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Besides working diligently to issue the most accurate forecasts and warnings possible, our service extends well beyond the bricks and mortar in which we work. During the week of September 25th through October 1st, our staffs made a concerted effort to reach out in our communities to help those in need. All of these additional activities occurred outside of our normal work hours.
Many NWS entities and partners participated in the 1st Annual National Weather Service (NWS) Week of Service:
466 employees and their family members helped 58 local, national, and international organizations.
The most popular activities were conducting food drives and/or volunteering at food banks. During the 13 food drives, approximately 1,575 pounds of food and $450 in monetary donations were collected. Over 1,700 people can be fed by the monetary contributions alone! At 17 food banks, over 10 tons of food was sorted and 25,220 meals were packaged.
Overall, we estimate that 65,000 people were helped during this week.
A list of the offices that participated along with an office by office summary can be found below. If we missed your office's activity during this week, send an e-mail to Jeff Boyne.
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Below are some of the activities which were done across the United States and its territories during this week:
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Aberdeen, SD WFO - Kid's Against Hunger
17 employees and family members from NWS Aberdeen volunteered to package food for Kids Against Hunger. If you get a chance, please check out this very worthy effort for less fortunate kids! |
 Aberdeen Kid's Against Hunger |
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| 2 | Amarillo, TX WFO - Amarillo North Branch YMCA As part of the National Week of Service, Christine Krause organized a volunteer opportunity at the Amarillo North Branch YMCA. Eight staff members of the Amarillo office and one spouse volunteered on September 29. The Amarillo Weather Forecast Office volunteers helped serve dinner, provided entertainment by creating a simulated tornado with a mist maker and fan, provided help with homework, and participated in basketball, air hockey, and board games with approximately 50 middle and high school kids. |
 Kids watching a simulated tornado |
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| Krause said, "The kids's enthusiasm was contagious to the volunteers, whether it was seeing a man-made tornado in the tornado machine, playing a board game, or playing a rousing game of air hockey." | ||||||
| 3 | Anchorage, AK WFO, Alaska Aviation Weather Unit (AAWU), Alaska-Pacific RFC, and the Alaska Electronics Maintenance Unit - Alaska ASPCA, Donated Blood, Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission, Anchorage Downtown Soup Kitchen, Trail Watch Program, & Troops
They kicked off this week with a Food Drive on Monday, September 26th. They collected donations all week long at the facilities on Sand Lake Road. They also volunteered the SPCA. Stop by the Alaska SPCA on Arctic Blvd and interacted with abused or abandoned animals. You can also donate toys or food for animals. |
 Andy Brown took his family to the Alaska SPCA to interact with the dogs. |
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 Mary-Beth Schreck volunteering at the ASPCA |
 Emily Niebuhr volunteering at the ASPCA |
 Emily Niebuhr volunteering at the ASPCA |
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 The brave souls who donated blood.. Don't worry, they're always this pale; they live in Alaska!! Jim Nelson, Michael Thomas Lawson, Andrew Dixon. Great job guys!! |
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 Lisa Boroczk Brown and Andy Brown participated in the Trail Watch program today. Great way to get out and volunteer in Anchorage! — with Lisa Boroczk Brown. |
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 Lisa Boroczk Brown participating in the Trail Watch program along the Campbell Creek trail. — with Lisa Boroczk Brown. |
 Andy Brown participating in the annual Park Report Card Program. Download the free Anchorage Park Foundation app and help grade their parks and determine where funds will be spent next year to clean up or improve parks. |
 18 boxes full of goodies for the troops!! |
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 Jim Nelson, Mary-Beth Schreck, and Alberta organize all the generous donations. |
