Meet Jessie! I love it when you call me Little Jay. I only drink tea if it’s grade A. I’m from Wayne, “Dirty” Jersey and couldn’t be more proud. You can take the lady out of Jersey, But you can’t take the Jersey out of the lady. Jessie Con40 is the illest. Some passion, some…
Meet Ryan! “Hey there, my name’s Ryan Torngren. I’m from the City of Trees, aka Sacramento, CA. This is actually my second year of AmeriCorps. I joined up again to gain more experience and to finalize my goals in life. My plan after AmeriCorps is to go back to school. I’ll be working towards a career in child development, as…
Meet Carinne! Carinne is from The Colony; a suburb of Dallas, Tx. “Looking back, a particular experience got me “hooked” on AmeriCorps. One summer, I volunteered in Joplin, MO to help clear debris after a devastating tornado. An AmeriCorps NCCC team coordinated us volunteers and worked along side us in the field. This was such…
Meet Tony! “I am from Minneapolis, MN and pretty stoked to be living in California right now. I found AmeriCorps NCCC through various friends and workmates who had all related enjoyable experiences and great travel opportunities. I joined the program in order to volunteer in communities while appeasing a wanderlust and desire to see more…
Saturday night, these fabulous female farmers of Mendocino County entered the Sip Some Soup competition! Sip Some Soup is the major annual fundraiser for Willits Daily Bread, which offers a hot dinner Monday through Thursday at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall. What happens at this unique Willits fundraising event is that attendees sample each soup in the…
Welcome! After an extremely busy year of planning and development of the Grange Farm School in 2014, we are so excited to finally be ready to accept 10 students for the first 3-month term of our Practicum Student Program! Beginning in June 2015 we will be taking on 10 students with the desire to learn…
