Alicia Arehart of Juneau is one of 130 men and women, who have committed to 10 months of national service as part of the Southern Region’s 22nd class of the National Civilian Community Corps as a member of Federal Emergency Management Agency Corps (FEMA).
As part of her service, Arehart spent 10 months serving with FEMA in the administration of emergency management and long term recovery activities.
“I am motivated to serve by my community. They have offered me so much and it is now my time to give back,”Arehart said.
Arehart completed her service on April 21, 2016, with an education award of up to $5,775, which can be used to continue education or pay back qualified student loans.
This 22nd class of members served a total of 186,519 hours during their 10 months of service. The estimated value of a volunteer hour is $23.07. Using this figure, collectively, these 130 members provided $4,302,993.33 worth of service back to the community.
