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Get to the Point GET TO THE POINT ATLANTIC REGION, PERRY POINT, MD VOL. XVIII, ISSUE 18
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
Cover, Center: The first all STL composite, Fire Cat 2 (featuring Jason Cangelosi) after an epic day of burning. Top Left: Michael, Alix and Liz, holding hands, frolicking and just enjoying being in one another’s presence. Top right: Tristan Fowler enjoying the weather and contemplating the meaning of life. Bottom Left: Joseph and Michael attempting to remove Liz’s hair. Bottom right: Alix, looking like a boss.
3. Raven 4’s Journey Through AmeriCorps NCCC 5. STL Composites: Taking the Field by Storm
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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 Raven 4’s Journey Through AmeriCorps NCCC Article by Akaila Powell, Contributions by all Raven 4 members Oftentimes in life people tend to plateau. Life becomes more about just existing than really living. It’s so easy to start living like that, giving into a life that is comfortable. This is my story about breaking the mold and pushing myself to start really living with passion and meaning. This is my journey through AmeriCorps. To say this was the easiest ten months of my life would be far from the truth but this program has pushed me to discover, experience, and develop not only part of my country but myself as well. Our work in communities is a partnership. Each day that we put on our matching NCCC shirts, kaki cargos and steel toe boots, we are gearing up for a mission that is as equally about learning and developing personally as it is about serving the community. It’s amazing how service can be transformed and multiplied when you understand it as a partnership where you and the community both benefit. I have worked with children in the poorest area of Washington D.C. and saw not only inequality and gentrification between communities, but also a lot of potential for greatness. I have built houses for struggling communities in Camden, NJ with Habitat for Humanity, and saw firsthand what oppression for generations can do to an at once, strong community. I have done tornado recovery relief in Springfield, Massachusetts and realized that recovery and aid still extremely needed and wanted even a year after a devastating storm, but is also so difficult to find. After dedicating ten months to help people who truly need it, I have truly understood and believe in the saying ―The people who think they are crazy enough to change the world, are the ones that do‖. My journey in AmeriCorps would not be complete without my wonderful team, Raven 4. They are one of the main reasons why this year of service has been as amazing as it has. We all became a little family. We bonded very quickly. I can always count on them to cheer me up or give me a word of encouragement. Like actual siblings, we do fight and argue. But we usually make up ten minutes later. While traveling, living and working with my team Raven 4, I have learned so much about them and even more about myself. I can honestly say I have never been so much myself as I have been here. I have had the opportunity to get to know myself into depth as well as several individuals within several different communities. I have made several friends every where I have went. I enjoy meeting new people and I enjoy hearing their words of wisdom, their story. I guess you can say I listen so I can relate. I listen to their stories and how they have overcome several obstacles. Hearing and understanding each and every one of their stories gives me confidence that I can overcome my own. 3
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―No matter how long you have traveled on the wrong road, you can always turn around.‖ This quote reminds me of my journey, of the dramatic changes I have made for myself. I changed for the better and I want others to be inspired to take the chance to do the same. Don’t be afraid, just believe in yourself but most importantly don’t let anyone define you, because you can succeed. And you will. My experience in AmeriCorps NCCC has been incredible. There is nothing that will ever be able to replace it. I have learned so much about myself and what I am capable of. I have done so much more in these last eight months then I thought I would ever do. At the end of this journey I will have completed over 1700 hours of service to this country. And for the most part every one of those hours was a new and different experience. I learned something new almost every day. I learned skills that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. My experience in AmeriCorps has been everything I wanted it to be and so much more. Looking back throughout this year, I am happy and proud of how I’ve grown, matured, made new friends, worked hard, and became a better person through it all. I now lead a better happier life and plan on doing more. The hardest part of this program is realizing it does come to an end. The ameri-bubble is so small. This feels like reality and life back home feels like a fantasy. Soon we will all end this and be back home saying hello to those we left behind and retelling our stories. Then this place will become the fantasy and our personal lives will be our reality. Never will I forget the memories. The memories that make you laugh, cry and the inside jokes only your team knew. Long 15 passenger car rides and smelly boots after work. Even confusing but fun physical training three times a week. I gained so much here that I would have never gained out in school or colleges. I gained confidence and became physically stronger and healthier. Learning how to challenge myself and become more dependable on a team was a major plus; also how to be more flexible. Above all of this realizing that no matter what happens you have those people you can always talk to in the future. I found the pursuit of happiness. All of this in an outrageous, strange and fun journey we like to call AmeriCorps.
