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Rochester, Indiana 46975 The Voice of Fulton County’s People Since 1858

Trent Shafer Tow

thrives as
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volunteer by Jennifer M. Smith hire
LifeStyles Editor, The Sentinel
Trent Shafer serves. Editor’s note: Townsh
The 2009 Culver Military Academy grad, and government in Indiana i
son of Rochester’s Rob and Theresa Shafer, works attack from Ind. Gov. M
as an AmeriCorps volunteer. Daniels. Herewith, a loo
His 10 months of service began last October of their duties.
when he flew to Sacramento, Calif., for a month
of training. Shafer explained, “We did everything BY CHRISTINA M.
from CPR to disaster relief certification.” News Editor, The S
The volunteers in each region – Sacramento Not one township
is one of five and AmeriCorps chooses where in Fulton County fin
each volunteer is placed – are assigned to one of selves on a lawn m
28 teams. Eleven people are on Shafer’s team. a summer evening
His team completes four different assignments, their way around tom
known as spikes, throughout the 10 months. The and playground equi
team is notified about two weeks before a new Instead, they hir
spike where they will be going and has about a sometimes family –
week transition between projects. ing and handyman w
Shafer’s role in his team is “service learning In Aubbeen
initiator.” He applied for this job and said it means Township, Dennis
he “helps the team train and understand the mis- earned $4,000 in
sion.” mow and maintain
A friend from CMA who participated in properties.
AmeriCorps immediately after high school sparked Maurice Sutton
Shafer’s interest in the program. Later, reading Trent Shafer $3,400 for mowing i
Tracy Kidder’s “Mountains beyond Mountains” Township in 2009
To apply for the AmeriCorps National Civilian
– recommended by his grandmother Mary Lipsett wife Rita did the sam
Community Corps an individual must be between
– fanned the flames. “It was perfect timing. My 2010 for the same pa
the ages of 18 and 24 and may have any educa-
brain was ready for it.” Union and Wayne T
tional background. Work starts in either January
He completed the extensive application in March have mowing expens
or October, and each person works as part of a
2010, participated in a phone interview in May to Fulton’s.
team.
and was accepted in September. Union Townshi
Shafer remarked, “Our team works incred-
In return for 10 months of service, Americorps $4,150 to Vivian Ba
ibly well together. It’s people of all sorts of back-
provides a scholarship, paid food, laundry, shel- mowing help in 2
grounds. You bond really quickly.
ter, and uniform, and a biweekly stipend. “And $5,773 for mowing
you travel all over the place,” Shafer said. Please see Shafer, Page 2 John Briney earned

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