National Service Responds: The Power of Help and Hope After Katrina

摘要

The Corporations family of National Service programs played a pivotal part in ensuring that citizens could make a meaningful difference in restoring Gulf Coast communities. From our Senior Corps projects and AmeriCorps and VISTA members to NCCC teams and servicelearning projects with Learn and Serve America, our programs brought extraordinary passion, expertise, and above all talented and caring people to help in responding and healing. In Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Texas, the Corporations state office staff and the Governor-appointed State Service Commissions placed extraordinary energy and National Service resources into the recovery efforts. One year later, this is a report on the effort so far. It is dedicated to the selfless and inspired staff and participants in our programs, the nonprofit and faith-based organizations whose missions they fulfill, and the volunteers they support and serve with. And, it is also dedicated to the 65 million Americans who make their own communities stronger each year through volunteer service.