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COMMUNITY IMPACT 1999-2013 <br /> Moil <br /> , m. .._.. .. <br /> Environmental Conservation Projects: Fostering an Ethic of Service: <br /> • 2,475 land and water-based conservation projects • A contribution of 27,149 hours of community service <br /> completed by 7,905 volunteers <br /> • Completed service on over 184 acres and 78 miles 0 244 presentations given about AmeriCorps,national <br /> of conservation land and water(As of April 2013) service, community service,and civic engagement <br /> Disaster Preparedness and Response Activities: <br /> • Presented 392 community disaster preparedness Community Events: Organization and Participation in <br /> education classes annual events such as: <br /> • Response to 28 residential fires • AmeriCorps Week <br /> • Participation in 21 disaster simulations and drills • Canal Clean-Up <br /> • Response to 127 marine mammal strandings Earth Celebration <br /> • Assisted with 31 marine mammal necropsies Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service <br /> • Response to 2003 Buzzard's Bay oil spill 0 Nauset Cares Day <br /> • Response to January 2005 blizzard 0 Harwich"Blitz" Week <br /> • Response to December 9th,2005 winter/wind storm • National Trails Day <br /> • Response to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuees in • Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Clean Up <br /> Operation"Helping Hands" 0 River Days <br /> is <br /> • Response to November 2007 Nor'easter 0 Highland Center Celebration <br /> • Opened 4 shelters in November 2009 winter storm 0 Arbor Day <br /> •, Response to flood damage in spring of 2010 0 Orleans Green Week <br /> • Response to storm damage on Liberty and Ellis 0 National Day of Recognition <br /> Island in NY after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 <br /> • Opened 3 shelters in October 2012 for Hurricane Community Collaborations: Collaborations with over. <br /> Sandy 150 groups including: <br /> • Opened 3 shelters in February 2013 in response to • Federal, state, county, and town departments <br /> Super-storm Nemo • School, community, and faith-based groups <br /> Environmental Education: Non-profit organizations <br /> • Over 2,050 activities in environmental education— <br /> ranging from vernal pools to invasive plant Building the Cape Cod Community: <br /> • 97.6%of ACC Members have successfully graduated <br /> species—directed towards approximately 47,500 <br /> residents and visitors from the AmeriCorps Cape Cod program <br /> Hosted over 110 Project Wet Festivals for over 95 alumni have stayed or returned to work on the <br /> • Cape after graduating from the program <br /> r 14,000 students . 38 alumni have worked for Barnstable County or a <br /> • Developed the recycling puppet show, "The Green Ribbon" Town department(12 currently) <br /> • Performed the "The Green Ribbon" puppet show 47 <br /> • 30 alumni are presently working on Cape Cod <br /> times to 5,862 adults and children <br /> • 37 alumni have gone on to become Service Partners, <br /> Advisory Board Members and Trainers for the <br /> Program <br /> ESTIMATED PROGRAM VALUE = $16,789,697 <br /> TOTAL MEMBER AND VOLUNTEER HOURS SERVED = 612,092 <br /> THE 2011 MA INDEPENDENT SECTOR VALUE OF VOLUNTEER LABOR IS$27.43 <br /> 7 <br />