the nation and world, from various organizations, and some members even had the chance to meet Vice President Joe Biden.     Members graduated  and departed from Denver on November 20. 

FEMA DONATION CENTER IN LOVELAND, CO ‐Alpine 1  

FEMA REGION 8 CO FLOOD RESPONSE ‐Alpine 2  ‐Glacier 3    ‐Tundra 6 ‐Alpine 7  ‐ Tundra 3    ‐Glacier 2  ‐Tundra 4    

FEMA JOINT FIELD OFFICE IN CENTENNIAL, CO ‐Alpine 6  ‐Glacier 6  ‐Tundra 7 ‐Glacier 4  ‐Tundra 1 ‐Glacier 5  ‐Tundra 2  

FEMA LOGISTICS WAREHOUSE ‐ GOLDEN, CO ‐Tundra 5  

FEMA DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER ‐ LYONS, CO ‐Alpine 4  

FEMA INCIDENT STAGING BASE ‐ AURORA, CO ‐Alpine 3  

AMERICAN RED CROSS MILE HIGH CHAPTER ‐Alpine 5 ‐Glacier 1 

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WELCOME CLASS 20A! 

  New Corps Members went through a short‐ened CTI (Corps Member Training Institute) along with Team Leaders and staff to get ready for the next ten months of service.  The newly formed teams  were in‐ducted as AmeriCorps members  on November 9, and deployed for their first round projects in the eight southwest states on November 10! 

  The Denver campus was not quiet long after the departure of Class 19A in July. Team Leaders for Class 20A Traditional Corps arrived in Denver on Sep‐tember 4 to start Team Leader Training.  Team Leaders participated in workshops and activities, worked through a staff furlough, and were grateful to help out survivors of the flooding in nearby communities.   On October 24, staff and Team Leaders of the Southwest Region welcomed over 300 Corps Mem‐bers from all over the country to the Mile High City to join the 20th year of AmeriCorps NCCC!   

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” -Muhammad Ali

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ROUND ONE PROJECTS (CLASS 20A) 

ARIZONA Fire 4—Chirachua National Park, Willcox, AZ. The team will perform general trail maintenance, including: brushing vegetation, cleaning drains and logging out trails within Chiricahua National Monument. Fire 7—Arizona State Parks ‐ Ft. Verde &Buckskin State Park , Parker, AZ. The team will be installing new fencing, painting historic houses, tree trimming, irrigation system installation, and trail building.   

ARKANSAS Water 4 ‐ Arkansas 4H, Little Rock, AR. The team will be repairing an educational overlook area, building a new educational program storage shed, cleaning up ice storm damage, improving youth camp space, and overall facility improvement.  Water 2 ‐ Queen Wilhelmina State Park , Mena, AR. The team will be repairing trails, assisting in building trail shelters, building a rock overlook, and providing interpretive programs to the public.  Sun 4 ‐ Hobbs State Park and Conservation Area, Rogers, AR. The team will be removing the supply of fuel on park lands, thereby reducing the chance of catastrophic wildfire.  Sun 1 ‐ Petit Jean State Park, Morrilton, AR. The team will be building up to 12 miles of fire line in the Seven Hollows area.  Earth 6 ‐ Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, AR. The team will be working with hospital staff to meet the needs of children who are sick or injured.   

MISSOURI Fire 3 ‐ Missouri Department of Conservation, Williamsburg, MO. The team will be assisting with collection, organization, storage and planting of native plant seeds in restoration sites; and conducting woody vegetation control and woodland thinning.   

NEW MEXICO Fire 5 ‐ Boys and Girls Club of Farmington, NM. Members will provide individual and small group mentoring services to Club members, recruitment of Club members and additional volunteers.  

OKLAHOMA Water 5 ‐ Central OK Habitat for Humanity, Oklahoma City, OK. The team will help with new home construction, rehabbing existing houses, and volunteer recruitment and retention. Sun 5 ‐ City of Tishomingo, Tishomingo, OK. The team will be removing branches and limbs and heavy growth of trees and bushes along trails.    

TEXAS Sun 3– Houston Parks & Recreation, Houston, TX. Team will remove invasive species and dead trees, plant native trees and plants, and construct demonstration garden beds in the greenhouse. Earth 3– Land Heritage Institute, San Antonio, TX.  The NCCC team will assist in the construction of the LHI trail system, helping with prescribed burns, feral hog trap installation, and other wildlife management practices.    

Earth 5– San Antonio Habitat for Humanity, San Antonio, TX.  The NCCC team will help the San Antonio Habitat for Humanity on the construction of homes in San Antonio and with the volunteer recruitment, outreach, and hosting of volunteers on site. Sun 7 ‐ Center for Maximum Potential Building, Austin, TX. The team will be assisting with the reconstruction/refurbishment of a Solar Decathlon Home.    

