My AmeriCorps Lifelong Service Story (abbreviated)

What started off as a cool part time job my senior year of high school changed my priorities to move beyond my own self-interest and give back during and after college. Upon graduation I joined NCCC and what was initially a one year of service became 7 years and counting.

Since my first year of service I have engaged in a long term meaningful way with 14 different service organizations and participated in dozens of one day service projects (including one with my wedding guests following the wedding ceremony in 2012). My life is focused on community service professionally and personally. I cannot envision a future that I am not serving.

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Wedding Karma

Two days after after our wedding, Ian, myself and a few of our hardy wedding adventure friends went to the turpentine creek wildlife refuge for a morning of volunteering.

http://www.turpentinecreek.org/

Ivy was our contact point and group leader. She gave us a wonderful tour of the facility and put us to work on a painting project that was in dire need of prep work... donated paint that had fully separated, scattered materials... overall we spent most of our time prepping the project for the group that was going to be there the next day. But we did get some areas done and had lots of fun =)