Americorps volunteer
Adam Zais, center, has his picture taken with his parents, Patty and Tim Zais, after speaking to the Noon Rotary Club last Thursday about his service in AmeriCorps.
- Adam Zais, center, with his parents, Patty and Tim Zais
Adam Zais, center, has his picture taken with his parents, Patty and Tim Zais, after speaking to the Noon Rotary Club last Thursday about his service in AmeriCorps.
Adam, a 2008 graduate of Hudson High School, interrupted his engineering studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a 10-month commitment to the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program.
Since joining the NCCC in early 2010, Zais has been a cook at a camp for construction volunteers in New Orleans, gutted flood-damaged homes in Nashville, Tenn., and helped set up a New Jersey camp for inner-city youth. He said he’s enjoying the experience.
He’s thinking about joining California Conservation Corps for a few months when his AmeriCorps duty is completed. He’ll eventually return to college, he said.
AmeriCorps workers receive housing, meals and a living stipend of about $100 a week (before taxes). Upon completion of the program, they get $5,350 to spend on college.
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