2011 Annual Report
Dear friends, In many ways, 2011 was one of our most challenging years and one of our most rewarding. Even as demand for our programs continues to greatly exceed our capacity, and the unemployment rate for young people is double overall national rates, our state and federal funding was drastically reduced. Yet we diversified funding, expanded programs and increased opportunities for young people to meet our mission of restoring resources and changing lives. This report highlights our progress in achieving our mission. This year, we enrolled more than 500 youth and young adults in our programs, up from 400 last year. Our young adult AmeriCorps members served in a variety of programs. Field Crews were busy with emergency response work – leading volunteers in Joplin, Mo. tornado cleanup and Pagami Creek fire suppression, among other events – and accomplished impressive amounts of natural resource conservation and restoration work. Seasonal Trail Crews completed more Superior National Forest trail work than in the previous two years combined. Our Conservation Apprenticeship Academy enjoyed a successful first year, thanks in part to a generous donor who stepped up to support us during the three-week state shutdown. Natural resource professionals mentored 30 AmeriCorps members as apprentices in Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts. In other programs, AmeriCorps members served in Home Energy Squads, in single placement positions and as youth leaders.
Mission & Initiatives
The shutdown impacted a number of our programs including Summer Youth Corps, which was evicted from its base camp in St. Croix State Park and scrambled to rearrange project schedules. In the end, corps members only lost one week of program time and, fortunately, were not in the park when a devastating storm blew through. Our Youth Outdoors program was not affected by the shutdown. In 2011, it expanded from Saint Paul to Minneapolis, engaging even more diverse urban youth in education and servicelearning activities. I am very proud of our staff and partners who were upbeat and flexible in managing the many implications of the shutdown and the realities of funding cuts. As we look ahead to the challenges of further cuts to our funding and what looks like continuing high unemployment rates for young people, we especially appreciate your support and ongoing advocacy of our work. Please continue with us in our journey to restore resources and change lives.
Len Price, Executive Director
Conservation Corps provides hands-on environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults while accomplishing conservation, natural resource management and emergency response work. Our goals are to help young people from diverse backgrounds become more connected to the environment, engaged in conservation, involved in community leadership and prepared for future employment. We embrace our motto: Resources Restored. Lives Changed.
Restoring resources.
Changing lives.
Our programs offer young people hands-on, service-learning activities that protect and enhance natural resources, including:
Conservation Corps provides more than 500 young people with personal development, technical and work-skills training and environmental science education, including:
Native habitat restoration: removing invasive species, conducting prescribed burns and planting native species, on public lands. Outdoor access improvement: building and maintaining trails, boardwalks, steps, campsites, park facilities and other structures that improve public access to outdoor recreation. Water quality improvement: stabilizing shorelines and streambanks, installing rain gardens and monitoring water quality. Energy conservation: installing energy-saving measures in homes, assisting with solar furnace installations in low-income homes and providing community outreach and education.
Personal development: team dynamics, outdoor living, leave no trace ethics, hard work and perseverence. Skills training for young adults: hands-on training in habitat restoration, energy conservation, leadership and communication; certifications in wildfire suppression, chainsaw safety and first aid. Youth educational and training: science, technology, job-search skills and civic engagement for more than 20 percent of program time. Tool use, trail building and natural resource management during other program time.
Programs AmeriCorps (ages 18-25)
Youth (ages 15-18)
Our AmeriCorps positions give young adults opportunities for meaningful work in conserving energy, managing natural resources, responding to disasters and leading volunteers. Corps members receive a living allowance, health insurance and an education award.
Youth are led by AmeriCorps young adult members and offered opportunities to connect with the natural world through hands-on conservation and neighborhood beautification, job and leadership skills training, environmental science education and recreation.
Field Crews based throughout Minnesota and central Iowa engage in natural resource and emergency response work from February to December.
Summer Youth Corps unplugs teenagers from modern intrusions during the summer as they accomplish natural resource projects working and living outdoors.
Seasonal Trail Crews in the Superior National Forest spike camp during the summer, improving backcountry trails.
