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Please complete all required fields. Forgot your Password? Login Help. If you use assistive technology and need assistance accessing the My AmeriCorps Portal please contact the National Service Hotline at Other browsers have been shown to cause issues for users. She works with parents and the transportation company to organize transportation for the Preschool Program. In this department, she contacts families with newborns in Tioga County to assess their needs and inform them of community resources.

I ultimately hope to become a nurse practitioner and have an active role in community health or health care research. I feel very fortunate to have gained experience serving with my colleagues at the TCHD, who are very passionate about improving community health and services in this region.

This has also been a great way to spend a year off from school. Focus of Service: Chelsea works with the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition using a multi-faced, interdisciplinary focus to improve health outcomes on the North Side of Binghamton. This is accomplished through engaging residents, nonprofits and businesses on the North Side of Binghamton to work with the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition in addressing impediments to healthy living such as food access, nutrition, physical activity and other supportive services.

Human Development, B. I hope to continue working to improve the health of individuals and communities, building on the knowledge I gained from this experience. I wanted to gain meaningful, first-hand experience in this area before graduate school. So far, this has proven to be a very wise decision! I hope that the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition continues to be active and thrive in this community after my service has ended.

I hope to lay the groundwork for positive changes during my time in this AmeriCorps position. My dream is to see all that I am doing being taken on by some inspired and ambitious residents, so that healthy living can become a way of life in this community, rather than a goal. A major focus of her work with OFA has been developing nutrition education classes to present at the nine senior centers in the county.

Throughout her service, Jessica has also helped with Binghamton Meals on Wheels. On a monthly basis, she writes and edits the Meals on Wheels Gazette, which is a wellness newsletter for homebound older adults.

Additionally, Jessica teaches a weekly Chair Dance exercise class at two senior centers. As an AmeriCorps member at the Office for Aging, I hope to provide older adults with information and programs that promote healthy aging. Throughout my AmeriCorps service, I have had the opportunity to interact with many different groups of people in the community, and I have gained skills that I know will be beneficial in my future endeavors.

Charles will be providing organizational support to the Walton Community Garden, coordinating the installation of a new community garden in Delhi, and managing a quarter-acre food pantry donation garden at Delaware Opportunities in Hamden. In addition, he will be playing a central role in Harvest Days, a program that leverages volunteer labor to process local farm and garden produce for donation to regional food pantries.

It is an honor to be able to serve Farm Catskills. Focus of Service: As Education Coordinator of the Food and Health Network, Erin facilitates educational events and outreach activities that explore the complexities of our regional food system, and how it can be improved.

Much of her education work is guided by the regional food system assessment, and focuses on four key areas: Healthy Environments, Healthy People, Economic Vitality, and Farm to Consumer Connections. Some of her work includes coordinating monthly education and networking meetings, conducting a Community Garden and Urban Ag.

Inventory, National Food Day, and more! Erin continues the tradition of hard work, creativity and commitment that characterizes RHSC Members working with food systems and food security. The Food and Health Network includes a diverse range of stakeholders, and working with them is a continual learning and skill building opportunity that has also made me aware of a number of career paths.

My RHSC service has been the perfect next step to combine the knowledge, skills, and social justice perspective cultivated in college with my agricultural experience. Ramp It Up teams with youth groups in the area to plan and build wheelchair ramps for elderly and disabled residents of Broome County.

Joe coordinates the builds with youth group leaders and helps design, prepare, and execute the construction of the ramps. After spending the summer working with Ramp It Up, Joe looks forward to future collaborations with the Broome County Council of Churches as he continues pursuing a degree in Financial Economics and Binghamton University.

He works well with clients and volunteers and has a wonderful grasp of all of the tasks of our work. He is able to draw plans and apply for building permits and keep teams occupied while they are on a worksite. Working with AmeriCorps has reinforced my passion for public service, and that is something that I feel I am destined for in the future. From learning how to interact in an office space to mastering basic carpentry techniques, I was presented with many unique experiences while working as an AmeriCorps member.

She coordinates Tioga Agricultural Literacy Week, when volunteer readers visit 1st through 3rd grade classrooms throughout the county to read students a book about agriculture, and help students understand where their food comes from. Another major focus of her service is the Digging Into Health project part of the Tioga County Healthy Communities Partnership which will bring additional education on edible gardening and nutrition to several 2nd grade classrooms in the county.

Other programs and projects Rebecca assists with include the Master Gardener Program, community and school gardens, adult gardening classes, local farmers markets, and Taste of Tioga. Her professional experience and personal interests in gardening and local farms will be highly valued in our agriculture and gardening programs and will help us in our efforts at Cornell Cooperative Extension to support healthy lifestyle choices and help people improve the quality of life in their communities.

