Get to the Point May 23, 2012
An NCCC Atlantic Region Publication
Get to the Point GET TO THE POINT ATLANTIC REGION, PERRY POINT, MD VOL. XVIII, ISSUE 9
I’m an member of the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program. N-triple-C members are 18 to 24 and spend 10 months getting things done for America while developing their own leadership. We serve on teams to help communities to prepare for and respond to disaster, build homes and help the environment. To learn more, or apply, visit americorps.gov/nccc
Raven 2, across from Philadelphia City Hall, pose for a picture in front of the iconic “LOVE” sculpture in center city.
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JUMPING, JUST BECAUSE, AT REBUILD TOGETHER IN BALTIMORE. TOP; LEFT, B1, ASSIST WITH THE FLOWER PLANTING BOOTH AT AN ISP RIGHT, FF2, JERRAMIE RIDES AN ATV BOTTOM; LEFT, B4 ASHLEY ULTIZES THOSE TOOL TRAINING SKILL MIDDLE, R2,CELEBRATE TL DAVEY’S BIRTHDAY RIGHT, M2, IESHA LAYS DOWN A CLEAN COAT OF PAINT ON THE CEILING.
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4 PHILLY GETS SOME BROTHERLY LOVE by Davey Parziale
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ALUNMI SPOTLIGHT
―DARE GREATLY‖ by Gifford Wong
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AMERISTARS
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FACEBOOK.COM/ NCCCATLANTICREGION Community Relations Office Sam McKenzie, Community Relations Specialist, SMcKenzie@cns.gov Tristan Fowler, Community Relations Support Team Leader, TFowler.Guest@cns.gov
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AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is a full time team–based residential program for men and women ages 18 to 24. The mission of NCCC is to strength communities and develop leaders through direct, team-based national & community service. For more information about NCCC Visit www.americorps.gov/nccc or call 1 800 942 2677
Get to the Point TEAM SPOTLIGHT—RAVEN 2
Madness by Sam Cudnohufsky Alliteration, team dinner, Ravens, madness, Monday, balls. What do these things have in common, you may ask? Why Meatball Madness, of course! Over transition, some folks may have heard the chants from the kitchen ―MEATBALL MADNESS, MEATBALL MADNESS.‖ This can only mean one thing: it’s Monday night and Elite Team Raven 2 is cooking! Every Monday, since Raven 2 can remember, there have been meatballs for dinner. Meatball Madness includes spaghetti, marinara sauce, garlic bread, and sometimes Swedish meatball sauce. Meatball Madness was born the night of team reveal, when Kelcy decided to make meatballs. A tradition among traditions, this has gone on every Monday since. Now there have been other ―food nights‖ based on a similar recipe of enjoyment, alliteration, and coincidence. Such as the weeks we had Taco Tuesday, which ended after about two or three weeks. Or Thursdays, we had soup and potatoes that lasted till the beginning/ middle of round 1, but died out for reasons unknown.
Unit Leader Jen Horan enjoys “Meatball Madness” during her visit to Bath, Maine. She admits she’s now hooked on meatballs. 3
Raven 2 enjoys a Monday night tradition of “Meatball Madness” with visiting Unit Support Team Leader Brooke Gates. The tradition began the first night after team reveal For our first project in Bath, Maine, we had our biggest Meatball Madness Monday ever. The reason? Why Jen, our heroic Unit Leader, of course. She came up for a visit, and Meatball Madness was on her schedule! For this occasion, we doubled our meatballs and included a desert. Jen brought garlic bread, so we even had twice as much bread! We were sitting at the table with Jen, waiting for the meatballs to come out, and when they did, well let’s just say it, was madness! What you may have seen or heard before was nothing compared to this. It was the greatest, maddest, meatiest Meatball Madness of all. The eruption from the team as we chanted for Meatball Madness was insane. Jen didn’t see it coming and Raven 2 is proud to say Jen is hooked on meatballs and is excited for her next visit to Meatball Madness! Despite the tradition and the chants there was one week without madness. Raven 2 remembers it so clearly: Monday, May 7th 2012. The Monday without madness. How could Raven 2 just skip a whole week of madness may be puzzling. ―Why it’s a tradition that started at the beginning and is sure to go on until the end‖ …So,what happened? Well, we got tickets to go see the Phillies baseball game in the mayor’s suite. Un-
fortunately, We didn’t get home until late, so no madness happened that night or even that week. The next week’s shopping night came and Raven 2 was determined to have their weekly dosage of madness, but this time is could have happened on a Tuesday. The Monday following the week without madness was a night when we were working late and getting food from our sponsors, so Ravens 2 did what Ravens do best, we were flexible! Monday came around and Raven 2 was prepared to go out to work but they received a call that said the event they were working had been canceled, this could only mean one thing for Raven 2. Meatball Madness lives again! Meatball Madness has been a tradition going strong for 14 weeks and Raven 2 intends to have it live on till the end. Through late work nights, different guests, rescheduled Madness, and even the amount of balls purchased, Raven 2 will work through the difficult times to ensure Meatball Madness goes on forever. With luck, Elite Team Raven 2 is hoping to have Mayor Michael Nutter join them for a night of Madness as well as the returning Jen Horan. Maybe one day, you too can join Elite Team Raven 2 for a night of Madness. May the odds be ever in your favor.
