by | Aug 24, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » This August, we headed to Aurora to visit Hesed House, a comprehensive homeless resource center where five VISTA Summer Associates have spent the last couple of months working on a wide variety of projects. They’ve been running a kid’s summer...
by | Aug 23, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » The saying “time flies when you’re having fun” is a good way to summarize the many adventures I’ve had at Housing Action Illinois. I moved to Chicago for the polluted air and loud streets, never one to miss out on the city life, but I stay for...
by | Aug 15, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » This summer, four Summer Associates have been working hard on a variety of projects at DuPage Habitat for Humanity. They’ve been coordinating volunteers on construction sites, updating the organization’s website, collecting community feedback,...
by | Aug 9, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » On the last day of the Zero:2016 Action Camp in Denver, I received a small plastic soldier. I was to take the soldier back with me as a reminder of the personal commitment I was making to ending veteran homelessness. The commitment seemed like...
by | Jul 15, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » We know that many VISTAs help their organizations with recruiting, orienting, and managing volunteers, so when we saw that the Executive Service Corps (ESC) has developed free templates for volunteer orientations, performance reviews, meeting...
by | Jun 30, 2017 | Housing Action Corps
Back to main blog page » “I have a lot to say,” starts Stacey Brown in her story, “New Beginnings,” published in a 2017 issue of Real Conditions magazine. Stacey describes her struggles with being bipolar and how becoming a mother has changed...
