Abby Simons, Yr 17 and 18 ERT Member, created a fundraiser among her friends and family to jumpstart this initiative. Through Joining Hands in the Heartland, the first large appliance was purchased for a family affected by the Joplin Tornado.
“I started this fundraiser for Joplin, for the people the Tornado affected, and for the impacts [...]
Lessons Learned: Q&A with AmeriCorps Alum and Joplin Veteran, Quinn Gardner By Sacha Cohen To mark the one-year anniversary of the May 22 Joplin tornado, we’ll be featuring a variety of content on the serve.gov blog, including Q&As with those who served in the community, like this one.
February 29th, 2012 was a day of destruction in Southwest Missouri. Tornadoes ripped through the area leaving hundreds of families with severely damaged or destroyed homes. The AmeriCorps St. Louis Emergency Response Team was called into action by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to provide volunteer management to both Stone and Taney county. Being a State resource for [...]
AmeriCorps St. Louis Travels to Joplin to Reflect on a Year of Coordinated Disaster Relief Service
JOPLIN, Missouri –AmeriCorps St. Louis (ACSTL) initial responders, volunteer coordinators and the new Joplin Recovery Team will come together in Joplin this week to reflect upon the past year of recovery and the immense volunteerism that came as [...]
Lessons Learned: A Q&A with AmeriCorps Member and Joplin Veteran, Abby Simons
By Samantha Jo Warfield
To mark the one-year anniversary of the May 22 Joplin tornado, we’ll be featuring a variety of content on the serve.gov blog, including Q&As with those who served in the community, like this one.
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