Educational Background: Educational Background: B. I also believe strong local agriculture is an essential piece of our regional economy. I am proud to be working with an organization committed to creating and sustaining connections with our food, our land, and our farmers and gardeners. She helps run a Stay Healthy Kids Club, where children in the 95th percentile and above are referred to the program by their primary care physician. In this week program, kids are taught about nutrition, reducing their screen time, and how to stay active.

She sends flyers and recipe cards to those who have already completed the program. These flyers have advice or tips on how to continue with the changes the families have already begun to make. Through this program, she goes into schools to educate children on healthy living, focusing mostly on proper nutrition, reduced screen time, and increased activity.

Additionally, Nalini is involved with setting up activities in the community for National Turn-off Week. This week is about getting children out of their houses and exploring activities available in the community. She talks to local businesses and activity centers to set up discounts for the week and send out flyers.

She works on a number of grants that come through the office, for instance, the CATCH grant, which features CATCH curriculum and equipment that focuses on increased physical activity and proper nutrition. She also works to enhance existing after-school programs with CATCH material, which involves training on-site staff and getting material to the sites so that staff members can utilize it. As a Stay Health Kids Associate, Nalini attends a variety of community initiative meetings, forming connections with those in the community who try to help one another working towards the same goals.

Medical hotspots are areas where many individuals tend to go to the hospital multiple times a year. I want to implement models similar to those I have seen or heard about both abroad and within the United States.

This position is helping me understand what that means and the role hospital systems and local physicians have to play in the community. I hope to take away the skills I need to serve these kinds of communities in the future. I joined Rural Health Service Corps to learn about rural areas in New York and the local demographics because I plan on practicing medicine in some capacity in rural New York.

I also wanted to take a break between undergraduate education and medical school, but wanted to make an impact on others and introduce people to other lifestyles that would keep them in good health. I also wanted to start correcting the personal health discrepancy that exists in many of these areas. Focus of Service: Ella is helping to bring transportation providers together with human service agencies and riders. Her mission is to increase coordination, maximize budget potential, and ultimately, to improve service for residents of Broome and Tioga counties, especially for the elderly and disabled.

She currently helps to run a call center, to answer questions about transportation and to provide travel planning. She will also provide travel training to seniors and other groups.

In addition, she is working to update a search-able transportation directory and website, and to promote the free online ride-share matching service, Broome-Tioga Greenride. I am helping organizations to coordinate their services, in order to meet the mobility needs of local people, save money, and increase sustainability.

Focus of Service: Kaitlyn assists the Patient and Family Services department in the delivery of survivor related programming throughout a 10 county area of the Southern Tier of New York.

This program is a two-hour workshop that teaches women who are undergoing treatment how to deal with the appearance-altering effects of cancer treatment. She also assists in other programs, such as the Wig Program and Man to Man. Kaitlyn also visits the Broome Oncology Centers once or twice a week. She helps to direct patients who are receiving treatment to the helpful resources and programs that American Cancer Society has to offer.

She assists the staff in the regional office with the Wig Room; a space where patients can come to and receive free wigs, scarves, turbans, and cancer-related information. She also assists the staff in volunteer trainings, as well as recruitment for ACS volunteer opportunities. She hopes to have a career where she can assist those who are struggling with both physical and mental ailments.

I am so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to work in an environment that is focused on helping members of our community. After college, I knew that I wanted to do something that was meaningful and enjoyable, and it is exactly what I am doing now.

I know that everything that I am learning now will be useful in my future career. Hayley will also be assisting with the Healthy Communities — Northern Broome Partnership, a similar community task force focused on Northern Broome County, beginning in early As a Health Promotion Associate, she attends a variety of other community meetings in order to help build collaboration between organizations with similar goals. Hayley writes and edits the quarterly Simply Health newsletter, a healthy lifestyle periodical distributed to partners, board members, and past participants in the Simply Health program.

She will be helping to coordinate a series of Simply Health classes, teaching community members about basic nutrition and physical activity changes that can prevent chronic disease such as diabetes and heart disease.

She hopes to use her skills by writing and working in a communications department. I am learning a great deal about the rural areas of our community, and I hope that my work with RHSC will help create change, allowing residents to be healthier and happier.

Focus of Service: Glynis is working on a state-wide initiative to increase volunteerism in New York. The Regional Volunteer Center of the Southern Tier is a web-based platform that provides a centralized listing of volunteer opportunities with local non-profit agencies.

Glynis meets with non-profit organizations in an effort to create strong volunteer programs specific to their needs. Where ever one finds it, feeling a sense of belonging and responsibility feeds our core human needs, encouraging individual and collective growth.

