When Entrepreneurship is Necessary by Anya Smith
Anya is an AmeriCorps VISTA member serving with the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership Lab (WELL) in Missoula, Montana “Men start businesses because they h…
My Experience with Service by Francine Tageant
Francine is an AmeriCorps College Coach serving in Missoula. I was first introduced to AmeriCorps when a friend of mine decided to serve in Bellingham, Washingt…
Embracing Your Fear by Allie Nawrocki
Let me set the scene for you. It is August 2022, and I was about to leave my Midwest home. With it, I would be leaving everything I knew behind. At first, I was…
Reflection on My Journey by Anna Waller
Anna is an AmeriCorps College Coach serving at Salish Kootenai College. It has been more than six weeks now since I started my service term as a Montana Campus…
Finding My Way in Service by Emily Montalvo
My time as a VISTA has been, overall, an extremely rewarding experience that has taught me a lot about both my local community and myself. I am serving with th…
Supporting Entrepreneurship in Montana by Sarah Grissom
Serving with Accelerate Montana’s Rural Innovation Initiative (AMRII) has exposed me to the importance of supporting local businesses and entrepreneurship throu…
Rollercoaster of Service by Rylie Yaeger
This service year has had its ups and downs, but resulted in unexpected victories. When I first began my term, my supervisor told me, “You will have ups and dow…
On Belonging by Amber Peretz
Tomorrow will be my 29th birthday. September 14th. This time last year I was moving out of my apartment in St. Petersburg, Florida and preparing to move to Mon…
Sacrifice and Service by Nathan Switchenko
AmeriCorps VISTA member Nathan Switchenko “What’s it going to be then, eh?” was a question I often asked myself after I graduated college-though I had a rather…
Do Good, Try Your Best by Emily McMath
Emily, our 2021-2022 AmeriCorps Senior Leader, served two terms with Montana Campus Compact Excitement, learning, hesitation, perseverance, grief, burnout, grow…