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Kansas Corps: Expanding Its Scope and Mission

By Dawne Leiker
News | October 3, 2009

HAYS, Kan. - My first chance to see Kansas Corps in action was in Chapman last April, when more than 50 students from six colleges across the state of Kansas pitched in to provide tornado disaster relief. These students performed a wide-range of services; from removing metal from a creek bed to insulating, framing and dry-walling a home.

The Chapman project was the second pilot project of Kansas Corps. Its first project took place in Melvern in 2008, and saw students from across the state create a hiking and biking trail for that city. 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 helped a small community convert a landfill into a health and fitness trail.

Now the real work begins...

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