Get to the Point PROJECT SPOTLIGHT—RAVEN 2
Philadelphia Receives Some Brotherly Love by Davey Parziale times knee to waist high. Our findings were everything from used condoms, reclining chairs, tires, soiled diapers (lots of them), dog poop (lots of it, sometimes three to six inches thick; We thought it was mud until the smell hit us), needles, lots of broken glass, bottles, clothes, bullet casings, countless dime bags and more. Although the work was tough and a bit smelly at times, the results were very rewarding taking an alleyway that had been neglected for over a decade and cleaning it all the way. Raven 2 has faced unique challenges this round, cleaning up the dirty streets of Philly with gloved hands and steel-toed boots. In the course of their work, they have faced feces, condoms, and bullet casings. But they are changing the look and feel of entire neighborhoods, inspiring residents to come out of their homes, pick up a shovel and lend a hand. Team Leader Dave Parziale recaps their efforts so far this year.
back to Swampoodle to plant in the garden.
During construction of the garden, we ran out of soil. A resident of the block offered his services (and his pick-up truck) to help us shuttle a large pile of dirt from the local library. We began to network and work with Manny Ramos from Neighborhood Services brought a dump truck each day to our site to pick up the trash and debris that we removed and take it to the city The first day of our project, we jumped dump. This is just one example of right into waist high weeds and trash. many of how community members In northern Philly, in a neighborhood came together to make a simple project like a community garden called Swampoodle, we worked with one of our project sponsors Philly Ris- come to life. ing, and several community members including Block Captain Vincent Ken- Following the garden project, we headed off for a few days of alnedy to clear a few vacant lots and leyway clean ups. We cleaned build a community garden. The team removed over two tons of debris, trash over five alleyways and removed and weeds, leveling the large lot down easily over seven or eight tons of to an even surface. By the second day, debris and trash from the alleywe began building raised garden beds, ways over the next three days. which residents used to plant assorted In the alleyways we began filmvegetables such as corn, tomatoes and ing for a potential ―Dirty Jobs: onions for the community. The Phila- AmeriCorps NCCC‖ episode. delphia Horticultural Society had a few Not only were the alleyways extra flowers that folks didn’t need for overgrown with vines and trees, their ―Love Your Park‖ kick-off service they were often filled with mounds of trash, furniture, cinevents that coming Saturday, so they der blocks, dirt and poop, someoffered them to us and we took them 4
Community members were pretty excited to see the work we were doing at the alleyways. Most were thankful and the occasional would buy a couple sodas or waters and hand them out to our team. Some, so excited, would grab a few tools and join us or at least do what they could to sweep the streets.
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(Above) A Philadelphia alleyway neglected after ten years. (Left) After NCCC cleans up.
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Benefits of City Revitalization Lot clearing and community garden building Vacant lots gather trash and illegal items and they attract criminal activity. Cleaning a lot of weeds and debris allow community members to have a more manageable site, which they can maintain and discourage the negative behavior.
