Disaster Relief Efforts

Images capturing relief efforts during disasters, showcasing volunteers unloading supplies for evacuees and communities affected by hurricanes and floods.

Trash sits in the back and near the bed of a pick up truck in an empty parking lot in San Diego.

Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, LA, September 5, 2008 A Bus driver unloads the buses luggage bins filled with personnel belongings of evacuees, to be reloaded on to new buses heading to their Parishes. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Gustav, Franklin, LA, September 4, 2008 Distribution center of commodities for residents begins, with water, ice, MRE's and blue tarps. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

011070511 RED CROSS provides drinking water for Flood survivors. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pistoia, Giorgio Tesi Group, aid collection center for Ukraine, basic necessities, blankets, garments, clothing.

American Red Cross supply depot. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tornado - Montgomery, Ala. , April 30, 2011 FEMA is setting up an Incident Support Base at Maxwell Airforce Base in Alabama to stage generators, water, Meals ready to Eat (MRE), and other supplies that Alabama emergency management can direct where the need is and get them there quickly. U. S. Airforce and FEMA load water onto an MCOV. FEMA MCOV's (Mobile Communications Office Vehicles) are already deploying to hard hit areas to start the emerency assistance registration process for surviors in need. FEMA photo / Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Trash sits in the back and near the bed of a pick up truck in an empty parking lot in San Diego.

Red Cross provides Food and Suppliesto Flood Victims... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-63. Hurricane Katrina

Fairfield Firefighers Help Hand out Food and Water to Disaster S. Connecticut Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

011091408 Food distribution centers.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Rodanthe, N. C. , September 3, 2011 Providing food and water to survivors on the Outer Banks has been a challenge for volunteer agencies since an emergency ferry is the only way to get supplies to the island. Volunteer agencies are an integral part of the recovery process. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. North Carolina Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers sort and distribute donated clothing, food, water, and other supplies for the hundreds of families dealing with the flooding from a water main break in southwest Detroit.

Hurricane Ike, Port Arthur, TX, September 19, 2008 Tarps are handed out to victims of hurricane Ike at one of FEMA's Distribution Centers.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pistoia, Giorgio Tesi Group, aid collection center for Ukraine, basic necessities, blankets, garments, clothing.

Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Lady Lake, Fla., February 6, 2007 The American Red Cross hands out meals to residents affected by the recent tornadoes. The tornadoes caused extensive damage to the Lady Lake area. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Cleaning up the Dominguez Channel at Artesia Transit Center. Over 14,000 volunteers took part in Coastal Cleanup Day in Los Angeles County, cleaning up beaches, parks, alleys, creeks, highways and storm drains at 69 different sites. Over 300,000 pounds of debris and recyclables were removed by the various environmental organizations, community groups, families, local businesses, faith-based organizations and students that took part. Los Angeles, California, USA

People recycling aluminium cans in Recycling Center in Re Planet store in Madera California

A water charity in Porterville supplying bottled water to houses who have had no running water for over five months, near Bakersfield, California, USA. Hoses in the East of Porterv

Salvation Army Opens Disaster Relief Supply Center in Alabama. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-74. Hurricane Katrina

Food donation. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding - Pineville, La. , May 23, 2011 Logistics teams at the staging area in Camp Beauregard load CUSI Kits (Commonly Used Shelter Items) now part of the commodities to be delivered to the shelters in the event of a disaster. . Louisiana Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Arabi, LA, November 30, 2005 - One of the few items salvageable from 12 feet of flood water that destroyed the Bergeron home in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The owner, Klevert Bergeron Sr., has decided to leave his home of 45 years and begin again elsewhere. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Tornado walk about.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Donated Food Arives at Recovery Center.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Miscellaneous - Volunteers - 26-HK-172-12. Includes photos of Meals Ready to Eat (MREs). Hurricane Katrina

Foodwaste to egg program run by Energis Libani NGO in Houmal and Bdedoun, Lebanon.

