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there’s no point to this. the program is gone, at least for now. i know a lot of people have it a lot worse than me, but right now, i hurt for the future that could have been. fuck elon. fuck trump. fuck doge. fuck everyone who voted for this.

A Day in The Life (On Spike):

You get up and do PT as a team. PT is a lot more relaxed on spike than it is in training, and it might be done before or after the day's work. If you're on a fire or disaster team it might be up to 5 days per week, though most teams and projects only require PT 3 days per week for 45-60 minutes each time. If you're a non-disaster team that is on a disaster project where you're working really wild hours in a really physical environment, you might not need to do PT at all.

You then have some time to get yourself showered or ready for the day, eat breakfast, etc...

You go to work. On most spikes service is a lot like a job. Generally it is M-F, 8-5 with a lunch break. You get to work via the 15-passenger van. You do whatever your project sponsor has agreed that your team will do for their project. This can literally be anything- building houses, clearing trails, serving meals, painting walls, interior demolition, mucking and gutting flooded homes, cutting fire line for controlled burns, teaching at a boys and girls club, etc...

You come home. Generally whoever is assigned to make dinner that night gets started making it. Everyone else either relaxes or does their assigned chores (cleaning spike housing, cleaning the van, food management, recruiting duties, planning independent service, project documentation, etc...). The TL may have one or two CMs for individual meetings.

You eat dinner as a team.

If it's a team meeting night, you also have a team meeting. Team meetings are usually once per week and about 1-2 hours in length. My team couldn't stand this so we broke up the required elements of the team meeting over the course of the week and just did them during dinner time.

And you repeat.

You do not have any say in what spikes you go on. They are assigned by the Unit Leader so even your TL has no idea until they're told toward the end of the previous spike.

How possible is getting hrt in Americorps? Is it covered in the health benefits or???? (Asking bc the health benefits website part is just- Not working??? Idk what to do with that)

I don’t have easy access to HRT where I live, meaning I’m not on it, so unfortunately I don’t have any direct experience with this. However, the health insurance they do provide only covers you while you’re working for them, and it’s very rudimentary. Like it only covers things that happen to you while on the job; I had gotten a spider bite and if I didn’t have my own insurance it would have covered the antibiotics.

gerard way @ nc comic con.  11/10/18.  durham, nc.