Author: Venessa Stacy

High school students with an interest in forestry, fisheries, wildlife or parks management are invited to join teens at Natural Resources Careers Camp, July 23 to 29 at Hickory Environmental Education Center in Garrett County. For more information see (and information above courtesy of): http://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2017/03/15/natural-resources-careers-camp-accepting-applicants-2/

During AmeriCorps Week 2017, March 4-11, communities will celebrate the contributions that 80,000 Americans make to their communities and the service of more than 1 million AmeriCorps alumni. Derek Silbaugh, Bethany Meyers, and Marie Lauver are among more than 70 A STAR! in Western Maryland AmeriCorps members who have served through the Garrett County Health Department since 1994. In the past six months, the three half-time members have volunteered 1,453 hours in our community- increasing academic engagement among 70+ after school participants, educating hundreds of Garrett College students, and giving out hundreds of books through the Literacy in the Laundromat project.