Americorps VISTA volunteer helping others through SLCC Community writing center placement
T.J. Faherty, AmeriCorps VISTA currently assigned to work with the SLCC Community Writing Center, struggles with the question of where is his hometown. After explaining that he has moved around a lot, he finally settles on Hopewell, New Jersey, where his parents have lived for a long time.
A returned Peace Corps Volunteer, T.J. served in Chile from 1995 to 1997 as a small business and municipal development extensionist. He spent some of his time in the Peace Corps working with the provincial governor.
He moved to Salt Lake City in 1999 to be the executive director of the Utah Youth Soccer Association and because he loved the outdoors and “Salt Lake City is great for that.” In 2001, he became a budget manager for the University of Utah Hospital and Clinics.
He began to look for something that would allow him to become civically engaged. He had a desire to help those who were “distinct from myself,” and being apolitical, he thought that AmeriCorps would be the right place for him.
Talking about his Peace Corps service and his AmeriCorps VISTA term, T.J. stated, “I’m lucky.” With the support of his wife, Amy Faherty, who is a district manager and independent consultant with Arbonne International, T.J. has been able to “create greater civic engagement” in his life and “dedicate himself to that service.”
T.J. started working with the SLCC Community Writing Center through the Utah Campus Compact in April 2011.
This article was originally published at examiner.com.
A returned Peace Corps Volunteer, T.J. served in Chile from 1995 to 1997 as a small business and municipal development extensionist. He spent some of his time in the Peace Corps working with the provincial governor.
He moved to Salt Lake City in 1999 to be the executive director of the Utah Youth Soccer Association and because he loved the outdoors and “Salt Lake City is great for that.” In 2001, he became a budget manager for the University of Utah Hospital and Clinics.
He began to look for something that would allow him to become civically engaged. He had a desire to help those who were “distinct from myself,” and being apolitical, he thought that AmeriCorps would be the right place for him.
Talking about his Peace Corps service and his AmeriCorps VISTA term, T.J. stated, “I’m lucky.” With the support of his wife, Amy Faherty, who is a district manager and independent consultant with Arbonne International, T.J. has been able to “create greater civic engagement” in his life and “dedicate himself to that service.”
T.J. started working with the SLCC Community Writing Center through the Utah Campus Compact in April 2011.
This article was originally published at examiner.com.