COLORADO Water 6 – Center Consolidated Schools, Center, CO. The AmeriCorps NCCC team will strengthen the capacity and delivery of academic and social programming both during and after school.   Fire 6 – West Generation Academy, Denver, CO.  Members will  provide one‐on‐one tutoring, small group instruction, informal math and reading assessments and constructive feedback on classwork.   Water 7 – Denver Green School, Denver, CO.  The team will be working in the school on coaching students in math and literacy, improving benchmark assessments, and helping with physical fitness and activity during recess periods. Water 1 ‐  Coalition for the Upper South Platte, Colorado Springs, CO. The team will fell trees, clear debris, and help with erosion prevention measures around the burned‐scarred areas of Waldo Canyon in Colorado Springs. Earth 4  ‐ The Action Center, Lakewood, CO. The team will be coordinating volunteers and serving in the Food Pantry, Clothing Bank, In‐Kind Donations Dock, and Homeless Shelter.  Earth 1 ‐ Denver Mountain Parks, Genesee, CO. The team will be repairing and maintaining infrastructure, including access control fencing, and trail reconstruction.  Sun 6 ‐ Garden Place Academy, Denver, CO. The team will be working one on one with students, and in small groups, to provide support in reading, writing, and math.   Fire 1 ‐ Cal‐Wood Outdoor Education Center, Jamestown, CO. Forest thinning and management, assisting with slash disposal, assisting with holiday fundraiser, splitting wood, trail maintenance, and assisting with school programs.   

COLORADO DISASTER PROJECTS Earth 2 ‐ All Hands Volunteers, Greeley, CO. The team will be mucking and gutting flood affected homes, debris removal, personal property recovery and salvage, and home winterization.  Earth 7  ‐ United Way of Larimer County, Estes Park, CO. The team will be assisting with the cleanup and recovery of homes and business damaged by the floods in Estes Park and the surrounding mountain communities.  Fire 2 ‐ St. Vrain State Park, Firestone, CO. Assisting with a variety of projects around debris clean‐up and volunteer coordination to help the park reopen.  Sun 2  ‐ Town of Lyons, CO. Assisting with home construction, home “gutting,” debris removal, volunteer coordination, and tree cutting.  Water 3 ‐  Boulder Open Space Mountain Parks, Boulder, CO. Coordinating volunteers, removing flood debris, shoveling sediment from irrigation structures, and rebuilding washed out trail corridors.   

In the Southwest Region, Corps Members in the traditional Corps are placed on teams in one of four Units: Earth, Fire, Sun and Water.  Each Unit has seven teams and is led by a Unit Leader who manages operations and provides guidance and support to the Team Leaders and Corps Members.    

  Earth Unit: Kevin Rumery, [email protected]       Sun Unit: Vaughn Cottman, [email protected]    Fire Unit: Jolie NeSmith, [email protected]       Water Unit: Sean Kuprevich, [email protected]  

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NCCC Southwest Region  Class 20A Round 1 Project Locations: November 10‐December 19 

TEXAS Habitat for Humanity San Antonio, San Antonio, Earth 5  Land Heritage Institute, San Antonio, TX,  Earth 3  Houston Parks &Recreation, Houston,  Sun 3  Center for Maximum Potential Building, Austin, TX, Sun 7 

MISSOURI Missouri Department of Conservation, Wil‐liamsburg, Fire 3 

COLORADO West Generation Academy, Denver, Fire 6 Center Consolidated Schools, Center, Water 6 Denver Green School , Den‐ver, Water 7 Coalition for the Upper South Platte, Colorado Springs, Water 1 The Action Center, Lake‐wood, Earth 4  Denver Mountain Parks, Gen‐esee, Earth 1 Garden Place Academy, Den‐ver, Sun 6 Cal‐Wood Outdoor Education Center, Jamestown, Fire 1 

COLORADO DISASTER All Hands Volunteers, Greeley, Earth 2  Boulder Open Space Mountain Parks, Boulder, Water 3  United  Way of Larimer County, Estes Park, Earth 7  St. Vrain State Park, Firestone, Fire 2  

ARKANSAS Arkansas 4H, Little Rock, Water 4  Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Mena, Water 2  Hobbs State Park, Rogers, Sun 4  Petit Jean State Park, Morrilton, Sun 1  Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, Earth 6   

OKLAHOMA Central Oklahoma Habitat for Hu‐manity, Oklahoma City, Water 5  City of Tishomin‐go, Tishomingo, Sun 5  ARIZONA Chirachua Nation‐al Park, Willcox, Fire 4  Arizona State Parks, Parker,  Fire 7  NEW MEXICO Boys and Girls Club of Farming‐ton, Farmington, Fire 5 

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National Member Recruitment:          Class 21A: Fall 2014 Start Cycle  

March  1, 2014 ‐ Team Leader applications due 

April 1, 2014—Corps Member applications due  

          Class 21B: Winter 2015 Start Cycle  September 1, 2014 ‐ Team Leader applications due 

October 1, 2014 ‐ Corps Member applications due  

Member applications can be created and submitted online at https://my.americorps.gov  

For questions about member recruitment, contact Heather Dirck at [email protected].   

Southwest Region Project Development  

Class 20A, Round 4 (service May 19‐July 16, 2014)  January 24, 2014 ‐ Concept draft for new projects due 

February 21, 2014 ‐ Final Application due  

For questions about project development, contact the Assistant Program Director for your state: 

Chris Neukom at [email protected] (AR, AZ, CO, KS) 

Vicky Reinold at [email protected] (CO, MO, NM) 

Crystal Kelley at [email protected]  (CO, OK, TX) 

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