AmeriCorps gives me the opportunity to study the environment that surrounds me, the people who populate it, and discover how I can contribute. Focus of Service: Jerry works alongside the volunteer staff at the Garabed Fattal Community Free Clinic in Binghamton to help the uninsured of his community get the health care they need.

Specifically, Jerry helps patients receive costly medications directly from pharmaceutical companies. This insures consistent treatment for patients with chronic illnesses. Jerry believes that the strongest community is the one which meets the needs of its least privileged members. Through his AmeriCorps service, he seeks justice by attempting to meet a portion of those needs.

She brings great energy to all of her work which is inspiring to all of the youth and community members who work with us. I hope to accomplish an abundant growing season for the urban farm, sucessfully complete our youth program and develop our volunteer base.

The desire to continue my work with food and to be involved in the efforts to build a stronger regional food system really pulled me in to serve with Americorps again. It has been very enriching to learn about all the different initiatives that are happening in our eight county region. Being part of a holistic systems oriented network such as FaHN gives me a perspective on food systems that I have not had and will use in my future food work.

She works very hard at helping people in our rural community to access financial assistance for various healthcare needs, such as prescription medications and vision services. She is someone who always goes the extra mile. She frequently spends hours researching how to help a consumer with a particularly difficult problem. And she almost always comes up with a good answer for them!

Oh, and she really likes ice cream, too! I have gained a better sense of who I am and what I am doing with the rest of my life. The people I have been working with for the last year are amazing and do so much for the rural communities. I love working rural EMS — it is a part of who I am. I am the middle child of three girls. However, I was discharged and returned home after boot camp for medical reasons. I started my career in with the fire department at Nanticoke.

I left the fire departments and focused on the EMS path as a volunteer at Maine. At that point, I worked paid per diem at Maine and continued to volunteer. It seems that a commitment to emergency response was in my blood! In addition to the above, I became chief of Maine Emergency Squad and served on the board of directors.

I love going to work every day where I know I make a difference. My husband, Chuck, and I have 4 children. We own a home and three acres of land in the country, in the town of Nanticoke. I know this is what I was meant to do. This class educates people on ways they can prevent heart disease. Cara joined Rural Health Service Corps because she wanted to gain more work experience and take a break from school to think about what to pursue her Masters Degree in.

She is bright, competent and charming. She puts her personal touch on everything she does and has brought a fresh new look to the Simply Health Newsletter. She has a strong work ethic that will take her far in life.

I am very happy to have this opportunity to work with her. I hope to pursue my Masters Degree in Public Administration to be able to learn how to write grants. I love playing my piano and singing, so if none of the above works I will write jingles for a radio station. I am a very creative thinker and I hope to improve the design aspect of any projects that I will be given.

Hailing from Ithaca, she currently lives in a community rife with local food pride and community-food-strengthening efforts. As coordinator of the Food and Health Network, Rose facilitates communication and collaboration among the partner organizations of the network. In addition to her daily responsibilities as a coordinator, she is involved with the development of a regional food system assessment and is supporting the implementation of agriculture-friendly zoning in the City of Binghamton.

Rose is serving a second term of service as the Food and Health Network Coordinator. Background: B. The value of this work is exemplified by all of those who allow time outside of their primary jobs or sacrifice free time to attend meetings and participate in Food and Health Network projects.

Focus of Service: Carly will be working with members of the Lisle Community Garden and Whitney Point Preschool to organize and conduct an edible-gardening and wellness education program. She hopes to increase positive attitudes toward eating fruits and vegetables and allow youth to be involved in all aspects of the growing process. At the end of the program the children will then prepare and eat a meal from the food grown.

I am fortunate to have met some wonderful people so far and look forward to the rest of the experience! Each of these components will ultimately assist in increasing the amount of healthy food available to those in need within Broome County.

What could be better than working for an organization that is growing healthy produce, recovering leftover food, and serving it free of charge to those in need?

The goal is to teach them how to live sustainably; in doing this they can reduce their impact on the earth, experience self-empowerment and make positive changes in their lives.

Skills and confidence in your ability to succeed against all odds are desirable traits that everyone should have. I hope to work with renewable resources such as wind and solar power or become involved with bio-medical research and development.

I have a deep love for understanding and improving the world of healthcare as well as protecting and preserving the environment. I am full of innovative ideas for devices that will improve the quality of life for many individuals and I cannot wait to implement them. Focus of Service: Victoria answers calls from individuals needing assistance with transportation. This involves trip planning, as well as travel training.

Mobility and Transportation Advocates also give presentations to groups informing the audience and participants of their service. The call center has been in operation a little over a year and the importance of it has proved to be invaluable to the community.