 Mary-Beth Schreck, Jim Nelson, and Shaun Baines starting to pack the boxes for the troops. |
 Katy and Alyssa Brown drew pictures and put them in each of the boxes. |
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| 4 | Bismarck, ND WFO - Removing sand bags from homes, Community Action Food Pantry, & Ruth Meiers Soup Kitchen
The spring and summer of 2011 brought record flooding to western and central North Dakota. The Souris River experienced flooding never seen before along its entire stretch in North Dakota. The Missouri river at Bismarck reached its highest level since the Garrison Dam was constructed in 1954. A significant number of families were affected in the communities of Bismarck and Mandan along the Missouri River, and thousands of homes were devastated by the Souris River flooding in the Minot area. The employees at the Bismarck National Weather Service wanted to give back to these communities during the NWS National Week of Service. The office’s primary project was volunteering to remove sandbags. Through the United Way, the office was set up with an organization that paired volunteer groups with those who needed help removing sandbags. On Saturday, October 1st, volunteers from WFO Bismarck helped an elderly couple remove sandbags from the perimeter of their home. It took five hours to completely remove the sandbags and haul them to a drop-off site. The work was very difficult, but very rewarding. Since it is not impossible for everyone at a WFO to participate in an event on a given day, the office set up a food drive for a local food pantry. Staff brought non-perishable food items and toiletries to work. At the end of the week, the items were taken to the Community Action Food Pantry in Bismarck. Nutrition Coordinator Karen Edwards mentioned that the majority of flood victims who utilize the food pantry are from Minot. Flood victims drive over 100 miles to receive assistance from the pantry. This was a great way to provide assistance to those in need from the Minot area as well as those locally in and around Bismarck. |
 Removing sand bags  Removing sand bags  Food brought in to help the Community Action Food Pantry in Bismarck |
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| In addition, WFO Bismarck staff volunteered at the Ruth Meiers Soup Kitchen. This is a project that commenced after the 2009 Central Region LEAD program. Three to four staff members prepare and serve lunch at the soup kitchen once a month. Not only was it a fortunate coincidence that it fell during the NWS National Week of Service, but it also brought a heightened sense of pride to us in our effort to become better servant leaders. During the week of service 3 people participated and fed 30 people. | ||||||
| 5 | Boston/Taunton, MA WFO & Northeast RFC - Military Troops The Taunton Weather Forecast Office and NERFC collected items for a military package to send to our troops overseas. This effort was lead by Rebecca Gould of the ERLDP (Eastern Region Leadership Development Program) & Stephanie Dunten of CR LEAD experience. After a week of collecting items, enough was donated to create 7 separate care packages! These packages went to 3 different units overseas: The first unit is a U.S. Army unit from Texas that is deployed to Afghanistan until July 2012. They are collecting packages for 4 male soldiers and 3 female soldiers. We sent 2 packages to this unit. The second unit is another U.S. Army unit from Massachusetts that is deployed to Afghanistan until May 2012. They are collecting packages for 20 male soldiers and 10 female soldiers. We sent 3 packages to this unit. The third unit is a U.S. Marine unit from Maine that is deployed to Afghanistan through February 2012. They are collecting packages for 14 male marines. We sent 2 packages to this unit. Besides collecting items for the care package, they also needed to raise money to ship the packages. After coming up several dollars short, many staff member came together and donated the remaining shipping money in a heartbeat. Both WFO and RFC workers wrote thank you cards that were placed in the boxes as well. |
 Some of the items brought in for this drive.  Packing up the care packages |
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This was an excellent opportunity for both WFO and RFC staff members to come together and give something back to our troops fighting for our freedom overseas.