Youth Outdoors engages Saint Paul and Minneapolis teens from low-income homes in educational and service-learning activities afterschool and on Saturdays during fall and spring school semesters and a summer session.
Home Energy Squads work year-round installing energy-saving measures in Twin Cities homes. Conservation Apprentices serve alongside natural resource professionals in Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Individual Placements serve directly in nonprofit or government agencies on conservation-related projects. Youth Leaders lead teens in outdoor service-learning in two programs: Summer Youth Corps and Youth Outdoors.
The work projects help promote the message of taking care of the earth and the feeling that people can come together to make a difference.” — Tyler Redden, 2011 Summer Youth Corps
Real Results
Conservation Corps changes young people’s lives and prepares them for successful careers.
After serving in 2011, youth reported*… 96% can better work on teams 97% have a stronger work ethic 98% can better use hand tools 95% better understand how citizens impact community 90% have more self confidence 93% improved their communication skills 93% are more confident in their leadership abilities 92% feel better prepared for their next job 93% will continue to volunteer and serve their community
After serving in 2011, young adults reported*… 83% are more knowledgeable about environmental threats 87% have better communication skills 86% have a stronger sense of personal responsibility 88% can better work on teams 83% gained self-confidence 80% have a stronger work ethic 96% gained or improved technical skills 98% are proud of the work their crew accomplished 92% are registered to vote
*Results from 144 youth participants who responded to a post-service survey after the 2011 Summer Youth Corps and Youth Outdoors programs.
*Results from 191 young adult participants who responded to a post-service survey after 2011 field crew programs.
AmeriCorps Programs
When asked what she wanted for Christmas, our granddaughter asked that we donate to Conservation Corps Minnesota. She worked there for three summers and enjoyed every minute.” — Les and Maxine Miller
Natural disaster response
Trail building & maintenance
Crews from Iowa and Minnesota were deployed to Joplin, Mo. for emergency response work following the devastating May 22 tornado. Corps members worked 14-hour days, many taking lead roles in coordinating the work of up to 2,000 volunteers citywide. Work involved search and rescue, volunteer intake, staffing a disaster response call center and helping disaster victims secure Electronic Benefit Transfer support from the city. Crews worked alongside other AmeriCorps teams, including National Civilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps St. Louis, Washington Conservation Corps and Hoopa Tribal Civilian Community Corps.
On Pincushion Mountain off the Gunflint Trail by Grand Marais, a seasonal trail crew built more than 100 feet of boardwalk for a new mountain bike trail. The project was a partnership between the Boy Scouts of America’s adult honor society, Order of the Arrow, and U.S. Forest Service. Seasonal crews work for Superior National Forest, funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.
Field Crews
Home Energy Squads
Nonresidential field crews, based throughout Minnesota and Iowa, serve 8 to 11 month terms restoring native habitats, improving public access to outdoor recreation and responding to natural disasters. In 2011, 186 corps members worked in five- to six-member crews removing invasive species, conducting prescribed burns, planting native species, improving trails, suppressing wildfires and mapping natural areas. Members received extensive training in tool and equipment use, prescribed burning, wildland fire fighting, First Aid/ CPR, defensive driving, leadership and communication.
Corps members work year-round to save energy in Twin Cities homes. In 2011, teams of two AmeriCorps members and a Neighborhood Energy Connection specialist installed energy-efficiency measures such as low-flow shower heads, programmable thermostats, CFL light bulbs, power strips for entertainment centers, kitchen-sink aerators, door weather stripping and water heater blankets in 4,026 homes.
Seasonal Trail Crews Summer corps members improve and maintain trails in the Superior National Forest while spike camping for eight-day stretches. In 2011, 48 corps members completed more technical work than in the previous two years combined. In total, they cleared 122 miles of trail, constructed and maintained 7,671 feet of tread, and installed 3,000 feet of boardwalk, 157 steps, 65 drainage features and seven bridges.
Individual Placements In 2011, 11 corps members served in Minnesota nonprofit or government agencies on conservation-related projects such as outreach, water recreation, GIS and solar technologies, or as interpreters at the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids, Minn.
