To catch a glimpse into the legacy of service provided during 2007 by more than 100 CREC Corpsmembers representing 14 crews, please visit the "CREC 2007 Year in Pictures" video here:

CREC 2007: The Year in Pictures: (17min 4sec)

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CREC would like to congratulate our recent graduating members! On Friday, December 14, 2007, 42 Corpsmembers, Assistant Crew Leaders, Crew Co-Leaders and Crew Supervisors were honored by an Italian feast and ceremony served up by CREC staff.

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If you're a CREC alumnus like me, you probably wish you had an easy way to stay in touch with the other current and former CRECers out there. So here it is, a brand new CREC alumni group on facebook. You need to be a facebook.com member to join the group, but the process isn't too painful. If you're interested, please join soon, because right now there are only two of us and that's just sad!

On Friday, November 2, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the Coconino Rural Environment Corps (CREC) will host a Ten Year Anniversary Open House at their new facility located at 5410 E. Commerce Ave. in Flagstaff. In celebration of the move and anniversary, CREC is inviting all current and former members, partners, supporters and stakeholders to the open house.

The work is progressing nicely here at CREC's new facility: the carpeting, paint, furniture, and everything else are almost finished, and along with the rest of the new stuff come new phone numbers as well!

This past Friday marked the end of 450 hours of service for the NACC's sixteen summer corpsmembers. A graduation celebration was held in CREC's new, unfinished facility. The highlight of the afternoon was the Chap Suey crew's presentation of a new Husky saw to Afton, their fearless leader. Congrats to each of the members on their successful terms!

If you'd like to see the summer through their eyes, or at least their camera lenses, tune in to one of the following videos:

NACC 2007: The Summer in Pictures: (7min 6sec)

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On Friday, CREC's three YCC crews--Flagstaff, Sedona, and Williams--celebrated the end of their season with an awards ceremony at the Coconino county fairgrounds. Surrounded by family, staff, and their crew mentors, twenty-three corpsmembers reflected on their accomplishments and thanked each other for a great summer season. Congratulations to each and every member for making 2007 the YCC's most successful season yet!

If you'd like to see what their summer was like, tune in to one of the following videos:

CREC YCC 2007: The Summer in Pictures: (6min 23sec)

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David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, was recently interviewed by John Ydstie on NPR's Morning Edition about recent trends in American volunteerism. You can listen to the interview here.

CREC is very excited to announce that on Tuesday, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors approved the lease for CREC's new facility! The building, located at 5410 E Commerce Ave, near the county's Public Works department, will house all of CREC's operations: field, shop, training, and administration. The new facility includes a generous shop area, training room for fifty, and offices for the entire staff.