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As part of the Obama Administration’s new public service initiative, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the  Citizen Corps have partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service to create a Community Preparedness Toolkit. It is one of a series of Toolkits that can be found on Serve.gov, the nation’s new online resource for finding volunteer [...]

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The U.S Senate yesterday passed the “Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act”, which would significantly raise the number of Americans who can participate in national service programs, including those to help prepare for and respond to disasters. The legislation calls for tripling the size of the AmeriCorps to 750,000 and expanding incentives for students and seniors to give [...]

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The Disaster News Network has a ‘good news’ article about the more than 5000 college students from around the U.S. who are spending their Spring Break helping post-Hurricane Ike rebuilding efforts in Galveston, Texas. According to the story, the students are ”giving their time, efforts and money toward helping us to recover” said Eddie Hilliard, a member of [...]

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