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Storm Corps Returns in Triumph
March 28, 2006

Eager young people from all over the country participated in Storm Corps, the first United Way/think MTV alternative Spring Break program. Almost one hundred volunteers ages 18-24 spent the week of March 11-18, 2006 helping rebuild lives and neighborhoods in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Foley, Alabama. In addition to helping individual residents clean and rebuild, the projects undertaken by the volunteers assisted the Southern Mississippi AIDS Task Force office, the Deaf Center and the Moore Community House, where five buildings that housed day care facilities were destroyed.

MTV and United Way partnered to develop Storm Corps in an effort to mobilize a generation of youth leaders to address critical issues in communities across the country. Storm Corps is designed to live on beyond the initial week of rebuilding. Upon returning home, participants are encouraged to utilize the leadership skills gained during Storm Corps and share their experiences in the Gulf Coast with their communities.

For picture galleries and day-to-day reports of the Storm Corps experience, please read the blog at www.stormcorps.org.

United Way gratefully acknowledges FedEx and The Home Depot Foundation for their generous financial and in-kind support of Storm Corps.

Find out more about making a difference in Morris County by volunteering with United Way.