Lyon County, Nevada – Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties recently welcomed ten AmeriCorps members who will serve communities throughout the Lyon County region during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Christy McGill, director for Healthy Communities, explained that “all are Lyon County residents with a stellar history of volunteerism, selected due to their passion for helping others.”
Work Force Development: Working on many diverse public service projects throughout the Lyon County region, the AmeriCorps members are becoming certified as Community Health Workers with training in CPR and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Some are also training in suicide prevention, strategies for promoting social and emotional skills in children, and trauma-informed care.
Serving Communities Across Lyon County: You’ll find the AmeriCorps members involved in projects in Smith Valley, Yerington, Silver Springs, Fernley and Dayton and communities in between. Look for them at the Silver Stage and Dayton Food Pantries, at school gardens and hoop houses, at the Silver Stage Community Garden, Jackrabbit Junction indoor farmers market, Community Roots nonprofit garden center, and at the Fernley Senior Center. You’ll also find the AmeriCorps members assisting Healthy Communities Coalition’s School-based Resource Coordinators in Yerington, Smith, Fernley, Silver Springs and Dayton as they connect families to local resources and promote access to health care services and good nutrition through the regional Health and Wellness Hub and the Healthy Food Hub.
AmeriCorps: AmeriCorps is a federal service agency dedicated to meeting the needs of Americans through public service. Americorps members serving communities in Lyon County include Alisha Moss, Brandon Allard, Preston Shahan, Justin Reid, Troyanne Cada, Jacob Huff, MaKayla Trisler, Brittany McDonald, Dave Chappell and Steven Cornwell.
In addition to a living allowance and health benefit options, the Americorps members are also earning nearly $5,000 in funding for college by serving for a year with AmeriCorps.
For more information about Americorps’ work in the Lyon County region, contact coordinators Wendy Madson or Jenny Claypool at the Healthy Communities’ office at 246-7550. For more information about Healthy Communities, see healthycomm.org.
Shown here, some of the 10 enthusiastic AmeriCorps staff.
6 of the 10 AmeriCorps are shown here with the amazing GREEN Team of SSES. AmeriCorps are helping with school cooking classes that feature fresh produce from the school garden, and they also assisted with the annual Silver Stage Elementary School Fall Festival this year.
AmeriCorps’ MiKayla Trisler offering face painting at the Fall Festival in Fernley. It’s wonderful to see all the great work the ten AmeriCorps staff are doing in communities across Lyon County.
Americorps’ Justin Reid assisting in Silver Springs with the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic that brought free dental, vision and medical services to hundreds of Northern Nevada residents from towns in Lyon, Churchill, Carson, etc. over the course of just 3 days in Sept 2016.
Steven of AmeriCorps helping with the Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic in Silver Springs that brought free dental, medical and vision services to hundreds of Northern Nevadans from Silver Springs, Dayton, Yerington, Carson City, Fallon, etc. in Sept 2016
Shown here, some of the 10 AmeriCorps staff serving the Lyon County region. All ten were recently sworn in at an AmeriCorps ceremony in Carson City.
Troyann of AmeriCorps shows some of the fresh produce grown at the Silver Stage Community Garden.
AmeriCorps’ Preston and Steven (background) are shown here helping with SSES cooking classes that start with fresh produce from the school garden.
Steven and Brittany of AmeriCorps are shown here becoming certified in lifesaving CPR. The AmeriCorps are also becoming certified as Community Health Workers, and training in FERPA, suicide prevention, strategies to promote early childhood social and emotion skills, and more.