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AmeriCorps NCCC Student on Gap Year Reports from Camp Hope, New Orleans

AmeriCorps NCCC Gap Year Blogger: Photo Courtesy of Sandy N.

Sandy is taking a gap year between high school and college to serve with AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps). Her adventure has involved traveling to New Orleans to refurbish buildings devastated by Hurricane Katrina and working as a teacher’s assistant at a middle school in Denver. The last three months of her volunteer service will be spent working with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans.