Last updated by gthurber on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 23:33.
My Eagle Scout service project is related to a tornado disaster which devastated the town of Hallam, NE, including the town church, in our county in 2004. I guided a dozen youth scouts, and volunteering adults, in completing an inventory of over 1,000 items, for Vine Congregational Church which was a sister church to Hallam's. All duplicate items from this inventory would be donated to the Hallam Church, so they might rebuild, and start anew.
I was the chairman and initiator of taking this detailed inventory.
Last updated by afinger on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 13:49.
I was down in New Orleans volunteering to help build homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina. It´s amazing that three years after Katrina there are still thousands of homes that are either abandoned or just not rebuilt yet. In addition, there are so many scams where people have been defrauded out of thousands of dollars by contractors who take their money and fix nothing. Its incredibly sad.
Last updated by Court K. on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 23:05.
In August 2007 there was devastating flooding in Richland County Ohio (primarily Mansfield and Shelby). This natural disaster, caused by tropical storm Erin, resulted in numerous families losing valuable possessions. Toy Time, our county’s local organization which provides toys for less fortunate children during the holidays, lost a generous amount of their inventory due to the flooding. My government teacher; our class advisor and myself; Senior Class President put our heads together and decided collecting toys for flood victims would be a great senior project.
Last updated by Ashda on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 23:08.
I created the Disaster Readiness Campaign for the American Red Cross Team here at Misawa AFB, Japan. I created display boards for all the fairs that the base will have. I painted a mural relating to this so that everyone in the community can see. I finally produced two infomercials with AFN about have to be prepared for a natural disaster.
Last updated by themav211 on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 17:56.
The Delta Disaster Education Project (DDEP) is a program designed to educate and prepare residents of rural communities throughout Eastern and Southern Arkansas in disaster and emergency preparedness. The Arkansas Delta is one of the most untouched places in the country when it comes to proper education. These communities suffer because of lack of resources to properly prepare for the unexpected, including money and people willing to do the educating.
Last updated by Grant Winner on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 16:39.
Jake Mazza did some major fundraising by raiding his father's Rolodex. He raised close to $100,000 for tsunami relief efforts. Jake donated this money to Do Something's
Last updated by slurpees on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 16:10.
When a tsunami wreaked havoc on Indonesia two years ago, the tragedy struck home. I, too, live in a disaster-prone community. Tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions are all highly plausible occurrences. I wanted to do something to ensure that if a natural disaster struck my community, families would be prepared. I looked for materials that would instruct young children on what to do and what to expect in an emergency. I checked the library, wondering if there were any storybooks about natural disasters, but found none.
Last updated by gthurber on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 23:38.
I have strengthened my community in three key ways, through my involvement in school, volunteering in the community, and passing the importance of volunteering on to the younger scouts.
The improvement of my leadership skills, and character base, has assisted me in aiding many endeavors that I get involved with at school, and community, including; many DECA based projects, that I am involved with, and as the one of the captains of football and baseball teams.
The Hallam community is rebuilt now, including the Hallam Church. Hallam is a small town of a little over 500 people.
Last updated by skuzemchak on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 11:44.
I live in a small town of Fernley, nv. Last January the canals broke causing a major flood around 3 a.m. although there were no deaths reported it was hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and over 2,000 people were out of their homes for months or lost their homes completely. the flood came up to my backyard lucky for my family and i. that day worked 14 hours at the evacuation center (fernley high school) giving donations, picking up donations, getting reports, offering support, organizing everyone, taking care of kids and animals, and anything else i could possibly do.
Last updated by klgeyer on Thu, 12/11/2008 - 15:19.
The community that I help is in Grifton, NC. It is a relatively poor area that has a lot of old houses that are not in normal living conditions. They were also hit by strong flooding a few years ago.
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