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Could you live on just $32 worth of food a week?
November 12, 2014– Posted by Maureen McGonagle, an AmeriCorps VISTA member who just finished her year of national service with the Blacksburg Farmers Market. How much do you spend on food each week?...
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The highs and lows of my VISTA year
Amanda Qadado, a.k.a. “Q” March 3, 2015- Posted by Amanda Qadado, an AmeriCorps VISTA member who serves with the VT Engage office on our Community Associates Program. Cognitive Dissonance. Essentially...
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#IamVISTA: Launching the Campus Kitchen at Virginia Tech
June 17, 2015- Posted by Joanne Amposta, an AmeriCorps VISTA member serving the Campus Kitchen at Virginia Tech. If you were to ask me what I was doing after graduation one year ago, I would...
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Meet VT Engage: Eliza Wethey, Associate Director for Global Engagement
July 15, 2015- Welcome to the second installment of our blog series where we introduce you to…us! Check out who we are at VT Engage, what we do, and why we serve. Today, meet Eliza Wethey, our new...
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First impressions from the field: Smart Beginnings NRV AmeriCorps members
July 27, 2015 – This summer, VT Engage hired four AmeriCorps members to serve for a shortened national service term. During their three months serving Smart Beginnings New River Valley, they are...
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When describing service, our language matters
Posted on September 15, 2015 by Lucy Adams, Engagement Program Associate and Lindsey Gleason, Communication and Administrative Coordinator. The needy. The poor. The hungry. The less fortunate. These...
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Meet VT Engage: Zoe Belyavsky, NRV HOME Consortium VISTA
October 28, 2015– Welcome to the third installment of our blog series where we introduce you to members of our team! Check out who we are at VT Engage, what we do, and why we serve. Today, meet Zoe...
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Service with Altitude: Service-Learning in Peru
Posted on November 18, 2015 by Gary Kirk, VT Engage’s director. In June, I had the good fortune to travel to Peru with VT Engage’s new Associate Director of Global Engagement, Eliza Wethey. Our goal...
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What does 1700 hours of service look like?
December 18, 2015 Erica Wood finished her year of AmeriCorps service in early October. She served 1,700 hours over the past year in the VT Engage office as our College and University Liaison member....
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Creating an impactful international service experience
Eliza Wethey Posted on March 15, 2016 Questioning international service The popularity of international service work on college campuses and throughout American culture has brought attention to...
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Community is Here and Now
September 23, 2011 – Being a Community Advisor (CA) with SERVE this year, it has been very enjoyable for me to revisit our primary book for class, Community, by Peter Block. In preparation for one of...
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SERVE blog: Interested in Service?
March 1, 2010 – Dear incoming freshman, Now that you have been admitted to Virginia Tech, it is important for you to start looking into the many opportunities for involvement that Virginia Tech and...
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SERVE blog: New Servers have fun getting to know each other at Apple Ridge Farm
September 4, 2010 –While many freshman are getting settled in their new homes for the year, twelve new S.E.R.V.E. students began to build friendships and get a glimpse at what service is all about at...
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SERVE blog: NRV STAGE – Partners in a wonderful Community
December 11, 2009 – I recently came in contact with a local Blacksburg Community Theatre Company called NRV Stage. Although I have just begun to work with them, I have already met some fabulous...
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SERVE blog: One Day of Peace
September 2, 2011 – Delighted, inspired, quizzical, angered. These were all emotions that I felt as I watched the One Day of Peace TED talk. One of my first thoughts was of the quote found in Peter...
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SERVE blog: Our Partners – One Big Day. One Big Thanks!
December 10, 2009 – This semester (and hopefully for the rest of my time at Virginia Tech) I worked with The Big Event at Virginia Tech. The Big Event is a student-run community service organization...
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SERVE blog: Power of Vulnerability
September 16, 2011 – Over the past year and start of this semester, the topic of vulnerability has crept into almost every conversation. Being involved in service, vulnerability is a big deal…heck, in...
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SERVE blog: Project Linus with the Ladies!
December 10, 2009 – On a beautiful Saturday morning, September 3rd, a small group of SERVE ladies and I took an adventure to Radford, VA to a nice Methodist Church to volunteer for Project Linus....
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SERVE blog: Second Harvest Food Bank!
December 10, 2009- In early November 2009, six SERVErs (Mike, Megan M., Analise, Molly, Briana, and I) ventured out to the Second Harvest Food Bank with Jake. Second Harvest one of five food banks...
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SERVE blog: Student panel presentation with Board of Visitors spouses
November 10, 2010 – This past Monday, a group of talented and passionate students joined Jim Dubinsky, Director of CSECP (Center for Student Engagement and Community Partnerships) as part of a panel...
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