It is the intention of the Mobility Management of South Central New York program to serve those with disabilities, senior citizens, those needing to get to work and to reduce the carbon footprint on our environment with Broome-Tioga Greenride a carpooling internet connection. They assist those not accustomed to public transportation by providing travel training. Victoria will ride the buses with those insecure and nervous about the sometimes complex transportation system. They will not abandon their travelers until they are completely confident in their travels.

She is great interacting with people, on the phone, and in her role as a travel instructor. She demonstrates impressive patience, understanding, and empathy for people and their situations, which speaks to what is probably her greatest attribute; she puts people first. I work on the notion of the stranger and all that that entails created by the philosophy of colonialism. I have lived all over the world while growing up since my father was an engineer for Army Corp of Engineers.

Travel and service has been an ongoing theme of my life. I am a cosmopolitan, that is, a person with a sort of world as home mentality.

I have had a desire to work in government service since my discovery of first the Peace Corps, then VISTA, and Americorp have lived in the community for ten years. I have not only gone to school here but I have also worked here. I really think Binghamton and the surrounding counties benefit from mobility management, and the Rural Health Service Corps.

It is my intention to work in community service no matter what else I am doing and Mobility Management has given me this opportunity. I sense the desperation of those needing health services, transportation to work, or simply to get out of isolation. I enjoy the service I do every day. She lives in Endwell, a quick twenty minute drive from the station.

The rest of the story is still unfolding. She plans to apply to medical school in a little over a year. In the meantime, her service with MESI will focus largely on call coverage, community outreach and capacity building.

Taking the EMT-Basic course in the summer of offered Shannon the opportunity to meet some people from MESI, who promptly convinced her to begin volunteering with their squad as well. She feels lucky that they were so convincing, because she finds them to be nothing but caring, supportive, and a joy to work with. Specifically: Began service by examining previous nutrition education programs implemented by OFA in order to develop a more effective and engaging means of health promotion, thus creating Living Life a 4-week nutrition series with the broad goals of encouraging clients to stay active, eat healthy and be happy.

After completion of this program, will be putting together Living Life Healthy Recipe Book: a compilation of recipes submitted by clients of the program; will be printed and sent to all participants of the program.

Additionally write and edit Meals on Wheels Gazette, a monthly healthy living newsletter for the homebound clients of Meals on Wheels. I have found Aaisha to be very creative and self motivated. Under the guidance of our Registered Dietitian, Aaisha has developed a new wellness program called Living Life Aaisha researched the curriculum, designed the class content, and is the lead presenter. This program is being presented at each of our 10 senior centers throughout this year.

We will likely use the curriculum for future nutrition education programs in the coming years. Besides Living Life , Aaisha has helped the agency promote better health and wellness in many ways. She recruited volunteers to help pack emergency meals for Meals on Wheels clients, has worked at some of our centers facilitating other programs, and has written several articles for our monthly newsletters.

I can truly say, in just a few months working at the Office for Aging, that Aaisha has made lasting and significant contributions to the wellness of the senior population in this community. Oz as a source of nutrition information has been fun and extremely enriching.

I hope to use this experience to learn more about the challenges underprivileged individuals face in staying healthy, addressing these challenges and focus on creating models for preventing and managing chronic disease.

The strategy includes continued contact to build trust, define barriers through focus groups and assessment and track and record family information and engagement communications.

I then work with recruited families to promote sustainability; guide the development of programs and education to recruit and help other families. Prior to this I worked as a software engineer for many years after receiving a Masters in Computer Science.

Focus of Service: Liz helps promote local food and agriculture through a variety of educational workshops and programs designed to increase nutritional knowledge and gardening skills. In March, Liz coordinates Agricultural Literacy Week in Tioga, which pairs volunteers with local second grade classrooms to read agriculture-themed books.

She understands the value in our work to promote healthy lifestyles through vegetable gardening and supporting local agriculture. Liz is a wonderful partner for Cooperative Extension to further our mission of improving communities through education and empowering individuals to make healthy lifestyle choices.

I also hope to share the joy and excitement I have for gardening with others, and give them the tools they need to begin or expand their gardening activities. Focus of Service: As the only AmeriCorps member at the health department, Vishesha is responsible to complete various tasks by multiple departments. When needed, she attends meetings for children with special health care needs as a Tioga County Representative. Additionally, she actively works with the Health Educators in the community by doing outreach at various schools and events, informing the public about the various opportunities and resources available through the health department.

Working at a health department allowed me to see the things that happen behind the scenes on a macro level rather than experiencing direct patient care. Find out more. Opportunity Put your values into action. Serve with AmeriCorps. WhatsAtYourCore Apply now.

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