City-Wide Service Team Year 18

Chelsea Bodamer – 1st Year Member

Age: 24
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education: University of Pittsburgh – Bachelors Degree in Media & Professional Communications with a Certificate in Digital Media
Resume Highlights: Carousel Operator, Project Assistant at an advertising firm – Fireman Creative, Intern at Pittsburgh City Council, AmeriCorps member with Environmental Corps in Austin, TX
Favorite AmeriCorps moment: My favorite AmeriCorps moment was traveling to the Guadalupe Mountains during my time in Texas. During our assignment, our crew spent nearly a month camping throughout the Mountains. It is one of the most beautiful, and peaceful, places I have had the opportunity to spend time.
Why did you join: After spending four years hitting the books, I was eager to gain hands on skills and experience the Country. I joined ACSTL specifically because after working alongside the program in Joplin, MO, I just knew it was where I needed to be.
Favorite Project: All of them! Each project is unique.
Future Plans: Graduate School
Hobbies: Yoga, reading, cooking, photography, enjoying the great outdoors, and listening to music

“I am blessed to be a part of this “AmeriFamily”. I can’t think of a more motivated, selfless, and courageous group of individuals to serve and grow with.”

Joe Fetter – 2nd Year Member

Age:  26
Hometown: St. Louis
University: Fordham University
Degree: English and Journalism
Resume Highlights: Was a news writer/producer/intern at KMOX in St. Louis and WFUV in New York.  Helped produce a documentary series, Mega Engineering, for Discovery Channel.
Future Plans: Go back to school to get a master’s in English, and eventually find a job that combines my passion of literature and writing with my love of community outreach.
Favorite Americorps Moment: During my first year as an Education Team Member, one of my students did not know the alphabet, nor could she write her own name.  After lots of hard work, toward the end of the year, we had one breakthrough session where she was not only able to flawlessly write her name, but she could recite nearly half of the alphabet.
Why did you Join: Since high school, I have always been passionate about community service, and I knew that being able to devote a year or two of my life to making a difference in St. Louis would be a dream come true.
Favorite Project: Serving at the Warming Shelter my first year was an amazing experience, but having the opportunity to coordinate it as a Member of CST has been truly unforgettable.
Hobbies: reading, writing, playing soccer and rugby

“Courage is grace under pressure.” -Ernest Hemingway

Kayla Potter- 2nd year Member

Age: 23

Hometown: Eaton Rapids, MI
Education: Eastern Michigan University – Social Work
Resume Highlights: Volunteer Coordinator for my university, intern at a detox facility
Favorite AmeriCorps Moment: Hiking 13 miles along Burnt Mtn trail in Montana while repairing water bars in August. The view from the mountain top is still my favorite vista of Butte.
Why did you Join: I joined ERT because I wanted to go on adventure and do something completely different than I had before. I joined CST because I wanted to contribute to ACSTL in a more background, coordinating capacity; I also wanted to work more on the Warming Shelter.
Favorite Project:Alley Hollow Conservation Area(as ERT Year 17), Warming Shelter (as ERT and CST)
Future Plans: In progress. Grad school within the next couple of years.
Hobbies: Reading, crocheting, being geeky.

“See the need, meet the need.”