Hello everyone! My name is Katie
Risch. I am currently doing my year of service here at the Commission on Volunteers. The mission of the Utah Commission on Volunteers is to improve communities through service and volunteering, and my part is to involve youth in this
mission.
My job as a
YVC Team Leader may be a bit different than most, but it has been a good experience thus far. I work 40 hours a week in an office, but am always looking for opportunities to get out and be involved. Some of my tasks include: Setting up a monthly volunteer opportunity for our office, mentoring 4 local projects for the Utah Youth Service Marathon (Linda's
Sk8 park project is one of those), providing input (overall look and feel) for our youth section of our website, planning and organizing our 2009 Youth Summit, and some other great things that will be happening during our Summer of Service.
I work with some really amazing individuals. I am a staff
liaison for our Youth Voice Sub-Committee and our Youth Summit Planning committee. We have really great partners helping with these committees who are very dedicated and eager to give Utah's youth some great experiences.
AmeriCorps has opened my eyes to some great things this year. Before joining AC, I had never visited the Utah State Capitol, now I visit the Capitol about every three months. At our last Commissioner Meeting at the Capitol, our committee was asked to present on Youth Voice topics. When our committee was asked how we are doing, the response was, "We're
Rockin"! The picture below is a small
token of my appreciation for our Youth Summit Planning members, it is a rock that reads, "Thanks for
Rockin!/ 2009 Youth Summit Planning". I plan on giving these out to our committee members at our meeting this Thursday. I am very excited to meet once again and have some valuable and productive planning time. Great things are happening here at the
COV, and I feel so blessed to be a small part of that!
Keep up all the hard work you are doing. I look forward to reading what others post. Linda, this was a great idea. It is hard being so far away from everything that is going on in St.George, but I feel this will help to keep us connected. If you are interested in learning more about the progress of the Utah Youth Service Marathon, please check out the blog located at:
http://www.commissiononvolunteers.blogspot.com/.
Happy Volunteering!
Hello, I am Dustin Thompson. I have lived in St. George, Utah for most of my life. I did live for two years in Wisconsin while I served a mission for my church, but that just made me appreciate the warm, near-tropical weather of St. George even more! I am a Youth Group Leader for YVC, which means I work with youth ages 11-18 mostly; though no one is exempt from serving. I am currently attending Dixie State College and am going into public communications. Eventually I would like to become a professor at a college, and teach in the communications department.