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Abode of the Message, Sufi Surfers, TL Liz Valdez
Dream Team Supreme, Habitat For Humanity, TL Alix Barnette
Article by James Ramiscal
Article by Alix Barnette
In the gentle and rolling hills of New Lebanon, NY lies the Abode of the Message. As a spiritual and residential community of Sufi Order International, the Abode advocates the spiritual unity of all people and religions. The Sufi Surfers composite team is comprised of members of the Buffalo, Moose and Raven units led by Buffalo Unit Support Team Leader Elisabeth Valdez. For three weeks, the Sufi Surfers will be removing invasive species of the surrounding area such as Bittersweet, Multiflora and honeysuckle while working indoors with the Abode in the case of inclement weather. So far, the team has thoroughly enjoyed the homegrown vegetarian (sometimes with meat) cooking of the Abode and the beautiful dreamlike scenery of the surrounding area; all the while staving off bees, thorns and the paranormal....
Greetings from Wilmington, DE! Dream Team Supreme has been busy working with Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County doing a variety of projects. We have been building and painting numerous shelves, tables and other structures that were created to hold various items that will be put on display in the new Habitat ReStore. We have also attended two home dedication ceremonies and even had the chance to meet the mayor and help plant flowers and a tree with one of the homeowners. During our first weekend here, we were invited to attend a family reunion where we were able to interact with multiple homeowners and play games with some of the children. Aside from the workday our team is enjoying the company of each other and getting to know people on a more personal level. We have a dynamic team filled of laughter and good times! All in all it has been a good experience so far and we know it will continue to get better with our time left in Delaware.
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STL Composites Continued Rutabaga 1, TL Michael Wessely RUTABAGA 1 IN FULL SWING AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK Article by Chelsea Pennucci
Radishes, potatoes, eggplants…oh my! Into its second full week of work at the New Hampshire Food Bank (NHFB) in Manchester, Rutabaga 1 is learning more and more everyday about growing local and the coordination it takes to supply food to over 400 food pantries in the state. The team has worked predominantly in the Food Bank’s vegetable garden harvesting crops and preparing the beds for the winter months. ―The project has been awesome so far. We all had an interest in learning about food sustainability and how it connects to individuals and their greater communities. We feel very privileged to be able to work in the garden helping harvest fresh, local crops to be used by the Food Bank,‖ reflected Quin Baine, the composite team’s Assistant Team Leader. Rutabaga 1 has also had the opportunity to work in the Food Bank’s warehouse, where all of the bulk packaging and distribution takes place. The team has taken on a variety of projects at the warehouse—from sorting meat donated by grocery stores to packaging bags for one of several ―mobile food pantries‖. As a result, the team has developed a wellrounded perspective for the scope of the NHFB’s work. With just a week left of the project, this cozy team of six is excited to finish up their work by helping prepare for the Food Bank’s ―Grow Local, Eat Local‖ event, one of the biggest fundraisers of the year.
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STL Composites Continued Super 6, TL Tristan Fowler Article by Mignon Isaacs-Bryant From the very beginning, the Composite Team Super Six has had an on-going dialogue about what makes a good team especially good. We’ve made a practice of having open discussions about how we can filter through everything we’ve learned this year to bring the best to each other and then take all that we learn and bring that back to our permanent teams. Super Six arrived in Camden, New Jersey on Thursday, September 13th, and received a warm welcome from the staff of the Camden Habitat for Humanity. Super Six is made up of Ja’Lissa (M3), Tyger (M2), Dana (M4), Terrence (M4), Mignon (B3), and Tristan Fowler, normally the CRSTL at Perry Point, now getting his time in the field with this fabulous crew. We have been working on a variety of things with Habitat Camden. The first week, we did landscaping in the backyards of six houses, three of which will have families move in this Saturday. It was fascinating seeing just how much effort goes into making a backyard. We also finished up some painting inside the houses, by cleaning up the muddled lines between semi-gloss white and matte eggshell. We have also worked a few days at the Habitat ReStore here in Camden. They are undergoing a major expansion to their store and are scheduled to open their new area this Saturday! With so much to do, Super Six came to the rescue! In the first day and a half of working at the ReStore, we strung electrical cables through the rafters, which, without our help, the ReStore would have hired an outside company for, which would have cost the ReStore $2,000! It was not easy work, though. The tallest ladders that we had were still too short for even the tallest members of Super Six to reach the rafters, so the work involved channeling our inner cowhands, attempting to throw a line of cables through the appropriate hole in the rafters, through dozens of rafters. This is the time of our service in NCCC in which we’re all trying to figure out how to carry our commitment beyond this year. We’re working out our LAA plans, sorting through our stories from the year, and prioritizing which skills, habits, and relationships we’d most like to maintain after November 15th. Super Six has made it an ongoing process to make ourselves a great team, but you don’t have to be on a composite team to engage that same process for yourself. Now is a good time for all of us to thoughtfully sort through the things we’ve learned this year, the Pluses and EBIs of our service, and bring all the best parts back with us to our communities at home, in order to make our lives a continuation of our service, and become the best versions of ourselves that we can be. 7
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STL Composites Continued Again. Fearless and bold, Brooke Gates, Moose Unit Support Team Leader, is seen here with Phoenix 4.
