Category: Stories of Service
Story of service submitted by WSC AmeriCorps member Carly Marshall, serving at Clark County Public Health “Why are you so tall?” a second grader runs up to ask me. This is a valid question, since I am quite tall and…
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Story of service submitted by WSC AmeriCorps member Caitlyn Baird, who just recently completed her 2017-18 term of service. Take a deep breath, feel your body relax, and begin to dance with your partner, the horse. These words echo…
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Story of service submitted by WSC AmeriCorps member Kathleen McKeegan, who just recently completed her 2017-18 term of service. My name is Kathleen McKeegan and I am an AmeriCorps Washington Service Corps member serving at NOAA’s Olympic Coast National…
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The gloom of the Pacific Northwest, although often portrayed with a whiff of romanticism, creates an assumption that its inhabitants can often emulate this gray way of living. Residing in Florida most of my life, I believed that a place…
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My name is Heather, and I’m a Washington Service Corps AmeriCorps member serving with the American Red Cross as a Volunteer Services Coordinator. More than 80% of individuals at American Red Cross are volunteers – individual citizens taking time out…
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Submitted by WSC AmeriCorps member Sara Seelmeyer, United Way of King County My name is Sara, and I’m an AmeriCorps member serving at United Way of King County through the Washington Service Corps. One in five children in King County are…
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Submitted by WSC AmeriCorps alum Madison Baril, who served with Federal Way Public Schools 2015-16. I want to start by saying that this year has meant so much to me. The connections I’ve made this year have been monumental in my…
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The starry flounder wouldn’t eat. Over the preceding week, I’d tried nearly everything. He turned up his nose at krill, herring, clams, shrimp, and geoduck. If he didn’t eat soon, I was going to have to release him back into…
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My name is Katherine Globerson and I am a Washington Service Corps Food Educator with Common Threads Farm in Bellingham. As part of my service, for the past six weeks we have been running an after-school cooking club program to…
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Submitted by Bryce Bateman in 2013, while serving with Federal Way Public Schools. Bryce is now serving as WSC’s AmeriCorps Leader, providing support to almost 600 WSC AmeriCorps members statewide. Before I began my position as an AmeriCorps tutor in…
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