Round One Beginnings
It's been a while since my last post, and that's honestly because I completely forgot about my blog! My team has been very busy settling...
"...I'm going back to Kansas City"
I’m sitting here smiling while typing because I got to see my sister and grandpa last night and tonight I get to see my cousin. Yep, I’m...
The ups and downs of Vicksburg
This post comes a little overdue, as I have finally had a few minutes to sit down and reflect on the past couple of weeks. While in...
A month for the books
Incredibly, it's already been a month since FEMA Corps Class 21B first arrived in Denver. We've received countless trainings and we've...
Vicksburg-bound
At 8 this morning, the whole FEMA Corps Denver campus (24 vans) departed for Vicksburg, Mississippi to attend FEMA Corps Academy, where...
Prep for FEMA Corps Academy
In just a few days, all Corps Members of the Denver campus will be driving to Vicksburg, Mississippi for FEMA Corps Academy where we will...
This week’s recap: snow days. Bowling. Karaoke. Movies. Swing dance lessons.
Of course that’s not all we’ve done this week. We’ve still been busy with training and planning everyday, but we’ve had some much-needed...
Packing 101
One of the hot topics on the FEMA Corps campus is how everyone was able to pack 10 months of stuff with no idea of where they'd be going....
First Assignments
On 2/19, we were assigned to our permanent FEMA Corps teams—the ones we will be spending the next 9 months with. There are nine people on...
That's a wrap! Week one
Over one hundred friendly, like-minded, serving young people have settled on-site in Denver and completed one week of AmeriCorps FEMA...