The one where I start a blog

Hello beautiful people!! I am Kalene ( I'm pretty sure everyone reading this already knows me but whatever) Fowler and I am leaving for AmeriCorps NCCC in less than 2 weeks so here I am writing this blog. I've always wanted to have a blog but I never really had any reasons to start one.... I am not a fashionista, I am not a mom with life hacks for everything, I don't cook, and I am not one of those people that has the money to just travel the world always ( I wish!!)

              This is the campus I will be on when I'm at my home base( stolen from the FB page)


So here I am writing a blog finally about my future AmeriCorps experience! What is AmeriCorps NCCC might you ask?? Well I feel like I am not great at explaining it so I will let the information from the page I got do the talking. According to myamericorps.com, "AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is a full-time, team-based residential service program for young people ages 18-24. The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through team-based national and community service. Members are assigned to our regional campuses, located in Denver, CO; Sacramento, CA; Baltimore, MD; Vinton, IA; and Vicksburg, MS. NCCC requires a 10-month commitment of its members, who serve on teams of 8-12 people. Teams are assigned to service projects throughout the region of their campus which serves 8-12 states and can expect to complete between 4-6 projects during their term of service. Service projects are developed in conjunction with local sponsoring organizations throughout the region and address critical needs in the areas of natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. NCCC's focus on responding to priorities in the area of natural and other disasters includes disaster preparedness, relief and recovery "

5 campuses? Which one will you be serving at Kalene? That is a great question!! For those of you who don't know, I will be serving in the *drumrolls* PACIFIC REGION which is based in Sacramento, California. I could possibly be serving in any states that are blue. So basically, yes I got the best campus but I would have been happy anywhere.

The AmeriCorps staff sends you a duffle via UPS and whatever I can fit in this duffle and a school sized backpack carry on is all I can take with me. I guess you can say I am really going to learn the important things in life.

                           I can fit half of my body in this bag so I am really not too worried.

 Well I made blog not only to hear myself talk ( which I enjoy) but for people that wanted to keep up with my adventures and travels or maybe for people who might be interested in this program and want to see what it is like. ( If you know of anybody who might like this program tell them about my blog, yes I am promoting myself!) If you are interested in NCCC and want some more information or want to apply this is the link ( http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorps-nccc ) I am going to try and update weekly but I could possibly have a project where I don't have internet or knowing myself will get lazy and only update once every blue moon BUT I WILL TRY TO UPDATE WEEKLY! I hope you all keep up!
Thanks for reading and don't forget to serve others!!
PS this is my first blog post ever so have mercy!!