Support CCMI & Jump-start a Young Person's Future!

Over the past five years, more than 1,900 youth and young adults from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI) have planted over a quarter of a million trees and improved nearly 3,500 miles of trails/ waterways. If you live in Minnesota or Iowa, you’ve likely enjoyed a park, trail, or natural area that’s been touched by one of CCMI's Corpsmembers.

These young people who dedicate their time to improving our public lands rely on several benefits and resources CCMI provides to help jump-start their future education and careers. One of those benefits is the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award.

The Education Award is one of the many benefits AmeriCorps members receive after completing a term of service. For many young people, the award can jump-start their future by enabling them to earn an undergraduate or graduate degree, learn a new trade, take classes to enhance a skill, or pay down existing student loans.

Unfortunately, CCMI was impacted by the unexpected AmeriCorps funding reductions earlier this year, and some of the 2025 Corpsmembers are facing a decrease in the Education Award they had been counting on receiving at the end of their service term.

We need your help to raise the remaining $20,000 to make up the difference!

Will you step up to support Corpsmembers who were impacted by the changes to AmeriCorps funding? Support my fundraiser to jump-start a young person’s future! Your gift will be doubled thanks to a generous match provided by the CCMI board.