The United We Serve summer service initiative begins today and runs through the National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11th. The United We Serve Web site will help volunteers find projects in their communities and exchange stories about projects that make a difference in their communities.
According to a release, Michelle Obama and California's First Lady Maria Shriver today will help build a public playground in San Francisco, Defense Secretary Gates is spending time with veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Commerce Secretary Locke is reading to children at La Mesita Homeless Shelter in Mesa, Arizona.
Today on the FEMA blog, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate discussed service to the community in a video, saying that the willingness to help communities is why first responders do what they do, and it goes beyond responding to disasters or problems. The new United We Serve site, said Fugate, will help citizens match their desires with what their communities need.