[Community-service] {Disarmed} Fwd: National Service and Hurricane Sandy

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> From: Wendy Spencer <cncs at delivery.nationalservice.gov>
> Date: October 31, 2012, 12:08:36 PM PDT
> To: ds94124 at aol.com
> Subject: National Service and Hurricane Sandy
> Reply-To: Wendy Spencer <cncs at delivery.nationalservice.gov>
> 
> 
> 
> Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. 
> At the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), we are working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), and other partners in this coordinated multi-agency response effort. 
> We salute individuals at every level of government, in nonprofit organizations, and in the private sector whose work is helping save lives, provide shelter, and rebuild communities. 
> 
> Our work is just beginning as first responders and other emergency personnel manage life-saving and rescue efforts. Hundreds of national service members are deployed and serving in disaster-affected communities and nearly a thousand more are standing by for immediate deployment. 
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> Before the recovery is complete, we expect thousands of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members to help in the recovery. My heartfelt thanks go out to all of our members, state offices, and state commissions, all of whom are making possible this vital national service response to this unprecedented weather event.  
> This work makes a difference. Christine Beste, a native of Delaware who is a team leader with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), is on the ground in the Northeast. She summed up what it means to help out her community in the following way:
> "I like being able to hit the ground running, being responsible for shelters and for my team.  Every one of my family members has lost electricity in their homes in Delaware and Philadelphia. This work is important to me because I am helping people who are in a disastrous situation."
> Like Christine, many of us know people or have relatives in one of the impacted areas, and we all know that overcoming the challenges left by this hurricane will require all of us to pitch in. 
> Please visit Serve.gov to find out ways you can volunteer or contribute to organizations that are helping communities that were in Hurricane Sandy’s path. We know this will be a long recovery and that volunteers will be critical in the coming weeks and months. 
> 
> If you are in an affected area, please let me reiterate FEMA’s advice to stay safe. You can visit this site to get safety tips for you and your family.
> Thank you for all that you’re doing to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, and feel free to check in with us at Serve.gov for additional updates and more information on volunteering.
> Warmest regards,
> Wendy Spencer
> 
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