AmeriCorps at Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

Join Sixteenth Street and our Community Healthcorps cohort on Saturday, June 17 at Kosciusko Park for our annual bike day event!

Travel around the southside of Milwaukee with our community outreach team for our summer healthy food tour series!

Dates and additional information to come.

Meet Jalexis Martinez, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 who now works as a life insurance agent in Milwaukee.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

Mark your calendars! Our last Spring Potluck & Sustainability Series takes place this Thursday, May 18, at Riverside Park. 🥬
Learn how to choose foods that are good for you, our community, and the planet! Join our casual community potluck from 6-6:30 pm and stay for presentations on the food systems that nourish our lives from 6:30-8 pm.
This month's conversation is about eating sustainably on a budget with Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

The Spring Potluck & Sustainability Series is co-hosted with the Friends of Real Food

Meet Everardo Roque, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 now pursuing his PhD in Physical Therapy at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

Meet Ximena Vacas, Community HealthCorps Alum '22 who now works in our Family Education program in the Social Services department at Sixteenth Street.

Learn more about our opportunities and how you can be the change you wish to see at https://sschc.org/americorps/

No matter what you do next, the impact of your service as an AmeriCorps member remains through the projects and lives changed.

Leave a legacy and join our Fall 2023 cohort.

Applications open now! See our website at:
www.sschc.org/americorps

Our AmeriCorps members not only serve at their host sites, but also in the greater community through service projects! This year our Community HealthCorps members Annabelle and Olivia made blankets to give to seniors living here on the southside of Milwaukee.

Learn more about our program and apply to join our next cohort by visiting our website:
www.sschc.org/americorps

In Celebration of , the Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps partnered with the Milwaukee Christian Center's Youthbuild program to clean up the blocks between our two National locations.

Just another way our program's make a tangible impact on the communities they serve!

The Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps makes an impact. Since the start of the 22-23 service year, our members have connected hundreds of patients to care through screenings and resource navigation.

Learn more about our program on our website: www.sschc.org/americorps.

Join Sixteenth Street and other local organizations to learn more about paid volunteering in Wisconsin and abroad.

Panel experts will discuss benefits, typical day-to-day responsibilities for each program, and the ins-and-outs of the application process. Light refreshments provided.

Featured Organizations:
- AMPACT
- CITY YEAR
- COLLEGE POSSIBLE MILWAUKEE
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
- MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- PEACE CORPS
- PUBLIC ALLIES
- SIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

For more information or questions, email
[email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hip, Hip, Hooray! Public Health AmeriCorps is here – this National Public Health Week, we’re thrilled to join and to create a healthier, stronger and more resilient future through national service. Be a part of history and apply to serve with our inaugural corps. Learn more: AmeriCorps.gov/PublicHealth

We had a great time volunteering at United Community Center in Milwaukee yesterday! Arts and crafts at the Adult Day Center before doing a neighborhood cleanup, what a rewarding way to spend the afternoon!

November cooking class - we travelled to the Middle East (through imagination) to make kebabs! The origin of kebabs is thought to begin from the country of Turkey when soldiers would grill fresh meat from hunted animals on their swords over fires.

We also made a Persian cucumber/pomegranate/feta/mint salad, basmati rice and experimented with infused water by adding crushed cucumber and mint leaves with pomegranate juice.

A couple members recently had a birthday so we celebrated with cake and ice cream as well! Needless to say we were all pretty full after this.

Today we went on a field trip to the Milwaukee Domes! We learned a bit about tropical and desert ecosystems while looking at some neat plants.
Members discussed how the Domes play an important role for Milwaukee by promoting conservation, ecological literacy and allowing people to feel like they're in another country or dream vacation all right in our own community!

For our October cooking class, we rolled out handmade pasta to make fettucine carbonara! A traditional Italian recipe.

The members made and kneaded the dough then rolled it through a pasta roller to produce fresh fettucine. To make the sauce we mixed the pasta starch water with romano cheese and an egg. Can't overcook it though or you'll get scrambled eggs! Then a flower cut tomato garnish to work on our knife skills. Pan fried polenta and sautéed spinach was our vegan alternative.

Stay tuned for next month's menu!

Patty and Josh, our Community Outreach team, out gathering leaves for a project on Friday!

Our first cooking class of the service year! To start off we explored what is flavor, why there are so many flavors, and how to balance them to make a delicious meal. Next, we went over how to properly handle a knife and different ways to prepare ingredients by cutting same size shapes and determining textures and flavors over cooking time.

QUIZ: Do you know what Umami is? (answer in the comment section!)

Our meal was autumn inspired! A cranberry and apple salad with a house made vinaigrette, butternut squash risotto, then we learned how to break down a chicken before braising it.

If cooking is a passion for you, we still need a Family Education AmeriCorps Member who would be facilitating cooking classes with neighborhood families! Apply at sschc.org/get-involved/americorps

Tabling at Mexican Fiesta! Great food, music and people! Sixteenth Street staff are here to provide information on clinic services and resources. We're still looking to enroll AmeriCorps members, if anyone is looking for opportunities :)

Beautiful day to be out in the community! Sixteenth Street's Community HealthCorps and Lead Outreach programs are out tabling with other local organizations. Come say hello!

For those interested in pursuing a career in women's health - we have AmeriCorps positions in Sixteenth Street's Women's Wellness and WIC department open for enrollment! English/Spanish ability required - position descriptions and the link to apply can be found through the link below. Join us and be the change you want to see!

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Another glimpse into the cooking class designed for our AmeriCorps members. Homemade crepes! Here we had a blueberry compote crepe with pistachios, basil and mint leaves along with handmade whipped cream and an edible flower.

We're still enrolling members for our service year starting in September! Apply today to join our team to serve the community and learn life skills such as cooking, financial literacy and more!

Did I mention the education award to pay off student loans?

Apply here!: http://sschc.org/get-involved/americorps/

We're out tabling at Puerto Rican Family Festival - Come say hello and celebrate Puerto Rican culture!

Our first cooking class was a success!

To start off, the members learned what is flavor, kitchen safety, and how to stimulate our senses of taste and smell while assembling a charcuterie board. Then we made some boiled, smashed and roasted potatoes with herb butter, brussel sprout coleslaw with handmade mayonnaise, braised pork loin and almond butter asparagus!

We're enrolling members for next service year, join our team to serve the community, grow professionally and learn how to cook!

Joined Sixteenth Street's Department of Environmental Health and Community Wellness at a health fair today to do some recruiting for AmeriCorps members for our next service year - Great to be out in the community again!

Here's a sneak peek for the 21-22 Sixteenth Street Community HealthCorps - We're starting a cooking class! Weaving life skills into our service year is one of the core set of principles to support our members. Each month we'll be inviting local nutritionists, chefs, and farmers to teach us the importance of nutrition and how buying local supports the community! Other life skills for our AmeriCorps members include financial literacy training, public speaking and self care.

By the way.. we're enrolling new members to start in September, apply today!

Application link
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=WJXC5ZEm60KXcOORJHeZAapi8Ctw5shOhHQA53cerIhUN01UVktQVFZYUzlSUjc3Uk9YRE8zWDUwMC4u