New Report: National Service Response to Hurricaine Katrina

Posted by on October 13, 2006

NEW REPORT RELEASED ON NATIONAL SERVICE RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA

More than 35,000 national service participants contributed more than 1.6 million hours during the first year of hurricane relief and recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast, according to a recent report by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The report, ?National Service Responds: The Power of Help and Hope After Katrina,? chronicles the initial response and ongoing recovery activities of national service volunteers. While documenting the powerful contributions made through national service, it also points out the challenges of disaster volunteering and the long road to recovery ahead. The report is available at the Corporation?s website at http://www.nationalservice.gov/katrina. The report is part of the agency?s ?Serve to Remember. Remember to Serve? campaign, which is using the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks to spur greater interest in volunteer service by Americans. For more information, visit http://www.nationalservice.gov.