Conservation Apprentices In its inaugural year, the Conservation Apprenticeship Academy placed 30 AmeriCorps members in Soil and Water Conservation Districts throughout Minnesota. Corps members were mentored by natural resource professionals and received hands-on experience in tree planting, water quality monitoring, GPS/GIS mapping and other conservation services.
Youth Leaders Corps members lead crews in our two youth programs, Summer Youth Corps and Youth Outdoors. Crews in both programs include six youth led by two AmeriCorps young adult leaders. Leaders are responsible for managing service projects, facilitating environmental education, fostering teamwork and supervising youth during and after the workday. In 2011, 39 corps members served as youth leaders.
Interpreting history
Wildland fire response & prescribed burning
This summer’s Forest History Center crew served as tour guides, interpreters and teachers for approximately 12,000 visitors to the center near Grand Rapids, Minn. Crew members led tours of the logging camp, manned the fire tower, played the roles of CCC-era corps members and taught forest ecology lessons to visiting children.
In August 2011, the Pagami Creek fire burned nearly 100,000 acres of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeast Minnesota. Field crews joined more than 1,000 responders, including personnel from the Minnesota DNR, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and wildfire Hot Shot crews from across the country. Crews worked two-week stints of 16-hour days and were designated “the Unsung Heroes of Camp.” Besides suppressing fires, corps members conducted prescribed burns on over 13,000 acres to restore natural habitats.
Youth Programs I feel like I can speak up in my classes more and working with others taught me leadership skills.” — Laddawan Sakjalernchaikun
Summer Youth Corps
Youth Outdoors
Our residential program unplugs teenagers from modern intrusions to live, learn and work outdoors over the summer. In 2011, 90 youth worked throughout Minnesota in crews of six youth with two young adult leaders, to restore habitats, improve trails, lead volunteers and learn about the environment.
Diverse urban teens engage in out-of-school educational and service-learning activities during the fall and spring semesters and a four-week summer session. Youth earn a stipend while improving their neighborhoods, restoring environmental resources, leading volunteers and increasing their science, technology and environmental knowledge. Our afterschool program expanded from Saint Paul into Minneapolis this year, bringing the total number of youth enrolled to 89.
Cultural literacy
Leadership
In 2011, 16 of the 90 Summer Youth Corps participants were deaf or hardof-hearing. In addition, there was an equal ratio of male/female and Twin Cities/Greater Minnesota participants. Along with natural resource work, crews developed first-hand understanding of cultural diversity in communication, background and personal experience.
At the end of spring semester, Youth Outdoors participants designed and led volunteers in service projects, including a food collection drive, garden work, water quality education, construction of bird feeders from recycled plastic bottles and an afternoon working at a food shelf.
Ethic of service In 2011, youth program alumni formed a Youth Advisory Council to plan and implement service activities for alumni and current participants. The Council’s first endeavor was to organize the warehouse at Rebuilding Twin Cities Together, which works to improve houses, neighborhoods and lives of low-income homeowners.
Volunteers In 2011, Conservation Corps youth and young adults led volunteers in cleaning up neighborhood parks and riverbanks, improving trails, removing invasive species, planting trees and cleaning up after natural disasters.
20,019 volunteers, led by Conservation Corps members, contributed 112,929 hours of work.* *Numbers include 18,209 volunteers who contributed 106,719 hours to clean up after tornadoes in Joplin, Mo.
Mississippi River
Earth Day
Approximately 100 volunteers turned out for the 19th Annual Mississippi River Cleanup, sponsored by the Minnesota DNR in partnership with the Padelford Packet Boat Company and Conservation Corps Minnesota. Volunteers cleaned up an abundance of debris from spring flooding including tires, cans, scrap metal and even a message in a bottle.
More than 100 volunteers cleaned up Saint Paul’s Lafayette Park neighborhood on Earth Day. Conservation Corps staff shuttled participants to various sites, picked up the collected trash and delivered it to dumpsters. More than 3,000 pounds of trash were removed, including three television sets, furniture and 15 tires. The DNR and Pollution Control Agency have coordinated the cleanup for the past 22 years.
