Hey, guess what?

I'm in AmeriCorps! Specifically, AmeriCorps NCCC (pronounced N triple C). If you already know what that is, this paragraph is not for you. In NCCC, rather than stay in one place and work on one project for our whole year of service like in other AmeriCorps programs, we will do four or five different projects, all in different places. It is only for people ages 18-24, and we are on teams of about 8 or 10 people. We will most likely be staying with the same team all year. I am based on the Denver campus, which is part of the Southwest region. Also in my region is Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Most likely, I will always be in this region, but we could be deployed somewhere else if there is a disaster we need to help with. Projects could be anything like disaster relief, infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, or urban and rural development. Most projects will be what we call spike projects, which are projects that are too far from our Denver campus to commute every day. For spikes, we will have to set up temporary housing in the area of the project which could be anything - apartments, tents, hostels, houses, barns, etc.

So. I got here yesterday. Yesterday wasn't very eventful, just paperwork and a meeting. The Denver campus people are split into four units - Sun, Earth, Fire, and Water. I'm in the Sun unit. As far as I can tell, the units mean nothing. They are just a way to keep people organized. We'll find out our teams later. The campus is pretty nice. We have a great view of the mountains from the cafeteria.

I wouldn't be Courtney if I didn't take horrible pictures out of various vehicle windows. This was my first view of Denver from the bus on the way to campus. Nice, huh? I wasn't expecting so much brown.

That's downtown Denver over there with the tall buildings.

Hey, I just finished my first blog post ever! Comments will always be welcome. :)