Clearing alleyways:
creates a positive one, and pro-
Fire safety. Residents need an exit from their homes in addition to their front door in case of fire. Especially senior citizens, need a safe passageway to get out. In cluttered and overgrown alleyways, they would be trapped.
vide a community with healthi-
Visibility. Alleyways are a popular place for criminal activity. Criminals know the police will have difficulty following them into the alleyway because of all the trash and debris. Criminals ditch drugs, weapons and other items into the alleyway. Having a clear line of site allows home-owners to feel safer knowing what is going on and reduces potential for criminal activity.
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Sanitation. The trash, debris and feces is an unsanitary situation that can be harmful to resident’s health and safety. Abandoned lots and homes, overgrown vines and trees can damage the structural integrity of an abandoned home placing its neighbors at a safety risk. 5
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er food, thereby addressing the issue of food deserts. Engaged community members investing their own sweat equity and reclaiming ownership on their likely to remain invested in the improvement of their community. This follows the wisdom of the broken window theory.
Improving Parks and conducting tree surveys Documenting live trees and potential spots for trees to be planted Tree surveys are part of a citywide campaign to increase tree coverage to 30% Park improvement – trimming lower branches on trees increases visibility in park and reduces illegal activities such as drug dealing. More trees can provide the same benefits as a cleaned vacant lot.
Get to the Point Alumni spotlight
Dare Greatly TL Class IV – Denver Campus, TL Class V – DC Campus, SLC Class X, XI – DC Campus by Gifford Wong SHARE A FEW STORIES? AMERICORPS related? Life? Don't get me started! My experience in AmeriCorps, in a word, was "complete." In a sentence, ironically, my AmeriCorps experience was something so utterly fantastic as to transcend description, and yet it left me wanting ... wanting to experience more, see more, help more, DO more! For years, I've said that my experience as an AmeriCorps*NCCC (TL) prepared me for everything else I've done to date ... rappelling from a hovering helicopter into a wildfire to standing on the skid of a hovering helicopter practicing SAR techniques in Antarctica to serving as an NCCC Service Learning Coordinator at the DC campus. The experience of working with others in far-flung corners of America prepared me to work and live out of a canvas tent on the divide of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The experience of traveling with your "wolfpack" of AmeriCorps members to the work site day in and day out prepared me for the surprisingly (monotonous) com-
Gifford (at right) on his fire crew’s Sweet Hollow Pack Out - 110lb packs carried 8 miles! 6
Gifford at a DC park mute to the fire helibase day in and day out with your helicopter fire crew. The experience of serving in the wondrously diverse communities of America prepared me to enjoy the similarly diverse and wonderful communities found anywhere in the world. I joined for a number of reasons, from the obvious to the now inconsequential. One reason that I remember, actually, is my best friend and his crazycool-fun tales of daring-do and adventurous service during his Corps Member year at Perry Point! He said he was applying again as a Team Leader, and he said "this is right up your alley, Giff; you should apply." How can you deny your best friend? We both were accepted at the Denver Campus (Go Alann App and the Water Unit!) as Team Leaders. That seems like a lifetime ago (and in some respects, it was). I learned so much that first year ... and was fortunate enough to apply that experience to my Team Leader year at the DC Campus the following year. The program, for me, was such an exciting blend of service, learning, and fun. It instilled in me an over-arching desire to "get things done" and make a difference. I hope to "get things done" by assisting policy-makers with the scienceside of environmental policy and stewardship. I'm currently a PhD candidate and IGERT Fellow at Dartmouth College, and I'm very much "in the middle" of my
PhD journey. I study snow and ice and how they chemically record the climate history of our planet. After the above rambling, I suppose I should draw my wandering mind to a close to somehow and quickly "get to the point." Whether you believe it or not, this AmeriCorps experience - YOUR AmeriCorps experience - will be with you for the rest of your life. Whether you are watching a re-run episode of The West Wing and choke up when Toby Ziegler's character lauds AmeriCorps or you are watching the flick Lions for Lambs and you see two protagonists speak of "engagement" and AmeriCorps in the same breath, you'll smile at how you are now and forever an integral part of a growing legacy. If you know Teddy Roosevelt's speech about citizenship in a republic, know that it is YOU "who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; show spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." Dare greatly while GETTING THINGS DONE! AmeriCorps ... for life.