St. Croix River Led by a Conservation Corps youth crew, almost 30 volunteers, ranging from age 9 to 60+, cleared 4,000 pounds debris and invasive plants along the St. Croix River near Stillwater. The event was made possible by the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, which also funds Summer Youth Corps participants and service projects in the St. Croix Valley.
Corps on a stick Thanks to 62 volunteers — including alumni, current corps members, board, family and friends — our state fair booth was fully staffed for the 12-day run. Conservation Corps Minnesota made great connections with fairgoers interested in restoring habitats and putting young people to work. We were especially honored to have CCCers Monty Dehn and John Obinger on hand several days to share their stories. Likely a thousand fairgoers took photos with our popular photo board stand-up.
Minnesota report Project Partners Federal Corporation for National & Community Service National Park Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service State Board of Water and Soil Resources Department of Natural Resources Department of Transportation Local government Aitkin County Land Department Anoka Conservation District Anoka County Parks Anoka SWCD Bassett Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission Beltrami County Beltrami County SWCD Blue Earth SWCD Brown’s Creek Watershed District Capitol Region Watershed District Carlton County SWCD Cass County Land Department Cass County SWCD City of Bemidji City of Duluth City of Hermantown City of Lakeshore City of Minneapolis City of Minnetrista City of Prior Lake City of Rochester City of Saint Paul City of Stillwater Clearwater River Watershed District Cook County SWCD Cottonwood SWCD Crow Wing SWCD Dakota County SWCD Douglas SWCD East Ottertail SWCD Elm Creek Watershed Commission Forest Lake Watershed District Hubbard SWCD Itasca SWCD Jackson SWCD Lac Qui Parle SWCD Lake of the Woods SWCD Lower Mississippi River Watershed Mgmt Organization Marshall County Martin County Parks Martin SWCD Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Mower SWCD North St. Louis SWCD Pennington SWCD Pipestone SWCD
Pope SWCD Ramsey County Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District Redwood SWCD Renville SWCD Rice County Rock County SWCD Scott County SWCD Sherburne SWCD South St. Louis County SWCD Thirty Lakes Watershed District Three Rivers Park District Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Mgmt Organization Wadena SWCD Washington Conservation District Washington County Parks Washington County SWCD West Ottertail SWCD Wright County SWCD Yellow Medicine SWCD Nonprofit Audubon Center of the Northwoods Audubon Society Bemidji Community Food Shelf Bemidji Habitat Restore Carpenter’s St. Croix Valley Nature Center Chisago Lakes Schools Como Lake Neighborhood Network Deep Portage Conservation Reserve Freshwater Society Fruit Oasis Habitat for Humanity Hartley Nature Center Lady Slipper Scenic Byway Assn Lake Hubert Property Owners Assn Metro Blooms Minnesota Deer Hunters Assn Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Horse Council Minnesota Off Road Cyclists Minnesota Waterfowl Assn Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society Neighborhood Energy Connection North Country Trail Association North House Folk School Northland Arboretum Prairie Island Indian Community Redwood Area Communities Fdn Rural Renewable Energy Alliance Salvation Army Science Museum of Minnesota Second Harvest Food Bank St. Anthony Park Community Council Sugarloaf Interpretive Center Assn Superior Hiking Trail Assn Tatanka Bluffs Corridor The Nature Conservancy Underwood School
