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Your support makes a difference! Here’s some of the tangible impact that
your gift had in 2024:
- $24,770 was awarded to help 40 members continue their term of service when they were faced with an unexpected financial emergency.
- 92% of AmeriCorps members reported they were satisfied with their housing, which included donor-supported options like basecamp, group campsites, and host families. That’s an increase of 12% from last year (80% in 2023)!
- 107 Montana teens served in our Youth Expedition Corps, where they improved our trails, waters, and public lands while becoming confident, driven, and capable young leaders (pictured, left).
- We received 30 applications for the 6 spots on our Piikuni Lands Crew. We’re planning two crews for 2025!
But don’t just take our word for it, hear it directly from our participants:
“The long hours of purposeful work and the people I spent it with made serving with MCC one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. It inspired me to pursue my passion for conservation after high school!
- MCC Youth Participant, 2024
[MCC] taught me something I’ve used through my teen and young adult life: how strong I can be, and how doing things that you don’t want to do can shape you quicker than anything else in this world. I believe every teenage kid could benefit from this program. I sure did.”
- Emailed from a 2018 Youth Participant
