When the California Service Corps began to take shape as a modern, paid service force, many wondered whether young people would even want to become part of it.
That question has been answered — and then some, said Josh Fryday, director of the service corps, which has become bigger than the entire Peace Corps.
“What we saw last year is 40,000 applications for 10,000 positions statewide,” Fryday told The Californian after speaking with and interacting Friday with close to 100 CSUB students, many who are members of the College Corps, one of four divisions of the California Service Corps…