By: AmeriCorps VISTA Leader, Helen Bisioulis I’ve been thinking a lot about superheroes lately, with “Black Panther” and the “Avengers: Infinity War” movies having come out in recent months and more superhero movies coming out this summer. Our American society has long been obsessed with … Continue reading AmeriCorps Superheroes
by Mariah Himes, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader at Volunteer Iowa Jesse Bolinger has spent the last 10 years living and working in Leon, so it was a perfect place for him to begin his service as an AmeriCorps VISTA member. During his pre-service orientation, Jesse … Continue reading A Day in the VISTA Life with Jesse Bolinger – National Service Member Spotlight
When I first began this internship, I knew I valued volunteerism and I knew I could write, so a blogging position with Volunteer Iowa seemed pretty fitting. My expectations were slight—with little specific direction from my supervisor, I basically had free range to write what … Continue reading Final Reflections from a Blogging Intern
Written by Carmen Finken, Sustainable Schools AmeriCorps Program Manager with the UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education The Land & Water Stewards AmeriCorps members are excited to be launching a brand new, locally-led, volunteer water monitoring program for Black Hawk County, primarily the Cedar … Continue reading Land & Water Stewards AmeriCorps members create new initiatives through partnerships in Eastern Iowa
Brittany Freeman of St. Louis, Missouri studies Law, Politics and Society and Anthropology-Sociology (with a minor in Spanish) at Drake University, but she’s even busier outside academia. When she was applying for colleges just over a year ago, she received an email from Drake about … Continue reading AmeriCorps Spotlight: Drake First-Year Student Brittany Freeman
Written by Andrew Fiamengo, volunteer intern through Drake University’s Writing Internship Program I was brought onto Volunteer Iowa’s team as part of an internship program for Drake University to be the organization’s Service Enterprise Writing Intern. My job was to write case studies for Volunteer … Continue reading My Volunteer Iowa Experience
On Tuesday, April 17, Volunteer Iowa inducted Pam Wolter—hailing from Denver, Iowa—into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame for her efforts towards improving her local community. The root of Wolter’s service influence is impossible to pin down. As a self-starter, she basically looks for areas … Continue reading Hall of Fame Honoree: Pam Wolter
