Thousands of lives have been impacted by AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer Brandi Vega. Coordinating expert guest speakers and teaching science, engineering, technology, the arts, and diversity mini lessons to over 80 afterschool children is just the beginning. Brandi also offers horticulture / agricultural, science and art summer activities to over 300 children per week as part of the USDA free lunch in City Park program. Monthly, she offers 4-H activities and curriculum to low income families at the Free Friendship Community Dinners. Brandi has also been pivotal in the annual Cheer Basket program which collects, sorts, and delivers food to needy families in the Gem Community. Over 600 families were assisted this winter. An amazing artist, Brandi was key in the Idaho Paint The State Meth Project, where she managed six mural sites. One of them was created in spanish and english and has had a powerful impact in our small town. As the artistic advisor, she helped our 4-Hers win six state recognized awards! Brandi also organizes a free fishing camp every summer and works with several county, state and federal groups to offer a free, educational fishing day. Over two hundred people attended last year. Recently, Brandi was recruited to be part of the Idaho State Hunger Task Force committee as their Latino representative and has collaborated with local producers, farmer's market managers, city, county, and state officials, and the University of Idaho's Gem County Extension Educator to provide a food hub to support local citizens through local producers. The goal? For the last three years, we have focused on outreach to under served and minority families in our county and surrounding areas. Through Brandi, we have learned that these children and families will not "just come to us." She has proven that we have to "go where they are" to educate and assist our future generations. Researching our ES237 Federal report, we can prove that, in three years with the passion of Brandi Vega, we have gone from 971 youth influenced to 2, 481 !