Why did you join AmeriCorps?  

I joined AmeriCorps in 2006 in Burlington, Vermont in order to immerse myself in my community.  I had lived in Burlington for four years and knew very little about the refugee and immigrant families, the low-income youth, and the great social services which all existed around me.  I have now joined AmeriCorps for a second term in 2009 to take the skills I have gathered over the past three years, and apply them to my current community, that of Sussex County.  I wish to make a positive impact during my time living here.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?  

I have lived in Sussex County for one year and again, have found myself displaced from much of the population living, struggling, and thriving around me.  I would like to spend the next year getting to know these families, getting to know the volunteers who give their time to these families, and helping to make the experiences of both the partner families and the volunteers a positive one.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

I have always been familiar with the Habitat for Humanity organization, but have never directly gotten involved.  Having no construction experience, the idea of helping to build a home has seemed quite intimidating to me.  However, the idea of producing something tangible and something as immense as a new home has always intrigued me.  I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and to dive into the mission of Habitat.

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?  

I expect to get to better know the local community, to become involved with the amazing community of volunteers and with the local partner families.  I also expect to help this organization grow, to recruit a greater number of volunteers and to ensure a positive experience for each volunteer who steps through the Habitat door.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

I would like to pursue a career in the non-profit arena.  I am thinking about the possibility of graduate school, with a degree in non-profit communications or non-profit management.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

The AmeriCorps is an organization that I consider to be a privilege joining.  I resonate strongly with their mission of altruism.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?

To help to the best of my ability in whatever capacity is needed.  To develop lasting improvements to my specific job tasks.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

I have lived in Sussex County for the last 15 years of my life.  I know the area well and have watched it grow.  It will be rewarding to help the community.

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?

I expect to benefit others as much as possible, while watching the community grow in quality.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

New job, in a new place I've never lived before.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?
 
To learn new ways to build houses that I'm not familiar with.  

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?

Many houses being built, many friendships starting, and many fun adventures.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?
 
For the new experience.  To learn about construction and to be able to help Habitat help the community.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?
 
To improve my skills in a wide range of areas; personal social development.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?
 
I never looked at other AmeriCorps positions/locations, but this fit the bill in terms of the nature of service (construction).

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?
 
I expect to make new friends and enjoy myself, but also to come away with a new skill set.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

In no particular order: travel, graduate school, own a small business.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

I joined AmeriCorps because I wanted to make a difference. Habitat for Humanity has an enormous impact, not only for the family who buys each home, but it also strengthens the community that we work in. I feel rewarded through each time I see a Homeowner in Progress take pride in their home.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?  

Over the next year I hope to repay some of the blessings I have been given. I also hope to learn more about how a quality home goes together to enhance my architectural education.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

Sussex County's diversity and economic focus has created a real need for quality housing that in a larger metropolitan area might be addressed through other agencies. Habitat of Sussex County uses the thriving community movement to address the issues at hand where it is needed most. Plus, there's the beach!

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?

Make good friends, immerse myself in a new culture and community, and learn how architecture affects homeowners. I would love to see the first steps in place toward a SCHFH LEED certified home by the completion of my term of service.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

Complete my Masters of Architecture and use my experience in Habitat to make responsible and sustainable decisions in commercial projects.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?
 
To help out for a year and figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?
 
Spanish fluency and know how to do construction for the future.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

Great chance to see the East Coast!

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?

•   Connections with team
•   Completion of 5 builds
•   Spanish fluency

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

Find a job that gives back.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

To make a difference and to work alongside people doing the same.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?
 
To have fun, learn a lot, and meet great new people.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

It was a new and interesting location.

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?
 
I expect to accomplish a great deal; however, I don’t have specific examples.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

I want to go to law school in the Chicago area.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

There are many choices we have to make in life; millions of them over the course of the years. The majority pertain to ourselves: where we want to go, what we want to do. I see AmeriCorps as a window of time when choices are being made with someone else’s best interest in mind, and that appealed to me as a breath of fresh air.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?
 
I intend to learn as much as possible and apply the skills that I have already acquired to accomplish as much as I can while I am here. That being: serving the families that I will have the privilege of knowing, to the best of my ability.

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

I would have to say that Sussex County Habitat chose me. I was looking for a position that would enable me to cultivate my passion for language and culture, while making a difference in the lives of others. The job description was specific to my skills and interests. I did not consider another location for my year of service through AmeriCorps.

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?
 
I expect amazing things.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

My goal is to embrace each day as a gift. My hope is that I will continue in a career of service, I will learn from the sages of Main Street, I will be a blessing and a friend to those who need one, and I will be thankful and grateful in every season of my life.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

During my sophomore, junior, and senior years at Immaculata, I had the opportunity to travel to New Orleans, La. to volunteer my time helping Hurricane Katrina victims.  So, when I found this AmeriCorps opportunity, my mind went back to New Orleans, to the people who lost everything and still had a smile on their face, to the wonderful feeling of changing someone’s life for the better.  I decided that if I could give my life to service everyday and work with committed people with similar visions, all the while bringing together families and communities in need, the world would be a better place for all human beings.  Mahatma Gandhi once said, "The best way to find yourself... is to lose yourself in the service of others."  I’m ready and willing to “lose myself” in this AmeriCorps opportunity.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?
 
•   Become a part of the bigger picture
•   Make lasting friendships with other AmeriCorps members, Sussex County families, and SCHFH staff alike
•   Touch the lives of those less fortunate by giving back

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?

After graduation a year ago, my career path led me into the corporate world; however, I still had not found it to be my niche and it was 100 miles in the wrong direction of where I wanted to be living.  Having grown up in Milford, De., I wanted to finally move closer to home, so my job search for Southern Delaware led me to the Sussex County Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps webpage.  An overwhelming feeling that this might be the niche I had been searching for came over me.  

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?
 
Specifically within my position as Marketing & Design Coordinator, I would like to create a standard design that incorporates the SCHFH logo in every piece of paperwork, literature, news release, etc.  The goal of this design is for the public to associate this particular design with the SCHFH.  I would also like to produce and create mini-movies about the SCHFH to promote on YouTube, furthering the SCHFH brand.  Promoting the new program, A Brush with Kindness, is something I also hope to accomplish this year.  Finally, being that the Marketing & Design Coordinator position is new this year, I expect to establish a strong base for future AmeriCorps members in this position to build off of.  

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?
 
Upon completion of my AmeriCorps service, I hope to find a job in the service field.  After traveling to New Orleans three times, I knew I was born to serve, so I know that this experience will only strengthen my desire to serve.  I will always want to be a part of the bigger picture and know AmeriCorps will only help me get there.

Why did you join AmeriCorps?

Had a strong calling to serve this community.

What are your specific goals in joining AmeriCorps?

•   Learn more about myself and the community
•   Bring more attention to SCHFH through various methods
•   Work with and counsel youth

Why did you choose Sussex County Habitat for Humanity to do your AmeriCorps service?
 
This is the community I grew up in and wish to give back to my home that has great need.

What do you expect to accomplish in your year of service with AmeriCorps?

I absolutely expect to bring more youth to the SCHFH through marketing to local churches, high schools, and colleges.

What goals do you have after your service as an AmeriCorps Member?

To further my desire to serve in another venue.