Minnesota 2011 accomplishment highlights Boardwalks, bridges & other trail features — 135,956 feet Boundary work & signing — 2,564 hours Building & grounds maintenance — 4,306 hours Campsite establishment & maintenance — 931 sites Construction & carpentry — 5,446 hours Debris removal — 73,311 pounds Dock & pier construction — 688 feet Emergency response & recovery — 9,722 hours Erosion control & slope stabilization — 303,368 square feet Fire suppression — 922 acres Forest inventory — 63 plots GIS/GPS data & mapping — 4,796 hours Historic building & landmark restoration — 5 structures Home energy-saving upgrades — 5,396 homes Invasive species management — 19,604 acres Man-made feature & trail user surveys — 529 surveys Motorized & non-motorized trail construction — 18 miles Motorized & non-motorized trail improvement — 1,207 miles Natural resource facility maintenance — 2,104 hours Oak wilt management — 308 trees Planting — 250,108 trees & plants Prescribed burning — 13,388 acres Public access maintenance — 286 hours Rain garden installation & maintenance — 9 acres Recreation area maintenance — 217 acres Retaining wall construction — 269 feet River obstruction removal — 151 miles Sandbagging & flood response — 175 hours Seed collection & other nursery activities — 4,240 hours Seeding — 421 acres Timber stand improvement — 984 acres Trail structure installation — 35,619 feet Tree, plant & wildlife surveys — 2,922 hours Vegetation removal — 1,310 acres Water quality sampling — 2,482 samples Wildlife structure construction — 422 structures 2011 leadership development 90 youth enrolled in the Summer Youth Corps 89 youth enrolled in afterschool Youth Outdoors 48 young adults served in seasonal field crews 169 young adults served in year-round field crews 11 young adults served as single placements 26 young adults served in Home Energy Squads 30 young adults served as conservation apprentices 39 young adults served as youth leaders Corps members engaged their communities with … Environmental education — 10,098 people Community outreach — 5,348 hours Corps members received … 16,675 hours of personal development training 31,737 hours of technical skills training 7,876 hours of youth education & training
University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin Upper Sioux Community Urban Farming Wadena Otter Tail Long Term Recovery Committee
Whitefish Area Property Owners Assn Will Steger Foundation Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center Youth Farm and Market
Minnesota financial statement Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets, Year Ended December 31, 2011
Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted
Support & Revenue
Support AmeriCorps Grant $990,904 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) $533,805 Charitable Gifts $18,592 $134,225 In-kind Contributions $20,343 State Grants $846,000 Revenue Partner Support Interest & Miscellaneous Total Support & Revenue
Change in Net Assets Net Assets, beginning of year Net Assets, end of year
2011 REVENUE
$990,904
2%
7%
CHARITABLE GIFTS
ARRA
$533,805 $152,817 $20,343 $846,000
12% AMERICORPS
8% BWSR
$4,886,967 $8,098 $6,458,709 $980,225
Net Assets Released from Restrictions State Natural Resource Fund $551,746 State General Operating Funds $364,091 Board of Water & Soil Resources $662,422 Charitable Grants $108,422 Total Released $1,686,681 Expenses Minnesota Program Services Youth Programs Single Placement Programs Young Adult Field Programs Management & General Fundraising Total Expenses
Total
$4,886,967 $8,098 $7,438,934
60% PARTNER SUPPORT (fee-for-service)
4% STATE GEN OP FUNDS
7% STATE NATURAL RESOURCE FUND
2011 EXPENSES
($1,686,681)
$962,942 $962,942 $716,983 $716,983 $4,750,483 $4,750,483 $414,055 $414,055 $39,448 $39,448 $6,833,911 $6,833,911 $1,261,479 $1,291,828 $2,553,307
($706,456) $1,238,941 $532,485
6%
1%
MANAGEMENT & GENERAL
FUNDRAISING
10% SINGLE PLACEMENT PROGRAMS
14% YOUTH PROGRAMS
$555,023* $2,530,769 $3,085,792
69% YOUNG ADULT FIELD PROGRAMS
*Cash reserve budgeted for year-end to cover training and equipment costs in the first quarter 2012, before partner support (fee-for-service) revenue is available.