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Greensburg, KS, May 29, 2007 The Salvation Army moving its entire food and beverage facilities to make room for modular offices needed to manage recovery operations. The move to a nearby site was accomplished by their staff, volunteers, and other relief workers.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-62. Hurricane Katrina

Supplies - 26-HK-269-56. Hurricane Katrina

Winfield, MO, 06/19/2008 Local volunteers prepare sandbags into the evening hours at a local high school to help sandbagging efforts on the local levees in anticipation of breaching of the levees on June 19, 2008. Winfield, MO--Local volunteers prepare sandbags into the evening hours at a local high school to help sandbagging efforts on the local levees in anticipation of breeching of the levees on June 19, 2008.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Manville, N. J. , September 17, 2011 Volunteers from Faith Lutheran Church in Hillsborough, New Jersey, remove debris from the home of disaster survivors Dawn and David Cohen whose home in Manville suffered severe flooding damage caused by Hurricane Irene on August 28. FEMA works with and coordinates the generous activities of volunteer agencies like Lutheran Disaster Response. Connecticut Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NYC Chinatown Sandy aftermath

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-340. AIRSTA NOLA--pallets of water near building (4). Hurricane Katrina

The Calvin family searches for donated goods after their home was damaged by recent wildfires that tore through the area. Volunteer organizations received an abundance of goods and resources from donors, which will be distributed to those disaster survivors in need. Adam DuBrowa FEMA. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mayfield, Kentucky, A food bank operated by St. Joseph Catholic Church helps victims of the December 2021 tornado that devasted towns in western Kentucky.

Spc. Kendrick Holder, 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 66th Troop Command, Mississippi Army National Guard, distributes water with a forklift at Northwest Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2022. Nearly 20,000 cars received water on the first day of the operation, consisting of seven sites through Jackson for people to collect bottled water, hand sanitizer and non-potable water from water buffalo trucks.

011082208 Red Cross helps out.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-225. Hurricane Katrina

Air National Guard members participate in Adopt-A-Highway program at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, Sept. 10, 2022. Adopt-A-Highway is a Michigan Department of Transportation program designed to help keep the states highway roadsides clean and attractive. Battle Creek Air National Guardsmen participate bi-annually to dispose of liter from outside of the base on Dickman Road.

Damage near Father Capodanno Blvd and Slater Staten Island. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FEMA Corps assist residents in New Jersey. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Thanksgiving Dinner from Lowes. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Storms and Flooding, Fenton, MO, March 22, 2008 Local residents and area volunteers band together to fill sand bags and stack them next to businesses and property on the Meramec River, . Fenton, MO--Local residents and area volunteers band together to fill sand bags and stack them on next to businesses and property next to the Meramec River,. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Volunteer Group Delivers Shoes to Recovery Center.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

New York, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2012 Volunteers from the United Nations, the Office of Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, Goodwill and Catholic Charities work together to get food and supplies to residents in Red Hook at the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church. Residents impacted by the storm are encouraged to apply for assistance to FEMA. New York, NY, Dec. 9, 2012--Volunteers from the United Nations, the Office of Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, Goodwill and Catholic Chariites work together to get food and supplies to residents in Red Hook at the Visitation of teh Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Hillside, N. J. , September 29, 2011 Sara Conner, Lia Daniels (green shirt) and Harley McCarter (l-r), members of AmeriCorps New Jersey "volunteer" team, pack and assemble health and hygiene kits for distribution to disaster survivors of Hurricane Irene at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. AmeriCorps is one of many organizations that provide assistance to disaster survivors through the coordinating efforts of FEMA. New York Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Galena, Alaska, June 30, 2013 Local contractors work to clear flood water waste from the community center in an effort to remove the debris from the right of way and to the landfill. Federal funding in the form of Public Assistance is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments for emergency work, debris removal and the repair and or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

President Barack Obama talks with a resident as he tours a neighborhood in LaPlace, La., with local and federal officials to view damage and the ongoing response and recovery efforts to Hurricane Isaac, Sept. 3, 2012.

Supplies - 26-HK-269-53. Hurricane Katrina

Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers sort and distribute donated clothing, food, water, and other supplies for the hundreds of families dealing with the flooding from a water main break in southwest Detroit.

Boxes of supplies for refugees from recent volcanic eruption, Maguwo, Mount Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, november 2010

DR-1944-WI. Wisconsin Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 1, 2005 -- Evacuees arrive at New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

Long Beach, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2012 The American Red Cross delivers meals to Hurricane Sandy survivors in the Long Beach vicinity. The hurricane created widespread flooding, power outages and devastation on Long Island, New York. FEMA is working with many partners including federal, state, local and tribal governments, voluntary, faith-based and community-based organizations, and the private sector to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Andrea Booher/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Katrina - General - 26-HK-403-115. Hurricane Katrina

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-58. Hurricane Katrina

Long Island, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2012 The American Red Cross delivers food to Hurricane Sandy survivors in a Long Island neighborhood. The hurricane created widespread flooding, power outages and devastation to the area. FEMA is working with state and local officials to assist residents who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. Andrea Booher/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

"Vilonia, AR, May 22, 2014 ; A Team Rubicon volunteer rakes, shovels and removes debris from a home and property on Cemetery Road after the home was destroyed by a tornado on April 27. FEMA supports Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) as they help survivors recover from natural disasters. Tennessee Severe Winter Storm. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mariam Rich, Barksdale resident council member, throws trash in the back of a truck at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, April 22, 2022. Garbage in base housing was picked up to promote participation in Earth Day, an annual event that marks the start of the modern environmental movement.