Get to the Point day; some camped overnight, some came with their large family. Single by Crystal Keiper moms, single dads, grandmothers, colWE PASS EACH OTHER IN THE lege graduates, streets without creating a real connec- high-school droption most of the time. Only occasional- outs, all different ly do we say hello or give a courteous ages, all different smile. When do we make the time to reasons for being reach out to another, to hear their sto- there, but all beaury, to offer ourselves freely? But what if tiful stories. All Crystal Keiper, center, Team Leader of Raven 1, assists with a dental you did start to ask someone their sto- expressed gratiprocedure at a free dental clinic with Mission of Mercy in Conn. ry? What brings them to tears? What tude. We reached challenges have they overcome? Their out, we listened, we connected. morning. He captured our attention, as struggles. Their perspective on life. Many chose be in AmeriCorps to we were mesmerized by the distinctive What do you think you might hear? serve America. We decided to give our grin he exhibited. When approaching Raven one was given the oppor- passion, empathy, curiosity, benevous he said, ―I haven’t been able to smile tunity to make genuine connections at lence, and fierce ambition to a world that in a year and a half.‖ Astounded, the Connecticut Mission of Mercy, a free is hungry for justice, that needs young natural response of the team was simpdental clinic. We discovered when serv- people to come alive by loving others ly… to smile back. ing patients at the dental clinic that the freely. Mission of Mercy demonstrated Serving in AmeriCorps, you amount of time spent with someone to the power of this: they gave out over $1 won’t always get to hear the stories of develop compassion for them did not million in free dental care to over 2,000 those you touch, you wont always matter, but rather it was quality of time people. Dentists, hygienists and over know how you are directly affecting the spent. It was getting a glimpse of their 1600 enthusiastic volunteers from across community, country, and world. Howlife struggles and triumphs, it was witConnecticut and the U.S. traveled to put ever, sometimes you remember monessing the expressions on faces when it their love into action unconditionally. ments such as these that remind us was at last time to get their teeth cleaned Upon finishing up day one of that we are serving in a world that for the first time ever. It was listening to the clinic, a gentleman walked toward needs more love, more givers, more the obstacles they faced with great cour- members of Raven One with a jovial people to serve freely, a world that age in order to make it to the clinic that smile on his face, like it was Christmas needs more smiles. PASS THE FIRE
Smile Freely
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Receipt Wisdom: No. 1 Write numbers on receipts; make sure receipt numbers correlate with numbers on PAR (Project Accounting Record)
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Number each sheet of paper so that all receipts/paperwork stay in order.
No. 3 A tallied total of all receipts on that page should be written on
that page (e.g. Sheet 1 has five receipts that total $358.98- this amount should be written in the corner on Sheet 1)
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Organize and tape receipts on paper weekly.
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Use clean recycled paper (e.g. magazine pages, notes) to organize receipts.
If there are any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at (410) 642-2411 ext. 6868 or via email cjohnson@cns.gov.
Extra Tid Bit For the Week: Check your pockets, wallets, shoes, shirts and pants- Make sure you have your Spike debit card before you go shopping! 7
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First team to complete their ISPs ends with dramatic finish
National News
One Year After Joplin Tornado, AmeriCorps Still Hard at Work
AmeriCorps members arrive within hours to the devastated city of Joplin, Missouri
Joplin, Mo. – One year after a devastating tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, the city is making a strong recovery thanks to the resilience of the Joplin people, a united recovery effort, and an extraordinary outpouring of volunteers and AmeriCorps members who have made a powerful impact But only three weeks into and remain hard at work today. the round, Buffalo 3 put the City leaders are preparing for tomorrow’s petal to the metal and made a anniversary with events to remember and serious challenge to Buffalo 4’s mourn those who died, but also to demonreign. While the team was in- strate unity, progress, and gratitude for the spired by Team Leader Tony more than 130,000 volunteers who have Wadas challenge to his team come from across the country over the past that he would shave his head year -- what City Manager Mark Rohr has called the ―miracle of the human spirit.‖ completely if his team completed their ISPs first, Buffalo Coordinating volunteers and ensuring 3 knew they had serious com- their service is focused on impact has been a primary focus of the national serpetition to overthrow the vice program AmeriCorps, whose memsmaller Buffalo 4. bers arrived within hours after the tornaThe final call came this do and continue to play an indispensable past Sunday, May 20, when role in Joplin’s recovery. both teams finished their ISPs simultaneously. As To- ―The tornado showed nature at its worst, ny called his Unit Leader to but it brought out humanity at its best,‖ said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for report that they had finished, National and Community Service, AmeriTiffany called in. Unit Leader Corps’ parent agency. ―The outpouring of Sharon Kellogg determined volunteers has been extraordinary. Thanks it was again a tie. Each team to AmeriCorps leadership, tens of thousands has about 900 hours total in, of volunteers were able to provide assistance to survivors quickly and with an immediate many of the members have over 100 hours. Congratula- impact, and we remain committed to Joplin’s long-term recovery.‖ tions to both teams for your hard work. And we all look Spencer will be in Joplin for the anniverforward to seeing Tony’s new sary to meet with local officials, survey progress and lessons learned, thank voldew this upcoming transiunteers, and join community events, intion! cluding President Obama’s Joplin High 8
AmeriCorps: An Indispensable Role The first team of AmeriCorps members arrived within hours after the nation's deadliest tornado in nearly 60 years ripped through Joplin, killing 161 people and destroying some 7,500 homes and businesses.