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Brownsville, TX WFO - Driscoll Children's Speciality Center
Matthew Carroll, a young bone cancer survivor with an incredible fighting spirit, viewing dozens of gifts from NWS staff at the Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office. The NWS effort is part of NWS National Community Service Week, where employees do everything from cleaning up neighborhoods to brightening a child's day. — with Darlene Campbell and Steve Drillette at Driscoll Children's Specialty Center. |
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 Steve Drillette helping out at the Driscoll Children's Speciality Center |
 Matthew Carroll (bone cancer survivor) |
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| 7 | Central Region Headquarters (CRH) - Harvesters, Community Food Network, Salvation Army Food Pantry, & Community Blood Center The 13 employees from CRH volunteered at Harvesters and sorted and bagged about 8,000 pounds of sweet potatoes between themselves and another volunteer group. That's 4 tons of yams! That's a Guinness World Record sweet potato pie. This represents fresh produce for thousands of people who can't afford it. Due to flooding in the area, the Salvation Army Food Pantry was in need of donations. CRH collected and delivered three large boxes of food. CRH also held a blood drive for the Community Blood Center and donated 9 units of blood. |
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 Sorting sweet potatoes |
 13 employees sorted and bagged 8,000 lbs of sweet potatoes |
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| 8 | Cheyenne, WY WFO - Needs Emergency and Crisis Assistance Center
They held a Food and Clothing Drive to benefit Needs Emergency and Crisis Assistance Center. |
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| 9 | Denver/Boulder, CO WFO - Food Drive - Outreach United Resources Center They held a food drive and collected 166 pounds of food and basic necessities. They then helped the Outreach United Resources Center in Longmont do yard work for their newly acquired building which will house all their services. |
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 Doing yard work |
 Doing yard work |
 Collected 166 lbs of food |
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| 10 | Detroit/Pontiac, MI WFO - The Baldwin Center & Gleaners Community Food Bank They helped 2 organizations in their local community. The first organization, The Baldwin Center, was a gift of time where several members of our staff served dinner to persons in need. The Baldwin Center works to feed, clothe, educate, and empower those in need in the Pontiac, MI area. In their efforts to feed the community, the Baldwin Center provides breakfast daily to the homeless and operates a Soup Kitchen 5 days a week for persons in the community that need lunch. They have recently started serving a hot meal on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Six staff member from the Detroit/Pontiac NWS office served dinner to 89 persons in need at the Baldwin Center on September 29th. Our efforts included helping to set up for the meal by assembling packets of silverware, and making salad. Dinner included goulash, salad, fruit cocktail, bread, and drinks. The other organization we served was Gleaners Community Food Bank. We hosted a food and money drive at the office to benefit the food bank. This option made involvement in the Week of Service more available to all members of the staff, since some shift-workers were unable to participate in the dinner. |
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 Wanda Gaines (ET) serving dinner at The Baldwin Center |
 John Leibold (ESA) cleaning pots |
 Serving dinner at The Baldwin Center |
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| 11 | Eureka, CA WFO - Feds Feed Families WFO Eureka held a competition that whoever brought in the most food for the Feds Feed Families program would have their car washed by the MIC, Nancy Dean. WFO Eureka donated the most food out of all agencies that participated. |
 Nancy Dean (MIC) washes car |
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| 12 | Grand Junction, CO WFO - Adopt-A-Lake Employees from the NWS office in Grand Junction, Colorado volunteered their time for the Week of Service by participating in the Adopt-A-Lake program, sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. Adopt-A-Lake is a program in which people can help... clean up litter and trash around lakes in and around the state of Colorado. The Grand Junction office has adopted two lakes and routinely participates in cleaning these areas. They collected over 6 bags of trash at the two lakes that are located over 10,000 ft above sea level |
 Cleaning up 2 lakes located over 6,000 feet above sea level |
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| 13 | Great Falls, MT WFO - Montana Food Bank WFO Great Falls completed a food drive and donated 166 pounds of food to the Montana Food Bank. On top of this great display of generosity, staff also donated $130. The office has decided to have bi-annual food drives to help support the efforts to end hunger in Central Montana. |
 Helping out at the Montana Food Bank |
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| 14 | Hastings, NE WFO - Kids Against Hunger
The staff volunteered at Kids Against Hunger in Hastings. They made over 3700 pre-packaged meals to be sent to Haiti. |
 Helping out at Kids Against Hunger in Hastings, NE |