Severe Storms and Flooding, Fenton, MO, March 21, 2008 Local residents and area volunteers band together to fill sand bags and stack them next to businesses and property next to the Meramec River. Fenton, MO--Local residents and area volunteers band together to fill sand bags and stack them on next to businesses and property next to the Meramec River,. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Evans, Colo., September 25, 2013 Disaster response groups Hands.org, Christian Aid Ministries, Nechama, Muslims for Humanity and AmeriCorps join forces to help muck out homes in Evans. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding Severe Storm - Bellevue, Tenn. , May 6, 2010 Volunteers George Bone (L) and Eric Grasman(R)of Bellevue are cleaning up after the Harpeth river flooded the surrounding area flooding and damaging many homes and businesses. FEMA is responding the severe storms and flooding that damaged or destroyed many homes and businesses across Tennessee. David Fine/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

050914-A-7274K-007. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Flooding - Grand Forks, N. D. , March 19, 2010 Colonel Joseph Douez (left) Commander, 319 Mission Support Group and Tito Herandes, FEMA Federal Coordinating Office talk with members of the media on Grand Forks AFB where FEMA has stages over 80 emergency commodities to suport a sheltered population of 20,000 individuals. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mayfield, Kentucky, A food bank operated by St. Joseph Catholic Church helps victims of the December 2021 tornado that devasted towns in western Kentucky.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Pressure washing and wrangling boom. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

New York, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2012 Volunteers from the United Nations, the Office of Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, Goodwill and Catholic Charities work together to get food and supplies to residents in Red Hook at the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church. Residents impacted by the storm are encouraged to apply for assistance to FEMA. New York, NY, Dec. 9, 2012--Volunteers from the United Nations, the Office of Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, Goodwill and Catholic Chariites work together to get food and supplies to residents in Red Hook at the Visitation of teh Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

011090208 Emergency response.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

080902-A-7377C-021 - Mississippi Army National Guardsmen provided nearly 1,000 returning Hurricane Gustav evacuees with bottled water and ice Sept. 2, 2008, at a distribution point near Gulfport, Miss. Citizens began returning yesterday and today after Hurricane Gustav caused most of the region to evacuate to safer areas.

Rain at the mobile hospital site. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Wildfires, Ramona, CA, November 9, 2007 Volunteer, Veronica Kahn loads water and basic necessities in wildfire victim's car following the wildfires in Southern California. Andrea Booher/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-70. LA Plaquemines Camp--staff working in tent with white bags, probably laundry bags--by Andrea Booher, FEMA. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Galveston, Texas, Oct. 10, 2008 Food prepared by Southern Baptist Convention volunteers is loaded onto a Red Cross vehicle for distribution in Galveston. Working with The Salvation Army, this kitchen has prepared over one million meals since September 14, the day after Hurricane Ike struck. FEMA photo by Greg Henshall. Texas Hurricane Ike. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Compliance Branch Chief Susan Herzog-Blumer and Environmental Protection Specialist Mike Reistad, both with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division, show some reused items April 29, 2022, from the Fort McCoy the Reuse-It Store of building 207 during the posts Earth Day cleanup event on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. A large number of items from the store were reused while dozens of Fort McCoy community members spent four hours cleaning up the installation as part of an Earth Day effort. The Earth Day event as well as the use of the items was organized by Fort McCoy DPW personnel.

Command Sgt. Maj. Steve Deweese, of Training Center at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, W.Va., loads water into a vehicle Jan.11, 2014, at the Winfield, W.Va. Courthouse. Residents of Kanawha, Boone, Putnam, Lincoln, Logan, Clay, Roane and Jackson counties were told to stop using tap water after a chemical leak contaminated the West Virginia American Water company's system in those areas.

Bottles of water sit outside the Kentucky National Guard Amory in Marion, Ky., as they will be handed out to local residents dur to the water shortage July 1, 2022. Soldiers from units within the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade began transporting water from the Trade Water River to Old City Lake, near Marion. Army Palletized Load System (PLS) vehicles transported non-potable storage tanks daily with the goal of moving up to 80,000 gallons of water to the reservoir to minimize decreasing lake concerns. In addition, bottled water was also distributed at the Old Marion Armory to town residents.

