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Making habitat structures |
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There ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues
Their motto is “getting things done!”; it couldn’t be more true. Five
days a week the AmeriCorps team, Blue 1, shows up to the PCEI office
with smiles on their faces ready to work. The team members have worked
on a total of four service projects since September 2001 and they remain
cheerful for their last project or “spike” with PCEI. In Virginia City,
Nevada they restored a historic opera house, in St. George, Utah they
got buff building trails and in Sacramento they made a difference
tutoring and mentoring at the Boys and Girls Club. |
The team shown with PCEI staff |
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Blue 1 times 8
The eight members of Blue 1 are ages 18-24 and come from a variety of
backgrounds; some are recent high school graduates, others are college
graduates, still others have spent time working or traveling since high
school. Why did they decide to join AmeriCorps? Jakita Allen, a
"military brat," most recently from Florida, wanted to experience rural
America, she aimed to get a “better idea of what goes on throughout the
U.S, while helping people.” Regan Wade echoed this call to service;
“helping out other people teaches me to be a better person.” Nadine
Pagerie, a recent graduate of the University of Rhode Island foresaw
AmeriCorps as a way to “narrow her focus and define her interests”. |
Moving wetland plants |
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Multi-tasking
The team arrived in Moscow on May 24th and were with us until July 24th.
Under the hands of AmeriCorps, 4,160 native trees and shrubs were
planted in our watershed during May and June. Past restoration
projects also received much needed weeding, watering and blue tube
(tree protector) maintenance from the team. Beginning in July the team
worked on the Paradise Creek "remeander" and habitat restoration project
near the intersection of Mountain View Road and White Avenue. |
Helping kids at the Virgil Phillips Farm |
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Teach the children well
The team primarily worked with PCEI’s Watersheds program but has also
been of great assistance at the Moscow Community Garden and with the
Environmental Education’s summer series at Virgil Phillips Farm. We
sincerely appreciate the hard work and great attitudes of the
Americorps team-thank you, Blue 1! |
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