(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Green 4, an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team of six young adults is in the Ketchikan area working with the Ketchikan Youth Initiatives (KYI), Tongass National Forest and Southeastern Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) from June 3 to July 16, 2014.

All three organizations have a similar goal to better their local community. Ketchikan Youth Initiatives (KYI) listens to and empowers youth and young adults and guides them in youth-directed and adult-mentored community initiatives. Green 4 will be working in Ketchikan to relocate a paintball field for KYI.

Green 4 members pose with their sponsor Bobbie McCreary at her home in Ketchikan.

Tongass National Forest is hosting the team at a local campsite. In return, the NCCC will be doing some trail building and campsite maintenance. They will also work with SAIL whose mission is to empower elders and people with disabilities by providing services and information and support in making choices that will positively affect their independence and productivity in society. Green 4 will be working with SAIL as helpers on beach days, hikes and for fundraisers such as the Only Fools Run at Midnight run.

“We are so excited to have another AmeriCorps NCCC team in town to work with KYI.  When Cape Fox advised we would need to move from our original paintball field site and suggested we rebuild across Revilla road, NCCC came to mind immediately as a potential solution to a Big Problem.  Talk about a solution!  Just four days after landing in KTOWN the team has been trained for trail work with the Forest Service, put a primer coat on the new skate park equipment shed, and has already explored and identified an excellent site for a field in the woods” said Bobbie McCreary.

The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) and its FEMA Corps units engage 2,800 young Americans in a full-time, 10-month commitment to service each year.

AmeriCorps NCCC members address critical needs related to natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, and urban and rural development; FEMA Corps members are solely dedicated to disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery work.

The programs are administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). CNCS is the federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.

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