What is the California Conservation Corps?
The California Conservation Corps (CCC) is a service organization in the American state of California. Members of the CCC participate in a wide range of community service activities, ranging from trail clearing in State Parks to emergency response. Membership in the Corps is open to individuals between 18-25 years of age who are ready to commit to some serious hard work. The organization was founded in 1976, and modeled after the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men to work during the Great Depression across the United States. This organization is credited with many excellent projects, ranging from accommodations in National Parks to the construction of roads in cities across the nation. The founders of the California Conservation Corps seized upon the model of hard work to benefit society and decided to apply it in California.
