NCCC Team Leader Spotlight - Sadie Stone

Team Leader Alumni Spotlight: Sadie Stone How did you find out about AmeriCorps NCCC? A friend of mine from college was a Corps Member out in Sacramento Class XIII & a Team Leader of Class XIV & told me all about the program. She encouraged me to look into it, & when I did, I was hooked! I applied that day & the rest is history.

What was the best part of your year? I’m way to indecisive to choose just one part of AmeriCorps as the best! When I was a Corps Member I was also on a fire composite team & after weeks of trail clearing in Maryland we finally got the call-up! We were sent of Maine to work with The Nature Conservancy to do some prescribed burning throughout Maine & New Hampshire. Being a part of such a close-knit team was incredible & the work was unlike anything I had ever done before.

As a Team Leader, my team had a lot of ups & downs, tough projects, tough situations-but they persevered through it all. Seeing them band together & grow closer throughout everything was incredible. They were each others biggest supporters & encouraged each other to be the best they could. Seeing them grow together the way they did was inspiring. Watching them walk across the stage at graduation is a moment I will never forget. I was so proud of them & will forever admire each & everyone of them.

What are you doing now? After finishing my Team Leader year I went on a 3 month backpacking trip through Europe with 2 other fellow Team Leaders. We travelled through 14 countries & 38 cities. Coming from an experience like NCCC & doing a whirlwind adventure through Europe was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done! Now I’m running a landscape crew to save some money so I can go to graduate school for a Master’s in Environmental Conservation; but luckily I was able to pay off all my college loans with my educational award!