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| 15 | Indianapolis, IN WFO - Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation On Tuesday, September 27, representatives from NWS Indianapolis spent a couple of hours sorting donations for the Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation (HVAF), an organization that provides help for homeless veterans. They went through several boxes and bags of items ranging from toiletries to blankets and clothing, and marked them with the appropriate sizes and placed them in their allotted places in the donation center. The center was certainly better organized when we finished, and it was nice to know that we helped an organization that is providing housing, material, and job assistance to those who have served our country and are struggling. |
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 Helping out at the Hoosiers Veterans Assistance Foundation |
 Helping out at the Hoosiers Veterans Assistance Foundation |
 Helping out at the Hoosiers Veterans Assistance Foundation |
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| 16 | Jackson, KY WFO - Breathitt County Senior Citizens Center & Cleaned Highways
On Thursday, September 29th two employees participated in the game night at the Breathitt County Senior Citizens Center. Then on Friday three more employees served lunch at the Center. On Tuesday and Friday five employees helped clean up a section of highway 30 and collected 24 bags of trash. The WFO also collected 4 boxes of food which they donated to local schools for children's back packs. |
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| 17 | Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO WFO - Habitat for Humanity On Saturday October 1, five employees of the staff volunteered their time to work at a Habitat for Humanity worksite in Independence, MO. During our workday, which lasted from 8:30am-3:00pm, we put up drywall in several rooms of the house and put up several rows of siding on the front of the house. We were not able to meet the family whose house we were assisting with, but were told that the family consisted of a single mother and two children. The mother had not only contributed several hours to working on her own home (which is a requirement of the Habitat for Humanity program) but also had volunteered several additional hours to assist with other Habitat houses. Collectively as a group, our office participants contributed over 30 hours of volunteer work to the Habitat for Humanity house. Those employees that participated enjoyed their time and said that they would definitely want to volunteer again. |
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 Volunteering at a Habitat for Humanityworksite in Independence, MO |
 Volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity worksite in Independence, MO |
 The 5 WFO Pleasant Hill staff members that helped out at the at the Habitat for Humanity worksite in Independence, MO |
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| 18 | La Crosse, WI WFO - YMCA Maple Leaf Road Race, School Supply Drive & Wafer Their local participation in this week started a day early when a couple members of our staff and their spouses either ran in or helped support the La Crosse Area Family YMCA Maple Leaf Road Race. The proceeds raised during this event help support the Y's Strong Kids Campaign, which gives everyone the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive by providing financial assistance for membership and programs at the Y. On September 26th, we distributed school supplies to four schools (Logan High School in La Crosse; Northside Elementary - Franklin Campus in La Crosse; Washington-Kosciusko Elementary School in Winona, MN; and West Salem Middle). These supplies were brought into the office by our staff from mid-August through mid-September. This was our second year of doing this; last year we were able to give supplies to three different schools (Eagle Bluff Elementary School in Onalaska, Sand Lake Elementary School in Holmen, and West Salem High School). |
 Andrew Just (Lead Forecaster) getting ready to deliver school supplies at Washington-Kosciusko Elementary School in Winona, MN |
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| On September 29th, Jeff Boyne and Zack Taylor helped out at WAFER (our local food bank). While there, they bagged rice and helped stock shelves. | ||||||
| 19 | Las Vegas, NV WFO - Three Square Food Bank
WFO Las Vegas staff and friends volunteered at the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas and held a food/fund drive at the office. 315 lbs of food and over $300 in gift cards to local grocery stores were collected. WFO staff and friends spent the morning of September 28 at Three Square Food Bank helping interns from a local culinary arts academy and in-house chefs prepare over 2,500 meals for after-school distribution to children across the Las Vegas Valley. |
 WFO Las Vegas staff and friends who volunteered at the Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas |
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| 20 | Los Angeles/Oxnard, CA WFO - Ventura County FOOD Share WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard volunteered at the Ventura County FOOD Share. FOOD Share is a not for profit dedicated to feeding, nourishing and educating the hungry of Ventura County, educating the community on those who are hungry and why, and advocating a reduction of the root causes of hunger. |
 WFO Los Angeles/Oxnard staff members who volunteered at the Ventura County FOOD Share |
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| 21 | Memphis, TN WFO - Mid-South Food Bank
They held a food drive for the Mid-South Food Bank. |