―Welding composite 2012‖
The ever mysterious and dynamic Raven Unit Support Team Leader Amelia Hansen (seen to the left, presenting a painted a turtle) will soon make the perilous journey north, to join Moose 1 in their valiant effort to bring aid to the Portland Maine Habitat For Humanity.
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Baking Secrets with Melinda Long Vegan Banana Cookies (adapted from a Betty Crocker Cookey Book recipe)
½ cup shortening (a butter substitute found in the baking aisle) 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 ¾ cup flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt
1 overripe banana
Mash the banana in a separate bowl. Mix shortening and brown sugar together, then mix in banana. Make sure there are no lumps in the baking soda and stir it and salt into your flour, then add your four mixture to your banana mixture. Stir well. Now you can choose how you want to make your cookies: you can form the dough into a log and roll it in saran wrap like a sausage and chill it in the fridge, or just drop small spoonfuls of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet. The lumps of dough should be about three inches apart. I like to roll and chill my dough for at least an hour, slice it thinly and put it on cookie sheets, but do whatever works for you. Heat your oven to 400 degrees and when your dough is out on the cookie sheet (a cake pan will work too) stick em on in and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until they begin to brown just slightly on the top. Enjoy!
Photo Caption Contest: Write in what you think Liz is saying here in this photo, send in your captions, and the best ones will be featured in Get to the Point! Any questions? Contact CRSTL Tristan Fowler at crstlatlantic@gmail.com
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Staff Announcements AWARDS BANQUET- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 REQUIRED ATTENDANCE: YES DATE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 TIME: AFTERNOON, 2pm to 4:30pm LOCATION: TBD – CONTRACTING BID PROCESS PAYMENT: CORPS MEMBERS ARE FREE, ALL GUESTS (CHILDREN INCLUDED) MUST PAY A COST PER PERSON PAYMENT AMOUNT: TBD WITH CONTRACT PAYMENT METHOD: TBD WITH CONTRACT – IT WILL BE HANDLED SEPARATELY FROM NCCC. THE WAY TO PAY WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE DATE APPROACHES RSVP DEADLINE: THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT– FRIDAY, NOV 9 AT 4:30 PM EST, NO EXCEPTIONS... CORPS ROLES: CORPS SPEAKER IS NEEDED – TEAM LEADER OR CORPS MEMBER. FIVE MINUTES TO EIGHT MINUTES IN LENGTH. SUBMIT TEXT TO SMCKENZIE@CNS.GOV ADDITIONAL AWARDS BANQUET Q&A ATTIRE: NOT UNIFORM. MORE DETAILS COMING OUTSIDE FOOD & DRINK: NOT PERMITTED SEATING ARRANGEMENTS: BANQUET ROUNDS OF TEN, ASSIGNED BY TEAMS WITH GUESTS SITTING WITH TEAMS WHERE POSSIBLE MENU: TBD WITH CONTRACT, VEGAN OPTIONS AVAILABLE GRADUATION CEREMONY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 REQUIRED ATTENDANCE: YES DATE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 TIME: TBD, ANYTIME BETWEEN MORNING AND AFTERNOON LOCATION: TBD, WITHIN 1 HOUR OF THE NCCC ATLANTIC REGION CAMPUS REHEARSAL: YES, THE DAY PRIOR, SIMILAR TO INDUCTION WITH THE ADDITION OF WALKING ACROSS THE STAGETO RECEIVE CERTIFICATES. EVERY MEMBER WILL HAVE THEIR NAME CALLED ATTIRE: FORMALS – CLEAN, IRONED, BOOTS FREE OF DIRT, NCCC LAPEL PIN CORPS ROLES: CORPS SPEAKER IS NEEDED, TYPICALLY A CORPS MEMBER, FIVE MINUTES – SEND TEXT TO SMCKENZIE@CNS.GOV -Sam McKenzie
Book Club We have just one project from our Health Fair that we have not yet launched. I am pleased to announce that Ms. Victoria Mosher, Moose 1 has agreed to serve as the President of our Book Club. Ms. Samantha Cass, B2 will be the President at large/best assistant ever! Please if you have not signed up and you are interested, please contact Laura at ltuck@cns.gov . Our First ever book club selection is ―Into the Wild‖ ….This puts a highlight on a great year and many thanks to all of the Health and Wellness Liaisons (HAWLs) and team trainers who made this year a success! Victoria, we will end this on the best note ever! -Laura Tuck
The Trainer’s Two Cents Greetings Service Leaders! Thank you all for your participation in the Life After AmeriCorps Conference. It has been inspiring learning how your career/academic paths have been confirmed or now is taking another path because of your LAA experience. These are the conversations that motivate me to wake up and do what I do every day. Thank you. As you all are continuing your pursuits for careers and academics, if there were any organizational representatives at the fair that you wanted to connect with, please let me know I will be happy to provide you with their information. Your LAA Zoomerang Surveys are due Wednesday September 26th. If your team did not meet this deadline, please harass your Team Leader and ensure that your entire team does the survey TODAY. Your feedback is vital to the continued success of our LAA. Congratulations to all of our Congressional Award Recipients for Class 18. You are the first class in three classes where no one’s booklet was denied. Thank you all for taking the time to thorough and thought provoking. The committee and I have learned a great deal about each