France, Brittany, Rennes on 2022-02-04. The University of Rennes 2 s Free Solidarity Grocery recovers unsold food from supermarkets and uneaten meals from school canteens and distributes them free of charge to students. In this way, they fight both against waste and against student poverty. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Rennes le 2022-02-04. L Epicerie Gratuite Solidaire de l Universite Rennes 2 recupere les invendus des supermarches et les repas non consommees des cantines des ecoles pour les distribue gratuitement aux etudiants. Ainsi, ils luttent a la fois contre le gaspillage et contre la precarite etudiante. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

West, Texas, May 11, 2013 American Red Cross workers provide beverages and snacks to homeowners and volunteers cleaning up debris from the explosion April 17 at a nearby fertilizer plant. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is assisting residents in their recovery from the disaster. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-389-78. Hurricane Katrina

FEMA Corps in the field. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tornado - Ala. , May 17, 2011 Pratt City,Ala. , May 17, 2011 Scott Elementary School is being used as a Red Cross Relief Center to provide food, water, clothing, and information to storm survivors. Volunteer organizations are key partners in helping communities recover from disaster. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

011090208 Emergency response-Red Cross.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Cape Town water crisis, Western Cape Province, South Africa

011061108 Iowa Floods.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Houston Astrodome - Victims of Hurricane Katrina displaced by storm living in Houston Astrodome.

Flooding - Valley City, N. D. , April 16, 2011 Volunteers work to raise the levees to 24 feet. The Sheynne River is now expected to crest at a all time high of 22. 5 feet, Photo:Michael Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Farmingdale, N.Y., Nov. 27, 2012 Two FEMA Corps members load bottled water from donated stores to vehicles for distribution to disaster survivors. FEMA is working with various partners including federal, state, local and tribal governments , voluntary faith-based and community -based organizations, along with the private sector, to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (April 1, 2022) Nate Hogsten, a Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command contractor, verifies water samples from Hickam Main Child Development Center for shipment as part of an interagency-approved plan for long-term monitoring of drinking water. The U.S. Navy continues to work with federal, state and local organizations to support families and residents, conduct long-term monitoring of the Navy water system, and work toward remediating Red Hill Well and the surrounding area. For detailed information, go to: www.navy.mil/jointbasewater.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-22. Hurricane Katrina

Citizen-Soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard, in support to different agencies of the Government of Puerto Rico, were in charged of the logistic, transportation, and security of the supplies collected for the people affected by the Hurricane Irma.The priorities are the evacuation of US citizens from St. Marten, route clearance and debris removal from the roadways of Puerto Rico, as well as water and food distribution to areas in need.

Area residents pick up bags of ice at a relief station outside Campbell Drive Middle School. The distribution point is one of several set up for victims of Hurricane Andrew, which struck the area on August 24th. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Biscoe, AR, March 26, 2008 Locals volunteer in an effort to save houses near the Cache River, a tributary of the White River, which has been experiencing high levels due to flooding north of Arkansas. Volunteers fill sandbags to help with the effort. Biscoe, AR-Locals volunteer in an effort to save houses near the Cache River, a tributary of the White River, which has been experiencing high levels due to flooding north of Arkansas. Volunteers fill sandbags to help with the effort.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Crowd.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Americorps volunteers sorting trash at FoLAR's River School Day of the LA River.

Computers, monitors, vacuum cleaners and other electronics have been donated by employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in conjunction with America Recycles Day.America Recycles Day is a nationally recognized initiative dedicated to promoting recycling in the United States. Kennedy partnered with several organizations in order to donate as many of the items as possible to those who could use them the most in the Space Coast community. Space center personnel brought in electronic waste, gently used household goods, clothing and more. The two-day event was sponsored by Kennedy's Sustainability team.

Sanibel, FL, USA--November 2, 2022--F.I.S.H. of SanCap-Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteer Maria Espinoza, hands out ice to local residents and workers on Sanibel Island.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Computers, monitors, vacuum cleaners and other electronics have been donated by employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in conjunction with America Recycles Day.America Recycles Day is a nationally recognized initiative dedicated to promoting recycling in the United States. Kennedy partnered with several organizations in order to donate as many of the items as possible to those who could use them the most in the Space Coast community. Space center personnel brought in electronic waste, gently used household goods, clothing and more. The two-day event was sponsored by Kennedy's Sustainability team.

Winfield, MO, June 19, 2008 Local volunteers prepare sandbags at a local high school to help for sandbagging efforts at the local levees on June 19, 2008. Winfield, MO--Local volunteers prepare sandbags at a local high school to help for sandbagging efforts at the local levees on June 19, 2008.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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