Beginnings Part 1

The day after Christmas of 2009 I found out I had been accepted to AmeriCorps. I had applied to this program, April 1, the day before my 22 birthday. I had been waitlisted in June. I move to Maryland February 8. For something that has been a long time coming, everything has had to move pretty fast. In one month, my plans have changed dramatically. Graduate School applications have been deffered and put on hold. I have left three jobs. And it is all ok. As my good friend Katelyn says, "Everything happens for a reason." I am excited for these reasons, even though I do not know what they are yet.

I will be stationed in Maryland, but I will be on "spikes" the majority of the time I am in the program. Blog vocab #1 a "spike" is when I will be off the base on a project somewhere. For instance, I could be in in New York tutoring for 4 weeks or Georgia doing Habitat for Humanity like work for 5 weeks. When in Perry Point, Maryland I will be on a base and live in a resident hall setting. When I'm on a spike, I could be in a church basement, a hostel, or camping out in a tent. It is a government run program. I will receive a modest living stipend as well as room and board and food.

For more information on my program. AmeriCorps NCCC you can go to www.americorps.gov

And if your reading... Thanks!