News & Stories
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Feature Story
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Essential to Disaster Resilience
April 22, 2024
To better serve the environment and community preparedness, connect the three Rs of waste management and environmentalism to response, recovery, and resilience.
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Feature Story
Coming Home for Christmas in Kentucky
December 20, 2023
Team Rubicon rebuilds a Dawson Springs house torn apart by tornadoes.
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Feature Story
Raising the Standards in Disaster Zones with Fortified Homes
July 14, 2023
As it repairs and retrofits disaster-struck homes across the U.S., Team Rubicon is going beyond just patching holes and fixing roofs: it’s employing IBHS Fortified homes standards to help homeowners better weather future storms.
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Feature Story
Three Years After Hurricane Laura, Two Sisters Come Home
May 12, 2023
On May 12, Team Rubicon welcomed home the 27th family in its Gulf Coast Rebuild program.
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Feature Story
Beyond the Headlines: Rebuilding Communities After Low-Attention Disasters
May 9, 2023
In storm-plagued Selma, LADs have become a way of life. Now, volunteers are rebuilding homes in hopes of helping the community better withstand future storms.
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Reflection
March 16, 2023
A Greyshirt and avid student of the Civil Rights Movement history reflects on responding to the January 2023 tornadoes in Selma.
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Feature Story
September 27, 2022
When Hurricane Irma came ashore in 2017, at least 65 homes—including 44 mobile homes—were destroyed in Collier County and another 1,008 suffered damage that exceeded 60% of the home’s value. Greyshirts helped repair many of them.
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Feature Story
Roofs to Get Raised for Tornado Survivors in Historic Selma
January 17, 2022
Disaster relief volunteers who responded to a St. Patrick’s Day tornado are returning, this time to rebuild homes.
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Reflection
Building Up More than Just Houses
May 28, 2021
A US Air Force veteran and CHFP Cohort 6 grad shares her experience moving through the program and rebuilding homes, and herself, in Houston
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Feature Story
2020 in Review: Historic Disasters and Historic Responses
December 30, 2020
Hurricanes, wildfires, and a pandemic: How a veteran-led disaster relief organization took on 2020.