by Tristan Fowler It was right down to the wire. Buffalo 3 and Buffalo 4 had been battling out for first team to complete their ISPs, or Independent Service Project hours, for weeks now. At the end of the first round, the teams were neck and neck with a member from each team, Buffalo 4’s Anna Colfescu and Buffalo 3’s Rebecca Strauss , tying for completing their individual 80 hours of required ISPs during Round 1.
School commencement address tonight and the city’s Walk of Unity tomorrow.
Members of AmeriCorps St. Louis Emergency Response Team were first on the scene, arriving at 2:30 a.m. They immediately went to work, setting up a missing persons’ hotline and opening a volunteer center at Missouri Southern State University to handle the 3,000 volunteers who showed up the next day. In the year since, more than 350 AmeriCorps members from across the nation have served in Joplin. They have removed tons of debris, provided homeowner assistance and casework, operated donation and distribution warehouses, coordinated donations, and managed a large-scale volunteer operation that has coordinated more than 75,000 volunteers to provide more than 520,000 hours of disaster assistance to more than 2,200 Joplin households. Joplin city officials reported to FEMA that the city received donated resources and volunteer hours totaling $17.7 million, the largest amount in Missouri’s history and the largest amount ever recorded in FEMA’s region VII. AmeriCorps members were instrumental in mobilizing this influx of volunteers and donations, which saved the city more than $17.7 million in disaster costs. For one Joplin resident, FEMA Corps will provide an opportunity to help others who are faced with the challenges of natural disasters. Mariah Hutchinson, 17, survived the tornado and began volunteering through her church shortly afterwards. When AmeriCorps members visited her school in March to talk about their experiences, Hutchinson immediately knew that AmeriCorps NCCC and FEMA Corps were right for her. ―I have always been the type of person who is selfless, and have always loved to help others,‖ said Hutchinson. ―Being able to wake up every day knowing I have made a difference in someone else’s life would be life changing for me.‖ Hutchinson graduated with 480 other seniors at Joplin High Commencement.
Get to the Point CAP & MEDIA UPDATES
The Scoreboard Shout-outs, tips and the weekly stats. All the info you need to stay on top of your CAP and Media work. From Tristan Fowler
Shout-Outs: Raven 4 - Abby Beckley is milking her Alumni contacts, Class 17 Kyle Lauchmen and Erin Bruhn, for everything they got. Abby arranged a dinner with the AmeriCouple, sold them on hosting a CAP event after the team leaves Massachusetts, and is writing an article for ―Get to the Point‖ about the couples experience with AmeriLove. Way to go Abby! Buffalo 4—Has posted almost 250 photos so far this year on the Facebook Media Hub! Love you guys! Keep it up! Moose 4— Has completed their three CAP events for the round, the first team to do so!
Updates of the Week: Gmail Accounts—Use them! Do not use your personal e-mail for CAP events, contacts, or media relations. Sam and I can not support you or your contacts if we don’t have access to your emails. Furthermore, we use these emails as evidence of the work you do in the field during our yearly review. Speaking of using your Gmail accounts. Send out your press releases!!! I recently check some of your accounts and so little or NO activity with emails to newspapers. I will be calling teams this week to verify why the press release have not been sent out.
