Year 25 Members at End of Service Gathering

News & Stories

The RARE AmeriCorps Program places its members in rural communities across the State of Oregon. In each participating community, RARE AmeriCorps members often finds themselves working with local media sources. Whether it is helping develop a news article or finding local fame, it is common for almost every RARE AmeriCorps member to become a local celebrity in their community. Below you will find social media posts, blog articles written by our RARE AmeriCorps members and newspaper articles starring them! By exploring below, you will gain a better understanding of how RARE AmeriCorps members impact the communities they serve.

Stories from the Field

  • When Lives Are at Stake: Navigating Political Polarization in Public Safety
    By Emily Embleton, Emergency Management Communications Analyst On the last Friday of every month, a handful of climate activists stand outside of City Hall in Florence, Oregon, demanding that the council declare and subsequently act on a citywide state of emergency due to climate change. This group is known as the Florence Climate Emergency Campaign, boastin
  • Returning to My Rural Roots
    By Ruby Barrera, Community Engagement Specialist, Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center Growing up in a rural place I felt TRAPPED, and the opportunity to leave wasn’t coming soon enough. It’s a tale as old as time: grow up rural, feel like your potential isn’t being met, move to the city, and become ultra rich and successful like in the movies. Yet, when I
  • The Dalles: Much More Than Its Reputation
    By Ann Moorhead, Special Projects Manager, City of The Dalles Exploring The Dalles: Outdoor Recreation Opportunities in Oregon's Hidden Gem Nestled in one of the most captivating landscapes of Oregon, The Dalles stands as a hidden gem, gracing a bend in the Columbia River slightly more than an hour east of Portland. Embraced by the Gorge and kissed by t
  • A Rainbow Over Blue River
    by Braden Ravenscraft, Community Land Trust Program Associate, McKenzie Valley LTRG of Lane County It had been a typical day in the "banana belt" that’s contained within the unincorporated communities up Highway 126 along the McKenzie River. When Eugene and Springfield are blanketed by a layer of grey in the dead of winter, there is often some suns

 

Recent RARE Mentions in the News

  • Willamette Ornament Hunting Season Opens
    By The New Era The Willamette Valley Visitors Association (WVVA) has launched its seventh annual Ornament Hunt throughout the region and on non-wilderness trails of the Willamette National Forest and the Umpqua National Forest. As many as 200 locally crafted wooden ornaments were hidden along non-wilderness trails for lucky hikers to find in the following…
  • S. Deschutes County Health Care, Parks & Rec, Wildfire Risk Among Issues Discussed at Newberry Regional Summit
    By Isabella Warren Southern Deschutes County community members, nonprofits and government agencies met Thursday in Sunriver for the Newberry Regional Partnership's Action Summit to discuss strategies and solutions to issues in an area they say is much different than most of the county. "It is a turning point, because no one can do this on…
  • Community Will Build Affordable Housing in Blue River
    By Rachael McDonald A community land trust is breaking ground on six affordable homes in Blue River on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 for people who survived the Holiday Farm Fire. The fire swept through the McKenzie River Valley on Labor…
  • Tidings from Titus | November 2024
      Dearest RARE Family, “Never stop learning, never stop growing” is a mantra that I often repeat to myself and share with others during periods of significant change. The ability to embrace the change that constantly surrounds us, especially when change presents a challenge, is something this group of humans knows all too well. Our…