2011 Board of Directors John Velin, Chair
Barbara Sommer, Secretary
Monty Dehn
Michael Nevala
Retired Executive Director, LCCMR
Oral Historian and Author
Robby Callahan Schreiber, First Vice Chair
Jer Jian Koh, Treasurer
Retired Hennepin County Deputy Sheriff CCC alumnus
Principal Environmental Scientist, Metropolitan Council
David Hile
Founder, Mapping Your Retirement
Youth Program Manager, Science Museum of Minnesota
John Lilly, Second Vice Chair Retired Manager, DNR Parks and Recreation
CPA and CIA, Boyum & Barenscheer PLLP
Paul Bergstrom Civil Engineering Student, University of Minnesota
Neil Cunningham Technical Editor, MN DNR County Geologic Atlas Program
Retired Hennepin County Law Enforcement Professional
Anna Kucera Marketing and Public Relations Director, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Upper Midwest Chapter
Mark Skeie Janet Timmerman Education Program Coordinator, History Center of Olmsted County
Iowa report
Conservation Corps Iowa 2011 accomplishment highlights
Conservation Corps Iowa crews conduct prescribed burns, remove invasive species and build trails for local, state and federal agencies and nonprofits such as the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. In 2011, corps members not only used their skills for natural resource projects, they contributed 3,790 hours of disaster response. Highlights of 2011 accomplishments include: • Building an 800-foot raised boardwalk bridge over a floodplain, in partnership with the Mitchell County Conservation Board (see feature lower right). • Conducting prescribed burns on more than 400 acres throughout Iowa to restore native prairies. • Deploying crews to lead 8,524 volunteers in 37,541 hours of recovery work after a devastating tornado hit Joplin, Mo. Crews were recognized for their efforts on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives.
Project Partners Federal Corporation for National & Community Service National Park Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Iowa DNR South Dakota DNR
Pottawattamie County Conservation Board Story County Conservation Board Woodbury County Conservation Board
Local Government Blackhawk County Conservation Board City of Ames Hardin County Conservation Board Linn County Mitchell County Conservation Board
Crews build bridge on Wapsi Great Western Trail
2011 REVENUE
43%
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets, Year Ended December 31, 2011
Field crews from Iowa and Minnesota constructed a boardwalk bridge in McIntire, Iowa that connects two sections of the Wapsi Great Western Trail. The 800-foot elevated boardwalk traverses a floodplain leading to a steel truss bridge that spans the Wapsipinicon River. Three crews partnered with the Mitchell County Conservation Board on the month-long effort.
57%
AMERICORPS
PARTNER SUPPORT (fee-for-service)
Support & Revenue Support AmeriCorps Grant $199,547 Revenue Partner Support $262,353 Total Support and Revenue $461,900 Expenses Iowa Program Services Young Adult Program Management & General Total Expenses
2011 leadership development • 17 young adults enrolled in AmeriCorps field crews • Corps members received 4,212 hours of technical skills & personal development training • 8,524 volunteers contributed 37,541 hours of work • Engaged 35 citizens in 175 hours of outreach & environmental education
Nonprofit Food at First Habitat for Humanity Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation Johnson County Heritage Trust YMCA
Iowa financial statement
$426,395 $20,842 $447,237
2011 EXPENSES
5% MANAGEMENT & GENERAL
95% YOUNG ADULT PROGRAM
Boardwalk, bridges & other trail features — 115 feet Boundary work & signing — 550 hours Campsite establishment & maintenance — 2 sites Construction & carpentry — 20 hours Debris removal — 200 pounds Dock & pier construction — 71 feet Emergency response & recovery (Joplin, MO) — 3,790 hours Erosion control & slope stabilization — 230 square feet GIS/GPS data & mapping — 110 hours Invasive species management — 1,029 acres Motorized & non-motorized trail construction — 7,180 feet Motorized & non-motorized trail improvement — 2,004 feet Natural resource facility maintenance — 153 hours Planting — 770 trees & plants Prescribed burning — 426 acres Public access maintenance — 461 hours River obstruction removal — 1 mile Seed collection & other nursery activities — 746 hours Seeding — 50 square feet Surveys & data collection — 56 hours Vegetation removal — 193 acres Wildlife structure construction — 10 structures
Donors Foundation | organizational $25,000+
Stewards Circle ($150+)
Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation F. R. Bigelow Foundation The Saint Paul Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 The Donaldson Foundation Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 McNeely Foundation Pentair Foundation Andersen Corporate Foundation Best Buy Children’s Foundation Betty A. Lewis University Environmental Charitable Trust ERM Foundation - North America REI SmartWool Advocacy Fund Xcel Energy Foundation Up to $5,000 Carlson Family Foundation Saint Paul Garden Club The Lillian Wright and C. Emil Berglund Foundation
Matching gifts Ameriprise Travelers Foundation
Thanks to SmartWool, corps members stayed cool as they worked up a sweat. The SmartWool Advocacy Fund contributed 445 pairs of high-quality socks for all corps members and staff and donated more than $1,500 for our youth programs.
