As the most severe flooding in 15 years hits the Midwest,
hundreds of AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve
America participants are working alongside tens of thousands
of volunteers in battling the raging floodwaters, piling
sandbags, running shelters and hotlines, and assisting
evacuees. >
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AmeriCorps VISTA - Summer
Associates Needed
In response to the recent tornadoes and flooding in the
Midwest, particularly the devastating storms in Iowa,
AmeriCorps VISTA is recruiting 200 Summer Associates and 30
full-year VISTAs to assist in disaster relief in Eastern
Iowa. VISTAs will recruit and manage volunteers and provide
coordination and leadership to assist low-income individuals
and communities in recovering from the severe flooding that
struck Linn and Johnson Counties. >
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Michele Kehl's assignment as an AmeriCorps*VISTA in the low-income Bowley's Quarters community in Baltimore County, Maryland, coincided with the arrival of Hurricane Isabel in September 2003. Amid the ensuing sense of despair, Kehl emerged as a leader in creating programs to begin repairing the physical damage and also restore the spirit of the people. Read More
