Leader Profile : Cheyanne Marcy -UM-Western

            Meet Cheyanne, Campus Corps leader at the University of Montana -Western, her alma mater whrere she received a B.S. in Business Administration.  Cheyanne is a Montana native and was raised in Hamilton, MT; but, driven by her passion for the great outdoors and specifically for snowboarding, she hopes to one day reside in the great frontier state of Alaska.  Her dedication to creating opportunities to foster healthier futures for both the young and old is something that she intends to incorporate into her future career endeavors, and this focus area has already led her to become involved in several Diabetes prevention efforts.

            Cheyanne has already impressed us with her leadership skills having organized an entire WEEK of events in support of the 9/11 National Day of Service, including a community wide collection of recyclable plastics that yielded over 1600 lbs of plastic!  Not only has she gone above and beyond her call to serve, but she has done it all with a huge smile on her face - and if you have had the opportunity to meet Cheyanne then you know exactly what I am referring to!

9/11 National Day of Service

With the remembrance of the national tragedy that took place on September 11th ten years ago comes our first AmeriCorps National Service Day of the year.  What better way to honor those lives lost than to join together in solidarity with our neighbors to be of service to our communities?  The hard work of our Corps leaders is reflected in the impressive number of Campus Corps-supported service projects taking place throughout the state. If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late to get involved. Contact your nearby Corps leader to see how you can participate in this year's 9/11 national Day of Service!

MSU-Billings 

Contact: Hazel Todd – hazel.todd@msubillings.edu (406-896-5815)

Event: 9/11 Memorial Dedication Ceremony

Where: The West end of the MSUB College of Technology's campus

When: September 11th, 2011   (2:00pm)

To learn more about the event, visit http://www.msubillings.edu/911memorial/

Rocky Mountain College (Billings, MT)

Contact: Contact: Jill Washburn – jill.washburn@rocky.edu (406-238-7394)

Event: Disaster Relief in Roundup, MT
Where: Roundup, MT
When: August 27th, 2011 (8:00am-12:00pm)

Event: United Way Day of Caring at Rocky Mountain College: Chapel Clean-Up & Restoration
Where: Losekamp Hall, Rocky Mountain Campus
When: September 14th, 2011 (1:00pm)

Montana Tech (Butte, MT)

Contact: : Sean Cochrane – scochrane@mtech.edu (406-496-4692)

Event: Disaster Preparedness Fair

Where: Butte's Stodden Park

When: September 11th, 2011

MSU - Western (Dillon, MT)

Contact: Cheyanne Marcy – campuscorps@umwestern.edu (406-683-7202)

Event: Harvest of Campus Community Garden and delivery of food to local food bank

Where: MUS-N campus/local food bank

When: September 6^th, 2011 (harvesting); September 7^th, 2011 (Delivery of food)

Event: Guest Speaker Leaf Magnuson followed by outdoor Plastic Awareness Session

Where: MSUN campus

When: September 8^th, 2011

Event: City wide collection of recyclable plastics

When: September 10th, 2011

Where: Dillon, MT - contact Cheyanne for further details

Dawson Community College (Glendive, MT)

Contact: Jacob Kilgore – volunteer@dawson.edu (406-377-9460)

Event: Children's activities for Glendive's Historic Bell St. Bridge Celebration

When: September 11th, 2011

Where: Eyer Park, Glendive MT

Event: Supplies Distribution to Veterans

When: September 17th, 2011

Where: Eastern Montana Showdown (Richard County Fairgrounds) - Sydney, MT

MSU - Great Falls (Great Falls – MT)

Contact: TC Knutson – campuscorps@msugf.edu (406-771-4324)

Event: Residence Clean-up and decoration in collaboration with NeighborWorks

When: September 10th, 2011 (9:00am-12:00pm)
Where: 1701 21^st Ave S

MSU- Northern (Havre, MT)

Contact: Grace Milanowski – campuscorps@msun.edu (406-265-3577)

Event:  City Cleanup & Recycle Drive
When: September 10th, 2011 9:00 - 12:00pm
Where: Corner of 5th Ave & 1st St. , Havre, MT

Event: Disaster Preparedness workshop

When: September 12th, 2011 4:00pm-6:00pm

Where: Boys & Girls Club of Havre

Event: Serving Breakfast to Honor Emergency Personnel

When: September 11th, 2011 9:00am

Where: Van Orsdel United Methodist Church

Stone Child Community College (Box Elder, MT/ Rocky Boy Reservation)

in collaboration with Fort Belknap College & MSU-Northern

Contact : MIchael Yegerlehner - myegerlehner@stonechild.edu

Event: Community Trash Clean Up

When: Spetember 8th, 2011 (5:00-6:30pm)

Where: Kennewash Hall, Stone Child College, 824 Upper Box Elder Rd

Flathead Valley Community College (Kalispell, MT)

Contact: Aubrey DeLone -  campuscorps@fvcc.edu (406-756-3372)

Event: Habitat for Humanity build

When: September 10th (9:00am-4:00pm)

Where: Contact Aubrey for location details

University of Montana (Missoula, MT)

Contact: Shanna Ungate – shanna.ungate@mso.umt.edu (406-243-5106)

Event: Toiletry Drive with Women's Opportunity & Resource Development

When: September 9th (3:00-7:00pm)

Where: Orange Street Food Farm (701 South Orange St.)

MSU - Bozeman

Contact: Alexandra Black - teamleader@montana.edu (406-994-6902)

Event: Interfaith Memorial Service with food drive

When: September 11th, 2011 (2:30pm)

Where: First Presbyterian Church (26 W Babcock St.)

Fall Leader/ Coordinator Orientation

Making the trek from all corners of our beautiful state, this year's group of Campus Corps leaders had the opportunity to spend some quality time together at the Montana Campus Corps headquarters here in Missoula.  This year we mixed things up by having their coordinators join in on the festivities, which allowed for some quality project planning & goal setting time for each campus.

During orientation Corps leaders gained valuable leadership skills preparing them to best support corps members serving on their campuses as well as several new tools to assist in their efforts to facilitate team building activities and meaningful group reflections.  Additionally, they had the opportunity to establish contacts for potential collaboration efforts in the future; not only amongst each other but also with other State and National AmeriCorps programs currently working to meet critical community needs throughout the state of Montana.  It's always exciting to hear about our members joining forces with other programs to maximize the impact that they can have on their communities!

On Thursday morning leaders had the chance to get off campus and down in the dirt, as we travelled to Garden City Harvest's Orchard Garden for a service project.  With their fall crops ready to be harvested, we spent the morning picking broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, & tomatillos (and of course, the best part- sampling some of each along the way!). Our team was kept on track by Sarah and Kate, who we were excited to discover was a fellow Campus Corps member and had spent the summer working as a volunteer at the garden.  Not only did we experience some hands-on learning, but we also learned about the great work that Garden City Harvest does throughout the community from various education initiatives, to providing food to Missoulians in-need, to running the Youth Harvest program for at-risk adolescents.

Overall, orientation was a great success and leaders returned to their respective campuses more than ready to hit the ground running for fall semester!