Past Projects

OCTOBER 24, 2009 – National Make a Difference Day: Student volunteers from all over Kansas gathered in the community of Greensburg, KS to assist its residents in getting a step closer to rebuilding their community. Greensburg, a community devastated by a tornado in May 2007, needed assistance with planting trees, laying sod, spreading mulch, and other general maintenance jobs. The student volunteers hailed from:

Kansas Corps partnered with local organizations, Sunflower Resource, Conservation and Development and Greensburg Green Town Committee.

On April 4, 2009, students and sponsors from six colleges and universities across the state converged on the town of Chapman, Kansas serving the community through various projects. The Chapman community was devastated by a tornado in June, 2008, and although a great deal of rebuilding, cleanup and repair has been done, much remains to be accomplished.  Kansas Corps brought the community one step closer to accomplishing their goals. They preformed tasks such as removing metal from a creek bed, filling holes left by tree removal, insulating, framing, dry walling and resetting windows of a home, cleaning yards, painting a house, repairing a deck and installing a porch rail.

The schools that took part in assisting the Chapman Community follow:

On April 19, 2008, over 50 students and sponsors from 6 colleges and universities across the state gathered to create a hiking and biking trail in the community of Melvern, Kansas.  Working with the local “Friends of the Trail” committee and their partners, Westar Electric’s Green Team, the Kansas Trails Council and the PRIDE organization, these students were able to help a small community convert what was once a landfill into a health and fitness trail that will stimulate their local economy.  In addition to promoting fitness, the trails are being utilized as “outdoor” classrooms for the community and school districts in the surrounding area.

Schools who participated in this pilot project are listed below: