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Monday, March 14, 2016
On Saturday, March 12, 2016 an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team, Maple 3 from the North Central Region arrived at YNDC to battle blight for the next 45 days.
The team is composed of young adults from throughout the country including: Rye Reeves, Demali Archie, Christian Jimenez, Luke Lauer, Ali Noor, Madisyn Ponn, Brandon Perez Rivera, Courtney Schramm, Erika Stocker, and Josh Tribbett. Maple 3 will complete multiple revitalization projects while they are in Youngstown including: vacant home clean out, vacant home clean ups and board ups, debris and trash clearance, and community workdays.
AmeriCorps NCCC is federal team-based national service program for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24. Corps Members, serve a full time, ten month term, working on projects to meet community needs in five main service areas: disaster services, energy conservation, environment, infrastructure improvement, and urban and rural development. More information can be found here. FIGHT BLIGHT.