Volunteer Services
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- Katrina Aid Today is a consortium of 10 social service and voluntary
organizations, led by UMCOR dedicated to helping survivors navigate the system to recover from this tragic disruption of their lives.
- Volunteers for Careers - Volunteers for Careers - Hundreds of the nation's leading
career professionals have joined together to offer resume and cover letter writing, job search advice, and career transition assistance to individuals who
have become unemployed due to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, and Hurricane Wilma. Their professional services are available in an attempt to ease some
of the pain that so many US residents are suffering due to widespread unemployment.
- USAFredomCorps - President Bush created USA Freedom Corps to build on the countless acts of
service, sacrifice, and generosity that followed September 11th.
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants -
CPAs from around the country have offered help for the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
- National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster - National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) coordinates planning efforts by
many voluntary organizations responding to disaster. Member organizations provide more effective and less duplication in service by getting together
before disasters strike. Once disasters occur, NVOAD or an affiliated state VOAD encourages members and other voluntary agencies to convene on site.
- Points of Light Foundation - More than 350 American communities have
Points of Light Member Volunteer Centers. Their work is focused in four core areas: connecting people with opportunities to serve, building capacity for
effective local volunteering, promoting volunteering, and participating in strategic initiatives to mobilize volunteers. To find a Volunteer Center in your
area, click here.
- Louisville Urban League
The Louisville Urban League has received a $100,000
grant to provide employment-related services to evacuees of hurricanes Katrina
and Rita who have resettled in the Louisville area. The money is from the
National Urban League, which provided similar amounts to 20 other affiliates
across the country to help displaced hurricane evacuees with job- or housing-
related issues. The additional money for the Louisville league's grant is
earmarked for work-force development, said Ben Richmond, president of the
Louisville Urban League. It will be used to extend a job-assistance program for
hurricane evacuees that began last fall. For more information on help from the
grant, call Tera West at the Urban League, 561-6830, Ext. 139.
- The Corporation for National and Community Service which oversees Americorp, is actively involved in efforts to help families and communities recover
from last fall's Gulf Coast hurricanes. Grants have been awarded to several organizations including; Southwest Louisiana Health Education Center, Trinity
Christian Community AmeriCorps, Louisiana Delta Service Corps, Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast, St. Louis Safety Service Corps, Hands on Network,
National Council of La Raza, and Hope Worldwide to assist in case management, shelter services, after-school programming and permanent housing for
evacuees. Further information can be obtained from the December 21, 2005 Corporation for National and Community Service News Release or by calling
1-800-942-2677.
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