AmeriCorps Review

Two of our Seattle AmeriCorps sites were graced by Ms. Ruth Lampi from the AmeriCorps offices in Washington DC. Ruth visited with the Green Bean and Awake site supervisors and members July 28 and 29. Annually the federal program sends their program officer to one or more locations to review how things are going. This year, our northwest region received this review. I participated in both interviews by Ruth.

The first day the Awake - Aurora site was interviewed. Ben Katt (Site Supervisor) and Karen Cirulli (Member) and I spent time in the office with Ruth. Later we all went on a tour of the neighborhood on Aurora Ave, to see some of the activity that is part of Karen's work.

We were able to see the community garden and the under construction "Aurora Sharehouse". Very good stuff!

The next day, Ruth met with the Green Bean - Greenwood Neighborhood site. Summer Mohrlang (Site Supervisor) and Dan Moses (Member) spent time with Ruth and myself. As well, they took Ruth on a tour of the area near the old burned down Green Bean, and its new vibrant site today. Again, very good community stuff going on!


(AmeriCorps Member Dan Moses at the Green Bean)


(Dan Moses, Ruth, Summer Mohrlang, Jeff)


(Ben Katt, Karen Cirulli, Jeff, Ruth at the Aurora Community Garden)


(Karen, Ruth, Ben at the Aurora Sharehouse)