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Another Great Story from AmeriCorps: How one simple exercise helps a small boy calm down
Each semester, AmeriCorps’ Project MARS collects “Great Stories” from its members in which they reflect on their experiences mentoring in the classroom and the progress they see students making. This month’s story comes from Caroline Sprinkle. In the third…
Thank you to everyone who bought gifts for Littles and their families!
Nearly every day before Christmas, it seemed, people were dropping off beautifully wrapped gifts for Littles and their families. Our office in Asheville was full of laughter and cheer as people came in laden with bags of brightly wrapped gifts.…
Barrie Christman’s joys and challenges in being a Big Sister make The Hendersonville Times-News!
Thank you, BlueRidgeNow.com, for publishing this story by Joey Popp about the joys that Barrie Christman (pictured here) experienced being a Big Sister. Here’s the story!
Another Great Story from Americorps – How responsibility opened up a shy fourth-grader
Serving in a school is something that has opened my eyes in many ways. I have learned that I take a lot of things for granted. I did not like going to school when I was in elementary school, but…