of you that we didn’t know before, therefore thanks again for letting us in. The ACE testing results letters were mailed several weeks ago. If you have any questions about your scores or the process, feel free to contact me. Finally, I wanted to Shout Out the composites (B5, B6, M6 and R6). You all are amazing! Because of the quick turnaround of us getting the ―go‖ to send composites, the staff Specialty Role POCs were not able to do training for those composite members. It was an executive decision to remove the special role expectations. In reading your WPRS, I am a proud momma. Thank you for not taking the easy way out, but figuring out ways…on your own….without being coached…to get role task done. You have blown my socks off with your innovation, creativity and ―Go-Getter‖ attitude. If someone tells you anything other than how great you are…slap em’. -Carlyn E. Payton
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tional people. The impacts are endless and although my NCCC corps year was challenging and at times frustrating it has been the best experience of my life.
I feel as though I was always learning something new about myself, by Lisa Sullivan my teammates, and the communities that I was working in. I think I joined AmeriCorps NCCC in order to that the most important thing I give a year of service, travel, and meet learned about myself while in new people. I had recently graduated NCCC was that I am capable of a lot from college and was unsure of what more than I ever realized. I faced a field I wanted to work in. I only knew fear of heights while climbing ladders Lisa, right, murals a community center that I wanted to help others and I figto paint a mural on a community cenured the 10 months would be a great home town. I already have plans to ter building in New Orleans, created opportunity to explore different career lesson plans at Camp Brown, restored sign up for a few other service propaths. grams after City Year. cabins at Raccoon Creek State Park, and ran a shelter in Delaware during AmeriCorps NCCC has impacted my The Lower 9th Ward Village in NOLA Hurricane Irene. life in many ways. I knew signing up was my favorite place that I worked at for NCCC that it would be an interestthroughout my corps year. It was a ing and challenging experience, but I warehouse type building that was wasn't really aware of all the ways it bought by a man named Mack before would impact me. Honestly, I think I Hurricane Katrina to house his antique am still discovering ways in which it cars. After the hurricane hit he realized has changed my life. NCCC gave me a how badly his neighborhood needed a chance to really see first hand some community center. We painted a mural of the struggles that many people are across the entire front of the building going through, which has helped me and helped out in other areas. I had to put aspects of my own life into perthe opportunity to walk around the spective. I have always had a desire to neighborhood talking to the residences help others when I can, but after seeafter we had started the mural and ing some of the impact that I am capamany of them mentioned that they The last few months of my corps year I ble of I have a whole list of other serwere not even aware that it was a comvice programs that I would like to be a was going through the application pro- munity center until the mural was cess for City Year Denver and have part of. I have built some amazing started. It was amazing, knowing that I been accepted. I will be moving to friendships and met so many inspirawas a part of something so inspirationDenver in al that brought hope to a neighborhood about 5 that definitely needs it. That is an exmonths to perience that I will always carry with start my me. corps year with City Some things I learned while in NCCC Year. Also I were that communication can have a have contin- huge impact on team dynamics, you ued my role really can survive on $4.50 a day, as POL into sometimes a trip to Starbucks can remy every day store your sanity, patience is key when life in order working with non-profits, The Moto sign up to hawk is trickier than it looks, painting volunteer at is a great skill to have, and busting in different line at Camp Brown is unacceptable. fundraising Lisa, second from the left in the center row, poses with Moose 4 and events in my Kate Raftery CM Class 17—Perry Point, Moose 4
―Honestly, I think I am still discovering ways in which [NCCC] has changed my life.‖
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Backgrounds around the Point The answers you’re looking for may be in front of your face Staff Laura- youth/ family counseling, systems of care, military - social work Amanda- Red Cross, marine science major, Girl Scouts Robin- Youth development, adolescent programs and services, low income/subsidies housing programs, foster care, runaway/ homeless youth, nonprofit start up and management, grant writing, advocacy and public policy, human services research Sam- recruitment, special event planning, program management, corporate fundraising Jason- Non-Profit Management, Careers in the YMCA, Summer Residential/Day Camps, Facility Management, Outdoor/Environment Education, Emotional Support Coaching, Ancient Ninja Tactics, Adventure Programs, Working with At Risk Youth through Experiential Education, Park Jobs, Cake Decoration (2 time champion 4th and 5th grade), Turtle Husbandry
