This weekend 8 volunteers from TR and The Mission Continues are headed to Shenandoah National Park to install drainage devices and large locust logs along a section of the Appalachian Trail. Pictures will be posted when the team returns from the field Sunday evening.
Brunton Outdoor Group donated four 50 watt portable solar panels to Team Rubicon this week. Team Rubicona will be using these panels to generate power for communication equipment in the field. This will enable the team to update social media posts, keeping our supporters informed of the latest mission developments.
Many thanks to Ryan Perry and Brunton Outdoor Group for their generous support of Team Rubicon!
Click on the link below to listen to TR’s Jake Wood on the Hugh Hewitt Radio Show on 07/08/10.
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[Editor's note: David Ono from ABC7 Eyewitness News recently returned to Haiti to see what progress has been made six months after the earthquake. Ono's reports reveal a side to Haiti that very few people are talking about. Watch what happens when Ono returns to Haiti, all week at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Eyewitness News. This is the last of five notebook entries from Ono's trip.]
How courageous are you? I wonder how courageous I am. I have been to some of the world's worst disasters and endured some bad conditions but that's part of what we do as journalists.
Would I be so motivated if it wasn't my job?
Since I've witnessed and lived the extreme difficulties in these disaster zones, I find it amazing that people show up to these situations voluntarily. The one thing that really sticks in my head when it comes to Haiti is how the volunteers who put themselves in harm's way really made the difference in helping victims survive. It was amazing to see.
Team Rubicon: In January, I met Jake Wood, a former Marine, who went from sitting on his couch watching the disaster, to taking it upon himself to do something about it. He got a team together (some fellow Marines:www.teamrubiconusa.org) and left for Haiti through the Dominican Republic. He literally recruited doctors on his flight. Three volunteered and Team Rubicon was in business.
I met up with Jake in Port au Prince. I watched him take charge and save lives. I found it remarkable how someone could go from their living room in LA to the rubble in Haiti in hours just because they had the motivation to do it.
One quick note; one of the doctors that attached himself to Jake's team ended up running the emergency room of Haiti's biggest hospital during the crisis.
Magnitude 3.6 – POTOMAC-SHENANDOAH REGION
Team Rubicon’s DC, MD, and VA volunteers are partnering with veterans from The Mission Continues for trailhead maintenance service project. TR and TMC volunteers will install large locust logs along a section of the Appalachian trail that has deteriorated over time. In the spirit of TR and TMC, the work will be rigorous, rewarding, and give veterans an opportunity to serve as citizen leaders. TR has been contacting its East Coast volunteers (in the DC metro region) about this opportunity. Details are below.
Who: Team Rubicon and The Mission Continues volunteers
What: Trailhead maintenance on the Appalachian Trail
Where: Shenandoah National Park
When: 31 July (early morning) – 1 August (evening)
Why: To engage our veterans as citizen leaders, through community service
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