Blog Posts
Look Ugly and Do as Much as Possible by Eli Bowe
No one looks pretty on a Zoom call. Of all the national awakenings in 2020, perhaps this is the smallest and easiest to digest. I haven’t just come to terms wit…
Champions of the Pandemic by Madison McDonagh
We all sat in anticipation waiting to hear who would win the Inspire award at the First Tech Challenge robotics state competition at MSU. This award would deter…
What I Learned From Three Years of Volunteering By Sarah Poole
I started my service journey more than three years ago, when I decided to join the Peace Corps with my partner. We accepted positions in the Nepal Food Security…
An Unexpected Journey by Lana Petrie
I am not Bilbo Baggins, and this blog is not about the journey of reclaiming the kingdom of Erebor from Smaug. But I have had quite a journey with an organizati…
Serving During COVID-19 by Kate Dantzlerward
On the last day I was allowed to do my AmeriCorps service in public, I was in an elementary school helping children with their counting skills. I was inwardly c…
What I’ve Learned in Six Months by Gabe Alderson
When I joined the Montana Campus Compact AmeriCorps program, I was looking to not only make a change in the world, but a change in myself and how I viewed my ro…
Masks for the Masses By Megan Ahern
At the start of the year, billions of people kicked off 2020 with resolutions and cheers, largely unaware of the looming pandemic. By mid-March however, those w…
MTCC VISTAs in Service to Combat COVID-19 Crisis
Two of our VISTAs, Sarah Poole, serving with the University of Montana Food Pantry, and Haransh Singh, serving at OCHE, are dedicating their service to combatin…
New VISTAs Begin Service
Montana Campus Compact has recently welcomed two new VISTAs! At the beginning of March Cony Craighead and Siddarth Paladugu began their service. Cony Craighead…
“Community” by Sara Feilzer, MTCC AmeriCorps and VISTA Alum
Playing with Dry Ice in Potions class! Thinking back on my year of service with spectrUM Discovery Area in Missoula, one theme really stands out to me, communit…