A Very Special Goodbye
Submitted by Kayla Potter – Year 17 ERT, Year 18 CST AmeriCorps St. Louis Members Kayla Potter and Joe Fetter receive proclamations from Mayor Slay upon their last day of service as City-Wide Service...
View ArticleVolunteering in Joplin
Public Information Office Joplin, Missouri 64801 417-624-0820 Ext. 204 417-625-4707 (Fax) NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2012 # 198 SUBJECT: City encouraging skilled laborers to join...
View ArticleERT Fellow Quinn Gardner Says Goodbye to ACSTL
Gardner, ACSTL Executive Director Bruce Bailey, and the year 18 ERT respond to fires in southern Missouri during the summer of 2012 “I will be completing my fourth year and final year with my beloved...
View ArticleERT Deploys to the Gulf Coast for Hurricane Isaac Response
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Primary Contact: Bruce Bailey 9/12/2012...
View ArticleERT Deploys to New York City for Hurricane Sandy Response
AmeriCorps St. Louis Emergency Response Team Deploys to Hurricane Ravaged New York City ST. LOUIS, MO – The AmeriCorps St. Louis (ACSTL) Emergency Response Team (ERT) will deploy to New York City to...
View ArticleWorking From the Bat Caves
On September 30th, nine members of our Emergency Response Team headed south to Oregon County, MO where they embarked upon a unique project to help protect local bat habitat. During this 10 day project...
View ArticleA Journey to Montana
From the end of September to the end of October, all of our new Emergency Response Team members, in addition to a few second years, nestled in to the grind the Montana way. This was the 12th year the...
View ArticleLife on the Streets – An Interview with Timothy Swift
On an unusually warm day in mid-February, I sat down with Timothy Swift, one of our regular shelter guests, to discuss homelessness. Swift, whose “home” translates to St. Louis streets and abandon...
View ArticleLife on the Streets – An Interview with Robyn Robel
There are many folks I look forward to hosting in our shelter—Robyn is undoubtedly one of them. If she’s not in, I ask about her, and when she is, I make sure she’s comfortable and at home. She’s a...
View ArticleERT Deploys to Clarksville for Flood Relief
Downtown Clarksville, MO During the week of April 14th, 2013 heavy rainfall and melting precipitation threatened many parts of the Country, in particular, the Midwest. As the Mississippi river began to...
View ArticleThe Illusive Rx Unit
by: Lilianne Kinne In order to tell my great story for April, I have to start by going back in time several months. Back to October and November, where I, like so many ERT members before me spent...
View ArticleStrangers in Service
by: Brad Gordon The extent to which citizens in this country get involved with national service is somewhat underestimated. More people do their share to serve our country than one would expect. I...
View ArticleBaxter Springs
by Liana Kopp Earlier this month I had the privilege of responding to the tornado that swept through Baxter Springs, Kansas. Our original purpose in Baxter Springs was to assist the Red Cross in the...
View ArticleSmall Gesture, Big Impact
by Chris Stauffer Average snake sightings a day? 3! Today Sean and I saw 4—2 milk snakes, a rat snake, and a copperhead. I’m becoming more and more paranoid walking through the brush around these...
View ArticleFixin’ To Sandbag
by Dathan Tinney Come on all my AmeriCorps kin, State of Missouri needs your help again, Got themselves in a terrible jam, Flooding up river by #24 Lock ‘n Dam, So put on your vests and pick up a...
View ArticleWrapping It Up
by: Chris Stauffer We have come full circle. Today as we were driving out of our campsite I realized why the area seemed familiar: the campground was the final mile of Quest for my team. Fond memories...
View ArticleAmaziCorps
by Anita Vollmer Think of a person. Think of an amazing person. A person who has stood eye to eye with a grizzly bear, Or a person ready to jump in to save a life at a moment’s notice, Or a person with...
View ArticleT’was The Night Before Chainsaw Certification
by Carly Edgcomb Every minute of of the past month has been leading me up to this point. Prior to joining St Louis ERT, I had never used a chainsaw, let alone a tool. So of course, once I heard about...
View ArticleFirst Impressions
by Kenan Ender Prior to arriving in St. Louis, I told friends and family about AmeriCorps and the Emergency Response Team. The description was vague and details were foggy and in turn the receiving...
View ArticleA Song About Laundry
by Jenny Pilecki It hasn’t been too long without laundry, especially because I flew in on Monday, but I still believe this song I learned from my Dad applies perfectly to the situation we have all...
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