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City recognizes Peace Corps volunteers; local RPCVs speak about community impact
Summary
The council honored National Peace Corps volunteers; several returned volunteers described service experiences and ongoing local contributions, and Dana Bersig (RPCV Uganda 2008–2010) spoke about sustained community involvement.
The Grand Junction City Council issued a proclamation recognizing National Peace Corps volunteers and recalling the agency’s founding on 03/01/1961. Council Member Stout read the proclamation noting more than 61 years of Peace Corps service and local returned volunteers from Mesa County.
Dana Bersig (speaker 6), who said she served in Uganda from 2008 to 2010, told the council that more than 70 returned Peace Corps volunteers live in the Grand Junction area and described the formative and community-oriented nature of RPCV service. “My name is Dana Bersig, and I served in the Peace Corps in Uganda from 2008 to 2010,” she said, adding that RPCVs continue to engage in local service and volunteerism years after their overseas assignments.
Other returned volunteers introduced themselves and briefly described where they served (Shannon Kiel in Côte d’Ivoire, Tristan de Bruin in Eswatini, and Keelan Lewis in El Salvador) and highlighted the cross-cultural, service-driven experiences that led them to continued community involvement in Grand Junction.
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