[Community-service] {Disarmed} Fwd: Baking A Cake of Gratitude

[Darian]

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> From: "Corporation for National & Community Service" <cncs at delivery.nationalservice.gov>
> Date: September 6, 2013, 9:56:36 AM PDT
> To: ds94124 at aol.com
> Subject: Baking A Cake of Gratitude
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> Dear Communicators and Colleagues,
> This is National Preparedness Month, and there is no better time to make plans for times when things go wrong.
> We are joining our partners at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to lead the America’s PrepareAthon! This effort will increase emergency preparedness and resilience through hazard-specific drills, group discussions, and other emergency exercises.
> “In the aftermath of disasters, Americans come together to show that we are there for each other,” said Wendy Spencer, CEO of CNCS.
> America’s PrepareAthon is also a reminder that, when disasters occur, the affected communities can count on national service. Here is one story from the Hurricane Sandy Resource Center in New Jersey:
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> Today, a woman came in and said thanks to AmeriCorps [NCCC], Labor Day weekend she had a kitchen. Doesn't sound like much, but because of this she was able to: enjoy the holiday with her family, invite neighbors with no homes to dinner, and sleep at her own house. She was able to bake with her granddaughter for the first time, and she was able to wake up and brew her first cup of coffee with her new son-in-law. 
> She got to have all of these moments because of the work behind everyone. So she didn't know how to say thank you. She cried and she hugged everyone and she couldn't think of how to say thank you enough, so she made this in her new kitchen.
> This is one story about the power of national service—and we encourage you to share it with your friends and family.
> National Service in the News
> Lessons From Katrina and Sandy
> Huffington Post, September 4, 2013
> Eight years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast faced an overwhelming task: rebuilding the lives and communities ravaged by the storm. Just days after the storm, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) deployed national service members to help.
> AmeriCorps
> $1.2M grant announced for Read Today
> KSL-TV (UT), August 29th, 2013
> Gov. Gary Herbert visited students at James E. Moss Elementary on Tuesday to announce the expansion of a statewide tutoring program aimed at helping students read at grade level and graduate from high school.
> AmeriCorps NCCC
> FEMA Corps inducts inaugural class
> Baltimore Sun (MD), September 3, 2013
> More than 150 young people were inducted last week into the federal government's newest service opportunity: the FEMA Corps, a partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency and AmeriCorps.
> AmeriCorps VISTA
> Virla Spencer is so effective in her work because she’s lived the struggle
> The Pacific Northwest Inlander (WA), August 27, 2013
> As an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer, Virla Spencer met clients who couldn’t find jobs or housing because of their past lives.
> Senior Corps
> Grandparents, kids benefit from program
> Tribune-Review (PA), September 2, 2013
> Mahoney, who worked in hotel, restaurant and retail management before retiring, is one of more than 200 Red Cross foster grandparents who work a minimum of 15 hours per week in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, Head Start programs, shelters and day care centers. “I love the foster grandparent program,” Mahoney said. “The kids can change your day in a heartbeat.”
> Serve.gov Blog
> America’s PrepareAthon! Encourages Emergency Readiness
> September 5, 2013
> Each September, Americans pause to remember the 9/11 victims and survivors, and the responders who defined courage in the aftermath of the attacks.
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