Article: AMERICORPS NCCC TEAM LEADERS TO ASSIST IN TSUNAMI-RAVAGED AMERICAN SAMOA

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 7 -- The Corporation for National & Community Service issued the following press release:

Twenty-one AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team leaders will hit the ground today to provide disaster relief assistance to the tsunami-devastated Territory of American Samoa. The group will be deployed on a three-week assignment to assist the American Red Cross with mass care and their shelter operations.

The NCCC team leaders, who are based in Sacramento and Denver, will primarily focus on providing food and shelter to those affected by the disaster, as well as distribute other items to meet the victims' basic needs. The team's response efforts will ...

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