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My AmeriCorps Member Lindsey Boss
This year I became a site supervisor, but because of one AmeriCorps [Community HealthCorps] member, most days I felt like there was little supervision I actually need to do. Her name is Lindsey Boss and her goal in life is to help others. She is hoping to become a PA, but not being accepted to any of her preferred schools at this time, didn’t stop her from following her dream of working with patients. |
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Community
AmeriCoprs has changed my life |
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Holiday Hope
This year of AmeriCorps has truly been a memorable part of my life and I am glad that I will be able to look back and say that I made a difference, which has been the biggest reward. |
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Alpaugh
The Alpaugh event motivated me to keep doing what I do, which is help people who are less fortunate. |
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Nothing Compares to Helping
The impact AmeriCorps members have in the communities they serve. |
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Hope for the Holidays
AmeriCorps help spread joy during the holidays |
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Stepping stone...
AmeriCorps gave me the start and really showed me that I definitely want to become a pediatrician |
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Getting the Job Done
AmeriCorps team helping a community in need |
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Lending a Helping Hand..,
Having had the opportunity to serve different communities as an AmeriCorps Volunteer has really helped me open my eyes to the needs of others and not just mine... |
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We can make a difference
Being an active AmeriCorps member and how it impacts our community. |
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Thank you to one of our AmeriCorps members
Jasmine Slaughter has been an AmeriCorps member for a couple of years at Family Health Center, and has been placed to assist our department with certain needs during this time. She has been a tremendous help while she has been with us and she has worked very well with all members in our department. |
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Getting back on track
I thought business instead of psychology was the best option for me, wrong! Community HealthCorps has given me an incredible journey that will be with me for the rest of my life. |
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Julie's AmeriCorps Experience
My Americorps experiance started in 2008, 3 years ago. I got to experience many different settings and types of responsabilities. I am very grateful. |
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Our Community
Living and serving in a new community, I found my way through service. The experience afforded to me by AmeriCorps was the catalyst for my integration into this amazing little city. |
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Encouraged by the work I have to...I need to...do
Even with 12-hour days, I leave work exhilarated, inspired by the resilience of the clients I meet. |
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AmeriCorps gave me a chance that many others did not
Before entering AmeriCorps I was debating whether I should stay in school or just get a job, but being in this service helped me see that I should go to school and get a career (which they encourage to the fullest). |
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New Journey
AmeriCorps? That is a program for those college kids who don’t know what they want to be when they grow up…right? Not so! |
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Learning Lessons While Teaching the Kids
Their interest in returning to work with me week to week gives me energy to provide them with all of the skills and knowledge that I can offer.
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I told him I wanted to volunteer in my community
I wanted to do something meaningful. I spoke with a friend who was a member of AmeriCorps at the time. I told him I wanted to volunteer in my community. |
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Healthier Living Feedback
It was great to hear how this patient was really into the class and how it has inspired him to take charge of his life. It comes to show how you cannot always tell the effect you have on people by what is on the outside. This showed me a really important lesson: to not always be discouraged by what seems to be negative feedback. Everyone is different and to not be quick to judge. |
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Paper Endings ... A One Act Play
A story of endings and beginnings, of reflections and awareness.... |
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National Children’s Dental Health Program
The HOTCHC Community HealthCorps Tooth Fairy visits students ages 4-6 in local schools to teach the importance of taking care of their teeth. Children receive their very own tooth brush and practice proper brushing techniques. The Tooth Fairy also instructs children about tooth-healthy snacks. |
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I Wish This Was a Job That Continued Past My 1 Year Commitment
My work at the clinic is a constant learning experience that continues to challenge, reward and inspire me. |
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Graffiti clean up with the 5-0
Worked together to rid the town of graffiti |
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MLK Day
Happy Trails and Foodlink |
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Helping out on MLK Day.
Showing the community we care. |
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The Anita Fund
Anita Fund food giveaway |
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Double Code Blue
Current and former San Francisco Community HealthCorps members save two people from overdosing on the street. |
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The Empress Hotel
An excellent reminder that people come from all walks of life, that life is messy and frequently takes us to places we never would have imagined, and that above all we should attempt to show compassion whenever possible. |
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It’s Not Where, But That We Serve
In some way or another, everyone has visions, skills and resources to offer. What could feel better than an opportunity to directly help others and build communities with our time and talents? |
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Coming Full Circle
A story about how the communities where we serve are really interconnected. |
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Healthy Roots Gardening Project
Our team has chosen to use our own plot of land in a community garden to learn about gardening and share our knowledge (and vegetables) with our community. |
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AmeriCorps Biligual UC Merced Grad
MERCED -- Enid Picart is a young woman about town. At only 22, she's a two-term Community HealthCorps member with a degree from UC Merced who works as a Spanish-language health interpreter, and is studying for medical school.
Above everything else she does though, she simply wants to help make Merced a better place.
"I've always just wanted to help people, and have a job that makes a difference," she said. |
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Volunteers Help Medical Centers Reach Out
Our Community HealthCorps volunteers are front page news! Read all about the volunteers at Open Door Family Medical Centers who work so hard to provide health education services complimenting the primary care we give to the community in today's Journal News story by Marcela Rojas. |
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One Venti Soy Chai Changed my HealthCorps Service
Nyack Homeless Project and Hudson River HealthCare team up during the Holiday Season in the Hudson Valley Region. |
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Peer Educators
I took the students in my Peer Education class to the William F. Ryan Center's teen clinic for their final project. |
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CNCS Listening Session
Why NACHC HealthCorp Is Important!! |
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Members Team up During AmeriCorps Week
Impacting community while making new friends with other Community HealthCorps Members during AmeriCorps Week. |
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Doing Great Things for A Park in Need!
Community HealthCorps Members taking their AmeriCorps Week project to a whole other level by adopting a park arbor in an underserved community. |
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Great Team Leader
I want to thank Baindu Coomber for being a fantastic Community HealthCorps [Program] Coordinator in Berkeley, CA. |
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HealthCorps Members at Manet Community Health Center Making a Difference!
"Making a difference" has become the watch word for two Community HealthCorps members located at Manet Community Health Center in Quincy Massachusetts. |
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2nd Year with Community HealthCorps
How Community HealthCorps has helped me to grow as a person. |
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Healthy Baby Girl!
NY Health Center Happy Ending! |
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HealthCorps Helps Me Gain Perspective
As an AmeriCorps member I have been involved with many wonderful health education and outreach projects throughout the year. Although each one has been important to me, perhaps the most inspiring and touching has been my work with medically uninsured patients. |
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Former HealthCorps Member, Still Doing Great Things for Community Health
Now a medical student at the University of Iowa, Lauren served in the Community HealthCorps from 2002-2003 at LifeLong Medical Care in Berkley, CA. She said that medical school was always part of her plan, but her year in HealthCorps sparked her interest in preventive medicine, community health centers, and the desire to provide direct care to medically underserved and marginalized populations. |
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Patient with Addiction Makes Strides
A helping hand for Mary - she wanted to go into treatment for her addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol. |