Team Leaders Tristan- Journalism, door-to-door canvasing, Environmental advocacy Davey- VISTA, volunteering abroad (Ghana) Amelia- Biology major, environmental research, teaching English abroad (Taiwan), volunteering abroad (Australia, Costa Rica) Brooke- Camp Adventure (international summer camp, Japan), Human Resource major A.T.- Construction management, Peace Corps (Suriname, in South America) Dan - Bear Fighting, Ballet Jami – Environmental Education, summer camps, being a vegan Millena - Mass Communication major with a Political Communication and Journalism focus; university student affairs work including service-learning, orientation and career services
Corps Members Mickey McGlasson (R3)- BA in Architecture Hannah Wells (R3)- Student Conservation Association, BA in Environmental Science Ben Dillon (R3)- BA in Photojournalism, VISTA Lark Allen (R2) - City Year NYC Akaila Powell (R4) - Genocide and Human Trafficking studies Monique Cruz (R4) - Nurse’s Aid Rachel Gonzalez (R4) - NCCC Summer Youth Camp Sarah Repasky (B3) - WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), Hawaii Emily Tiffany (R4) - Nutrition and Food Safety major Mary Kerr (R4) - National Parks (Yellowstone) Rusty Graham (R4) - Retail management Melinda Long (M3) – AmeriCorps State and National, Caregiving 12
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Idaho wildfire roars through former uranium mine site By Laura Zuckerman | Reuters – Fri, Sep 21, 2012 SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A wildfire in east-central Idaho has burned through three former mining sites containing traces of radioactive thorium and uranium and was advancing a fourth such site on Thursday, but state officials said they believed the risk to human health was low. As a precaution, state environmental authorities planned to take air samples in North Fork, a small community in the fire zone north of Salmon, to assess any radioactive hazards posed by fire damage to the sites. One area of concern is a defunct uranium mine and milling operation 5 miles west of North Fork, where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a cleanup several years ago of polluted soil, hazardous wastes and piles of raw uranium and thorium ore. No decontamination of buildings at that site was ever performed, and at least one of those buildings burned in the fire, according to officials from the state Department of Environmental Quality. Authorities said they were unsure how recently the wildfire had encroached on those three mining sites. But the situation was brought to the attention of the Environmental Quality Department on Thursday, agency officials said. "This is new ground for us, but we are dealing with the issue at this time," said Erick Neher, a regional administrator of the department, adding that the risk of human exposure stems from the potential for radioactive material consumed by fire to be become airborne. "Because there is potential and because there has been concern amongst the citizens, we will be measuring radioactivity," he said. The air testing comes as the threat of property losses in communities near the so-called Mustang Complex fire has receded Cat named ‘Tuxedo Stan’ running for mayor of Hal- book page. And Stan seems to be connecting with potential ifax, Canada voters, with more than 55 percent of respondents in a recent CBC News online pollsaying they would consider votBy Eric Pfeiffer, Yahoo! News ing for him. – Thurs, Sep 20, 2012 The ambitious feline does face an uphill climb. For inHalifax, Canada, may no longer be stance, his nonhuman status prevents him from appearing a real city, but it's attracting inter- on official ballots. Nonetheless, Stan has caught the attennational headlines. That's because tion of his two-legged competition, including fellow mayora third-party candidate running al candidate Wayne Mason, who wrote on Twitter, "I'm just for mayor of the regional munici- glad I'm not running against Tuxedo Stan. He is everywhere pality has a lot going for him: He's these days." elegantly dressed, he has a clear platform and he's popular in the Win or lose, Stan's campaign manager, or what some would polls. Oh, and he's a cat. call his "owner," says he hopes the campaign will raise awareness about the importance of spaying and neutering "Tuxedo Stan," an adorable black-and-white cat, is head of cats. If Tuxedo Stan does somehow pull off the upset victohis own political party, "The Tuxedo Party," whose platform ry, he wouldn't be the only cat mayor out there. Stubbs the is to improve the general welfare of cats in the area, cat has been mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, for 12 years and "because neglect isn't working," according to the cat's Face- shows no signs of fading gently into the night. 14
Get to the Point Rutabaga 1 went to a NASCAR Race on Sunday, thanks to our sponsor for the free tickets! Shoutout to Moose 5 again for joining us for S’mores on Saturday night! We also love Britney Spears. Shoutout to all of our original teams! See you all soon!. To the STLs: You are all beautiful and doing a lovely job. Cant wait to see you again.