Individual $75-149 Anonymous (2) Gordon Alexander Justin Bakken Paul Bergstrom Frank Bonifacio Lou Ann & Pete Boser Carissa Butler Nelly Devault Nina Eagin Stephen Edwards Mavis Fisher Miriam Gieske Linda Hachfeld Ralph & Mary Halbert Charles Kippley John Lilly Richard Loe Candice McElroy Heather McElroy Roni McKenna Brian Miller Maxine Miller Cari Morgan Yee Moua Carey Smith Thomas Stone Timothy Trost Susan Vento Megan Wylie
Anonymous (1) Jim Antonson Peter Bonk Katie Brettingen Charissa Brudnak Dan Funk Cindy Green & Dave Dorn Robert & Ramona Hess Dave & Mary Hile Anthony Indelicato Alyson Johnson Phyllis Kahn JerJian Koh Carol McElroy Erika Mork
Up to $75 Anonymous (3) James Adkinson Jessica Albert Karen Amundsen Waneta Anderson Eric Antonson Janet Ascheman Larry & Kathy Becker Erin Bennett Randy & Marcia Brennan Luke Butler Robby CallahanSchreiber Linda Campbell Lisa Cassioppi Gary & Jane Clements Jessica Coulter Jessica Culverhouse Neil Cunningham Theresa Custodio Jeff Dalen Margaret Davis John Degan TJ Denaway Michelle Diersen Keith Doane Amber Ellering Hollis Emery Becky Falkum Macumbe Tiffany Forner Gary Hall Greg Hall
Michael & Beth Nevala Barbara & Neil Normandin Len & Stephanie Price Caleb Resch Adrian Schottroff Jane Schug Michael Shoafstall Barbara W. Sommer Denise & Gary Stelzner Steve Struthers John Velin Steve Woods Erik Wrede & Maria Reyes-Wrede
Harley Hanson Tim Hanzlik Peter Hark Dorian Hasselmann Tyler Hesseltine Becky Houdek Brian Hubbard Mathew Jansen Anna Jefferson Aimee Jefferson Alda Jensen James Jensen Tim Johnson-Grass Dan Knuth Anna & Jacob Kucera Connie Lanphear Anna Lipenga Marvin Magnuson Greg Mercil Sarah Morelli Mark Mywurtz Gina Nappi Karen Nelson Margaret Louise Nupp John & Elaine Obinger Jeremy & Sarah Oestmann Elaine Olson Sara Otterson Grover Caleb Papenhausen James Pirkl James Pittenger Thea Porisch Allison Quinn
Thomson Reuters Harvey Richart Nikki Rinehart Mike Roberg Timothy Robinson Megan Royer Christina Scholberg Cindy Scyler Drew Seefeldt Chris Severson Luke Sharman Joan Sharpe Christian Shiffer Mark & Janet Skeie Matt Skogen Nicole Skurich Wendy Skurich Kathleen Spencer John Stelzner Beth Stelzner Scott Stelzner Ashton Stenberg Patty Stupca Richard Thomas Mary Thornton Kathy Tingelstad Genevieve Towers Justin Towers Chris Vanecek Lauren Vilen Mary Lou Wilm Beverly Wolfe Bruce Youngquist Ryan Zyvoloski
Our end-of-year appeal, Carry On The Corps, engaged alumni from the six eras of our organization’s history. The campaign included direct mail, video, email and social media to connect supporters to our mission.
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Conservation Corps provides hands-on environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults while accomplishing conservation, natural resource management and emergency response work.