JULY 8, 2009
TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — The group came together nearly a year ago as total strangers from all over the country.
One was from Minnesota and another was from Georgia. Massachusetts also was represented, along with Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
Few in the group knew exactly what was in store, but they all knew they wanted to do some good. And over the past 10 months, the eight AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps volunteers have become as close as a family while working together on several service projects, including one right here in the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
The group first traveled to Texas to assist in the Hurricane Ike cleanup effort. They then helped tutor students in an inner-city Denver school.
For the past eight weeks, the AmeriCorps workers have lived and worked on projects in the refuge, though the group leaves Thursday to return to its base of operations in Denver. The time in Mississippi, however, was well-spent, said refuge manager Henry Sansing.
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