M4 Our new team description is 7 people riding around in a van cooking beans. Terrence and Dana we hope you are enjoying being across the river and Steve hope you are getting your fair share of fire.. you deserve it! J Raven 2 we hope you are enjoying the good old Newburgh. Tell everyone hello for us.
P4 Shout-out to Moose 5: I miss you all and can’t wait to hear all about the amazing work I’m sure you are doing!
R4 had an amazing time working alongside
B3 On Saturday 9/22/12, B3 has had tons of
Moose 1 and Phoenix 4 for Punkinfiddle festival this weekend! Our sponsor really needed the extra support and these teams stepped up to the plate. Thank you and we hope you’re enjoying your pumpkin souvenirs!
fun visiting the Ben&Jerry’s Ice Cream factory, Cabot Creamery, Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters factory!
The Sufi Surfers are in the Halloween spirits… upon moving to the fourth floor of the dorms, we have encountered some paranormal activity; opening doors, rolling bottles across the floor, items being rearranged and even a dark shadow beside our bed! Shout out to Moose 3 for the awesome team date on Sunday!
M5 wants to shout out to our friends on
M3 Schoharie wisdom: ―Work smart, not
Moose 1 is enjoying the cool fall weather
Moose 1 who worked with us earlier in the week. Dave, Cassie, and Tracy you guys did a great job carrying that giant log! Have fun out west fighting fires again Emily! Also shoot out to Justin fighting fires out west! And Jessie in Wells!
dumb.‖ And ―If you live by the ocean, you’re gonna get wet.‖
up in Maine and want to give a shout out to our host families of Moose 4, Moose 5, and Raven 3. We miss you guys!!!
R2 is nearing completion of its first house for siding!
B4 Shout out to Dan for working hard on composite and ―He keeps it one-hundred‖ – John To all of our missing members in action, keep up the great work you guys are doing on your various composite and fire teams. We miss you all and are looking forward to hearing all of the great stories when you return to us.
R1 Previously on The Days of our Lives: Maddi and Henry were attacked by the Rooster. The Team learned the art of caressing sweet potatoes and learned that showering is an expectation. Right Dad?
B2 We are experts at wearing tyvek suits and crawling underneath houses! Shout out to Chris and James, we miss you and hope that your projects are going well!
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Buffalo 1 Taft— Baltimore, MD
Phoenix 4 Jess— Wells, ME
Buffalo 2 Tomoyo— Bath, ME Buffalo 3 Tony— Berlin, VT Buffalo 4 Tiffany— Baltimore, MD
Rutabaga 1 Michael— Manchester, NH Dream Team Supreme Alix— Wilmington, DE Sufi Surfers Liz— New Lebanon, NY Super Six Tristan— Camden, NJ
Moose 1 Chandler—Portland, ME Moose 2 Megan— York, PA Moose 3 Jami— Schoharie, NY Moose 4 Casey— Philadelphia, PA Moose 5 Toby— Deerfield, NH
Raven 1 Keiper— Marion, MA Raven 2 Davey— Newburgh NY Raven 3 A.T.— Bridgeport, CT Raven 4 Millena—Wells, ME Raven 5 Dan— Brownsville, PA
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