My brain feels like scrambled eggs a lot of the time here. If I don’t write something down, there’s a 99% chance I’ll completely forget about it. Consequently, I keep having great ideas about what to write about on this blog and am unable to follow through because I can’t remember what I thought was […]
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We got paid this morning! And they fixed my AC so now it’s not quite 10004789223 degrees in my room all the time anymore! Red Cross First Aid and etc. training over the weekend! On Tuesday we went as a group of 35 to the Historical Rose Garden in the Sacramento Cemetery to do a […]
This is the first time our team has drawn duty on a Thursday, and now I have to say we have been real lucky so far. Duty means your team clocks on at 7:30pm and cleans the dorms and common areas. In the past, it took our team maybe a half hour to get everything […]
o1. What amazing, amazing friends and family I have! This morning I received not one, not two but THREE letters in the weekly mail call. Everyone is always totes jealous of me in this regard. I will definitely be replying but Saturday at the latest because as it turns out, the Ranch is going to […]
**Internet access was fabulous on the first day, but then it was nonexistent. I’ve just managed to snag a signal so I’m uploading this post from yesterday (without photos – no time to upload!)** Today was our first full day of CTI (Corps Training Institute). The meals for the first few days on campus have […]
The Corporation for National and Community Service has a new, pretty sweet interactive map graphic on volunteerism in the United States. You can view data for the whole nation, for a specific region or state, a specific city, or by age group. I’ve been playing around with it all morning. The West by region has […]
Alright. So, the House Republicans voted to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service and the $1.4 billion in federal funds it would provide to programs that encourage Americans to serve in their communities and around the nation. The top of the list affected program is AmeriCorps, but the trickle down from cutting AmeriCorps […]
let us cross over the river, 