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Members</span><span></span></b></h1><div class="govd_hr" style="padding: 0px;"><div class="govd_hr_inner"><hr></div></div><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span>WASHINGTON,
D.C. – After completing 10 months of
service to disaster survivors around the country, the nation’s first class of
FEMA Corps members will be honored at graduation ceremonies in Vicksburg,
Miss., and Vinton, Iowa this month.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">FEMA
Corps is an innovative partnership between the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to
enhance the nation’s disaster response and recovery capacity while expanding
career opportunities for young people.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">Established
as a new unit within the existing AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps
(NCCC), FEMA Corps engages young adults ages 18 to 24 to provide 10 months of
full-time service on disaster response and recovery projects. More than 300 members of the inaugural FEMA
Corps class will graduate at ceremonies in Vicksburg on June 6 and Vinton on
June 13.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">“These
FEMA Corps members have made a real difference in FEMA's disaster response and
recovery efforts” said Richard Serino, FEMA Deputy Administrator. “They have
brought incredible energy and enthusiasm for community service, directly
impacting the lives of disaster survivors and paving a path for future FEMA
Corps teams."</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">“I am
so proud of the work AmeriCorps members have done as part of FEMA Corps and the
positive impact they have had for disaster survivors,” said Wendy Spencer, CNCS
CEO. “Through their selfless service, they have helped thousands of survivors
move forward with their lives and blazed the trail for future FEMA Corps teams
to make an even greater impact.”</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">FEMA
Corps teams from the two campuses were integral in the response and recovery
efforts for Hurricane Sandy. Teams were on the ground in New York and New
Jersey in the first few days following the hurricane and provided direct
assistance to disaster survivors by working at Disaster Recovery Centers and
going door-to-door in impacted neighborhoods providing disaster information.
FEMA Corps also provided assistance in 20 other states including Louisiana,
Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Florida during their 10 month assignment.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">The
joint partnership between FEMA and CNCS is a five-year program that that will engage
thousands of FEMA Corps members in all aspects of emergency management by
responding to disasters across the country. Their service has contributed to
delivering disaster assistance in a more expedited way by combining their
resources and technology to help register disaster survivors in person. Their
highly visible FEMA Corps uniforms also have let impacted communities and
disaster survivors know that FEMA is present and helping to meet their needs.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">As
part of their service, FEMA Corps graduates will receive a Segal AmeriCorps
Education Award to help them pay for college or pursue other learning
opportunities in and out of emergency management.</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">“Being
able to serve and to directly help disaster survivors in their greatest time of
need has been more rewarding than I could have ever imagined when I signed up
for the program,” said Margarita Andryushchenko, FEMA Corps Team Leader. “The experiences my team members and I have
had over the past 10months will stay with us forever.”</span></p><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5;">In
addition to FEMA Corps campuses in Vicksburg and Vinton, FEMA Corps is also
based out of Denver and Sacramento, Calif., and in the fall the campus in
Baltimore, Md. will inaugurate its first class. A second class of FEMA Corps
members from Vicksburg and Vinton will also begin in the fall.</span></p><h3 style="font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana,geneva; color: #000000; text-align: center; margin: 3px 0 0px; padding: 0;" align="center"><span style="font-weight: normal;">###</span></h3><p class="gd_p" style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: verdana, geneva;" align="left"><span>FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first
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