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| 22 | Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI WFO - Food Pantry of Waukesha County Their office collected 55 pounds of food and $20 in monetary donations, and delivered it to the Food Pantry of Waukesha County. The Food Pantry works closely with the Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee, and helps approximately 5,750 people each month (almost half are children) from all parts of Waukesha County. |
 55 lbs of food donated to the Food Pantry of Waukesha County |
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| 23 | The NOAA agencies (Norman OK WFO, Storm Prediction Center - SPC, National Severe Storms Laboratory - NSSL, Radar Operations Center, Warning Decision Training Branch - WDTB), Oklahoma Climate Survey, and the Oklahoma School of Meteorology - Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
Since the SPC is co-located with several other NOAA/NWS agencies here at the National Weather Center, we invited them to participate with us during the Week of Service. I picked up food drive boxes from the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, which serves all of Central and Western Oklahoma (about 55 of the 77 counties in Oklahoma). The NOAA/NWS agencies that participated included the SPC, WFO Norman, NSSL, WDTB and the Radar Operations Center. The Oklahoma Climate Survey and the School of Meteorology participated as well as they are also here in the building and I gave them food collection boxes too. Over the 5 days, September 26-30, we collected nearly 200 pounds of food (177 to be exact) to donate to the food bank! |
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| 24 | Pendleton, OR WFO - Salvation Army & Meals on Wheels WFO Pendleton participated by volunteering for the Salvation Army Thrift Store and Meals on Wheels. |
 Volunteering at the Salvation Army Thrift Store |
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| 25 | Raleigh/Durham, NC WFO - MS Mud Run Four members of our office ran as a team in the Mud Run MS Carolinas which is a 6 mile race with various military style obstacles involved and proceeds benefit the MS society. The four of us ran for a fifth member of our staff who has MS. Our team raised over $500 for MS and the event as a whole had over 1000 runners and raised over $200,000 for MS. We finished the race as a team in 2 hours 14 minutes which was good for about 350th out of 1000 plus runners. The staff members who ran were: Brandon Locklear (senior forecaster), Scott Sharp (senior forecaster), Ryan Ellis (Intern), and Kathleen Carroll (Intern). |
 Brandon Locklear (senior forecaster), Scott Sharp (senior forecaster), Ryan Ellis (Intern), & Kathleen Carroll (Intern) running in the Mud Run MS Carolinas |
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| 26 | Sacramento, CA WFO & California Nevada RFC - Children's Receiving Home of Sacremento WFO Sacramento and the California Nevada River Forecast Center collected donations for the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento. This organization serves a critical need by providing temporary housing to children who are displaced or abandoned prior to being placed in foster care. The office collected an impressive amount of domestic items. |
 WFO Sacramento and the California Nevada River Forecast Center with their donations for the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento. |
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| 27 | Salt Lake City, UT Central Weather Service Unit (CWSU) - Children's Tumor Foundation & Soldiers' Angels The CWSU was represented at the Salt Lake City NF Walk at Liberty Park on Saturday, October 1st. They raised $600 and awareness for the Children's Tumor Foundation. Besides this walk, they collected items for a box to Soldiers' Angels. |
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| 28 | San Diego, CA WFO - San Diego Food Bank Six people from WFO San Diego volunteered at the San Diego Food Bank. The volunteers helped pack bags and boxes containing food for those in need around San Diego. The volunteers felt very good about the work that they did, and deservedly so since the coordinator of the volunteers mentioned how all the volunteers (including those from other groups) packaged about 50% more food than during an average evening! In addition, the staff at WFO San Diego contributed approximately 25 of their own canned and box food items to the San Diego Food Bank. |
 Volunteered at the San Diego Food Bank |
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| 29 | San Joaquin Valley/Hanford, CA WFO - Salvation Army Volunteered at the Salvation Army in Hanford, CA |
 Volunteered at the Salvation Army in Hanford, CA strong> |
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| 30 | Sioux Falls, SD WFO - Sioux Falls Ministry Center & Goodwill Their staff and family members volunteered at the Sioux Falls Ministry Center on September 27th. Projects tackled by the group included window washing, cleaning, organizing, and painting. Within the forecast office, staff members are also collecting clothing and household items for donation to Goodwill centers in Sioux Falls. |
 Staff and family members volunteered at the Sioux Falls Ministry Center |
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| 31 | Space Weather Prediction Center - Boulder County Homeless Shelter On September 29, 2011 the Space Weather Prediction Center hosted a picnic dinner for the Boulder County Homeless Shelter. Approximately 55 people attended the event and ate more than 70 hotdogs, 40 burgers along with pounds and pounds of beans and potato salad. |
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 Hosting a picnic for the Boulder Homeless Shelter |
 Hosting a picnic for the Boulder Homeless Shelter |
