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

     

    Recent RARE Mentions in the News

    • Housing as Essential Community Infrastructure
      By Emilia Shoup, RARE Alum As a young professional who has lived and worked in Sisters for nearly four years, I have been invited to share my story for C4C’s Community Forum about local housing challenges, “Who Gets To Live Here? The Search for Local Housing Affordability.” It was spring 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic…
    • Dress Like Fred
      By Tom Henderson 1 / 6 Tom Henderson | for The Oregonian/OregonLive Dress Like Fred Monmouth Communications Coordinator Sabra Jewell and Assistant City Manager Kevin Parks get in the spirit of Mister Rogers on the little red trolley that connects Monmouth and Independence neighborhoods. 2 / 6 Tom Henderson | for The Oregonian/OregonLive Dress Like…
    • Travel Oregon Announces 2023 Travel & Tourism Industry Achievement Awards
      Oregon Outback Dark Sky Network takes home the Governor’s Award for their work to certify the Oregon Outback as the world’s largest Dark Sky Sanctuary On Monday, March 11, 2024, the Oregon Tourism Commission (dba Travel Oregon) announced the recipients of the 2023 Oregon Travel and Tourism Industry Achievement Awards at the 2024 Oregon Governor’s…
    • Survey: Prineville a promising destination for tourism
      By Jason Chaney via Taylor Wilkie Results align with strategic goals of newly established Destination Management Organization Prineville seems poised to grow as a tourist destination based on recent data compiled in a new survey. The Oregon State University Sustainable Tourism Lab based at OSU-Cascades recently unveiled insights from a 2023 survey that provided a…