10,000 Volunteers Respond to Texas Floods

National service programs are supporting response and recovery activities from flooding and storm damage in Texas. Activities include Volunteer Reception Center operations, managing volunteers, mucking/gutting homes, chainsaw hazard trees, and debris removal. More than 220 AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers have led the way. 

To date, national service members have: 

• Registered more than 10,090 volunteers who have served more than 65,776 hours 
• More than 110 homes mucked/gutted 
• Managed more than 800 work orders
• Managed 3 Volunteer Reception Centers
• Served more than 6,900 meals
• Distributed more than 9,000 gallons of water
• Supported Multi-Agency Resource Centers
• Supported donations management
• Supported FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance operations and Individual Assistance and Recovery operations
• Assisted with client casework, feeding, damage assessment, and mass care

See CNCS Disater Brief newsletter at  http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/bulletins/10ca51d