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| 32 | Springfield, MO WFO - Convoy of Hope Their office lent a helping hand at the Convoy of Hope in Springfield. |
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 Helping out at Convoy of Hope |
 Helping out at Convoy of Hope |
 Helping out at Convoy of Hope |
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| 33 | Spokane, WA WFO - Crosswalk Teen Shelter Our staff volunteered by serving lunch at the Crosswalk Teen Shelter located in downtown Spokane, WA. Crosswalk is an emergency shelter, a school drop-out prevention program, and a group of lifesaving and life-changing programs dedicated to breaking the cycle of youth homelessness. In an average year, Crosswalk serves more than 1,000 youth. The emergency shelter is available 365 days a year and all serv ces are free and voluntary. |
 Serving lunch at the Crosswalk Teen Shelter |
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| 34 | Tampa Bay, FL WFO - Heather's Hope Foundation Against Domestic Violence
One of the ways the NWS Tampa Bay Area honored this week was by running in the Heather's Hope Foundation Against Domestic Violence Purple Ribbon 5K. |
 Running in the Heather's Hope Foundation Against Domestic Violence Purple Ribbon 5K |
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| 35 | Tiyan, Guam WFO - International Coastal Clean Up The Weather Forecast Office on Guam participated in the International Coastal Clean Up on Saturday, September 17th. They picked up a lot of trash and a toilet. |
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 International Coastal Clean Up |
 International Coastal Clean Up |
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| 36 | Topeka, KS WFO - Lukemia and Lymphona Society & Goodwill NWS Topeka staff and family members donated to and participated in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk in Topeka on October 1st, and the Head for the Cure’s 5K run for the fight against brain cancer in Lawrence on October 2nd. Additionally, staff members contributed clothing and other items for donation to the local Goodwill. |
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 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk |
 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk |
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| 37 | Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN WFO & North Central River Forecast Center - Feed My Starving Children
Members of the NWS staff at the Weather Forecast Office and River Forecast Center in Chanhassen volunteered 2 hours of time to help pack meals at a local charity organization called Feed My Starving Children. This organization, which has multiple locations in the Twin Cities, has a goal to provide food for starving children in 67 counties across the world. They collect donations to use for food and then have volunteers pack this food in an efficient manner. The NWS staff along with 40 other volunteers packaged 2,016 bags of food, which included 12,096 meals. This amount would serve 33 kids a meal each day for an entire year. The meals will be shipped to Haiti in early October. This opportunity helped our staff to recognize the benefits or providing service and enhancing servant leadership skills to be used both at work and at home. |
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 Volunteering at Feed My Starving Children |
 Volunteering at Feed My Starving Children |
 Volunteering at Feed My Starving Children |
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| 38 | Tucson, AZ WFO - Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona WFO Tucson volunteered at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona for an afternoon. Participants included Met Interns Ray McLeod and Scott Minnick, SCEP Ryan Fliehman, WCM Ken Drozd and MIC Glen Sampson, who were put to work sorting and bagging produce as well as providing parking lot assistance and cleanup. The mission of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is to anticipate and meet the food needs of the hungry through education, advocacy, and the acquisition, storage, and distribution of food. Thunderstorms moved in just as the group was leaving which prevented them from taking a group photo in front of the building. |
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| 39 | Western Region Headquarters (WRH) - Crossroads Urban Center Food Pantry and Assistance Center Staff from Western Region Headquarters painted the food pantry shelves at the Crossroads Urban Center Food Pantry & Assistance Center. Crossroads Urban Center is a non-profit, grassroots organization that assists and organizes low income, disabled, and minority Utahns to meet basic survival needs and to address essential issues affecting the quality of life. |
 Western Region Headquarters painted the food pantry shelves at the Crossroads Urban Center Food Pantry & Assistance Center |
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| 40 | Witchita, KS WFO - Habitat for Humanity & Kansas Food Bank On September 27th, WFO Wichita employees (Dick Elder, Jason Howard, Mike Urban, Chance Hayes, Diane Elder, Home Owner, Mick McGuire, Paul Howerton, & Vanessa Pearce) spent the day installing shutters, doors, cabinets and trim on this house in South Wichita. (Jerilyn Billing (not pictured) also worked and represented the ICT NWS Office. On September 28th, Jerilyn Billins and Vanessa Pearce spent the morning at the Kansas Food Bank sorting food. |
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 Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity |
 Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity |
 Sorting food at the Kansas Food Bank |
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