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Reminders from last Week: Twitter, like un-official blogs, are un-official. The username shouldn’t represent AmeriCorps in any way, and a declaration on the profile should clarify that this twitter account is un-sanctioned and un-associated with any official AmeriCorps NCCC publications Alumni Event Form Update! This form will now include the alumni’s e-mail contact. Be sure to ask for it during your events. This week, vacation responders will be added to your Gmail accounts. This way, any sender will be notified of your lack of e-mail access. Don’t remove these!
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Get to the Point Buffalo 1 - Special thanks to the members of Buffalo 3 who helped with our event on Saturday. Also thanks to the staff and support team leaders at B15 who helped us with medical shuttles, work, and our event this week. Raven 2 - We removed over 7 tons of debris and trash from alleyways and lots in South Philly this past week alone! Shout out to Lark and Sam from Raven 2 for having their ISPs completed! Moose 3 - Lina You: we miss you. Hope P2 is having a great time! Mr. Cangelosi: thanks for the trampoline. Brooke: you’re awesome and we felt it was important you knew it!
Raven 4 - Raven 4 ISP tips….If looking for nonprofits to do ISP’s with go to nonprofit.org or volunteermatch.org Raven 4 started an ISP log that we post on our information hub at housing. The log is intended to avoid overlap in contacting organizations, and also so that ISP information is always shared with the entirety of the team. Moose 1 - Mr. Chandler Ballentine!!!!!! We miss you and your BEAST MODE style! Hope you are having a great time on Phoenix 2 we all can’t wait to be reunited with you. Moose 2 - Waiting for Memorial day Buffalo 3 - Buffalo 3 says hello to their roaming fire-buffalo, Chris and Sarah. Phoenix 2 and Firefox 2 are so lucky to have you guys, but we miss you! Be safe! Have fun! Raven 5 - The tech”No-Nos” of Raven 5 have left us with the following in a 24 hour period: Two lost cell phones (same make and model coincidentally enough); One lost cell phone on the streets of York Pa., being held for $20 cash reward while the others vanished at the local YMCA & one week old iPod Touch who just couldn’t swim in the washing machine and is currently healing in a bag of rice. Over all this week has been consumed with tech talk on the work site. I fear the team might be Cylon in nature now. Buffalo 4 - Shout out to Derek on Fire Fox 1; Keep doing great work, we miss you! Firefox 2: Firefox 2 LOVES flower festivals. Two weekends in a row now we’ve been working them. First the Albany Tulip festival, and then the Pine Bush’s Lupine Fest. Good times! Moose 4 - Despite the destruction of Tubby’s windows, Moose 4 is adjusting well to Newburgh. We have made some lively new friends within the community. Habitat has been bombarding us with loads of food and appreciation. In other news, Terrence is sporting a new hairstyle created by the one and only Casey Ashlock. Raven 1 - “The team had a fun week with a couple frustrating moments while building frames, but we were able to manage and do what we needed. We had a nice night with Ashley for her birthday- it was great to see everyone happy and be together.. We are getting used to living in the city. Jerramie we are sure you are doing great but we miss you buddy”- Michael Qaddoum Buffalo 2 - Shout out to Melvina for staying strong and standing your ground. Moose 5 - The warmth and hospitality of people in Camden make our lives better.
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Buffalo 1 Taft— Williamstown, NJ Buffalo 2 Tomoyo— Camden, NJ Buffalo 3 Tony— Schwenksville, PA Buffalo 4 Tiffany— Angola, NY
Phoenix 2 Emily— Suffolk, VA Fire Fox 2 Steve—Albany, NY
Moose 1 Patrick—King of Prussia, PA Moose 2 Megan— Bath, ME Moose 3 Jami— Hamden, CT Moose 4 Casey— Newburgh, NY Moose 5 Toby— Camden, NJ
Raven 1 Keiper— Wilmington, DE Raven 2 Davey— Philadelphia, PA Raven 3 A.T.—Wells , ME Raven 4 Millena—W Springfield, MA Raven 5 Dan— York, PA
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