Induction Day and Day before Spike!!

Hello lovely followers/blog readers! Today I was inducted into the AmeriCorps NCCC program with 300 other corps members in a theater with the national director as well. Super legit I know. Yesterday we were told that we might be deploying to the east coast because of Sandy but fortunately we are still going to Lakeside, CA, for our spike as planned!! We got the cargo van and our 15 passenger van packed for our 10-12 hour trip down south. I don't think I have ever packed so hard for a trip... like it was extreme packing. My room is almost completely empty.We get to wake up super early tomorrow morning in order to leave so we will have 10 cheery passengers in our van!:) We went to Trader Joe's and it was not like the Trader Joe's in Minneapolis. I am all stocked up on food for the ride there and I will definitely be going to bed at a decent hour tonight. So a lot of you want to see some pictures of me from the program so here's my proposition for y'all. Go on Facebook and like this page!!
http://www.facebook.com/AmeriCorpsNCCCPacificRegionClass19Gold4
Also I do enjoy letters and care packages(cookies,candy,coloring books,pictures,etc.) and I will write back! Hope y'all are having a fantastic year and I'll try to stay on top of updating the blog but I am not quite sure if I will have the resources to do that and to those who live in Minnesota, I will see you in December!:)
Much love from Cali!:)

Sorry it's been like a month!!!

Hey readers!
So I know it's been a long time since I have wrote a blog post and well there has been a lot going on in my life right now and well I guess you all want to know about what's going on in my life. So here goes nothing. I have been training for the past month and we only have like 5 days until we leave on our first project. Our first project is in the lovely city of Lakeside,CA, which is 20 miles out of San Diego and we will be working with three organizations: Lakeside's River Park Conservancy, Blue Sky Ranch and Silverwood Sanctuary. We will be camping for 4 weeks at Blue Sky Ranch, which is a community that focuses on environmental and sustainable practices. We will be learning about composting, using our resources wisely, and many other practical things that will change the future of the world. I am extremely excited for our first project. I have never been camping before so this will be an interesting experience but there is a shower and electricity so I have two things that I need in order to live my life. :) We have to use all eco-friendly products including shampoo, toothpaste, and other toileteries because they do not want any toxins seeping into the beautiful San Diego River, which we will be helping restore. The Silverwood Sanctuary is part of the Audubon of San Diego. We will be doing fire prevention things such as brushing, taking out easy flammable targets and doing fuel reduction as well. I learned how to chainsaw yesterday and I now know how to cut down a tree. Tomorrow is my second day of field training and I get to do the big stuff. So here's some pictures of my time here!:)

It's Been A While...Oops!

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been on for a while. I have been really busy with training and service projects.I have been training for 2 weeks and been in Sacramento and wow. Like wow. I have been to downtown Sacramento and it wasn't all that exciting but hey. I got off of campus :) For our first service project we went to Shasta Community Park which is part of the City of Sacramento Parks and Rec System. We did a ton of things. I weeded for like 5 hours and ate lunch and then went back to weeding for another 2 hours until we finished and went back to home base. This Wednesday we are heading to the beautiful Redwoods to a overnight camp called Camp Mendicino. We will be there for about 3 days and then we come back to Sacramento. Oh by the way when I say we I mean my team. You see in AmeriCorps NCCC we have 4 different units: Silver,Gold,Green and Blue. I am on the Gold unit on team 4. There are 7 teams in each unit. On my team there are 11 people including myself. I have met a lot of people already and I think I can feel my abs coming in...;)
Mail me care packages and letterssssss!
Kira Silverman
AmeriCorps NCCC Pacific Region, Gold 4
3427 Laurel St.
McClellan, CA 95625

See ya on the Flipside :)

2 Days

So yesterday was a pretty rough day for me just because I realized that I leave on Wednesday and won't get to see y'all for another 10 weeks until I come home for winter break :) I have to go to Target to get some last minute items and then paint my bag. I am so excited to decorate it...it's embarrassing. Tomorrow is the Ultimate Packing day. Seriously you guys I can't believe that I am leaving for Sacramento on Wednesday...like it's becoming real. I am really excited yet nervous and that's what one of the team leaders told me was a good thing to feel. Well I am going to post this on Facebook and for those who want to pass my blog on you go right ahead and do that!:)

Final stretch

Making my lists. I definitely am not ready yet... I got my duffel bag and started crying because I realize its so real now. I am leaving in 3 weeks for a wonderful life changing experience. Wow.

First Time Bloggin'

Hey y'all this is my first time blogging and not much is going on in my life right now and my blog will get a lot more interesting in October so get ready for excitement!:)