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Scenes capturing volunteers and counselors assisting individuals in educational and disaster recovery settings, highlighting teamwork and community outreach.

Disabled men and woman at workshop

DR-1933-WI. Wisconsin Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Sanford, FL, (Oct. 9, 2022) - FEMA Mobile Registration Intake Center at Midway Safe Harbor Center in Sanford, Florida, helping survivors apply for FEMA aid. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Ruth Soucie, a volunteer from the Medtronic Foundation helps a student from STARBASE Minnesota build sets and used apps to look at atoms in St. Paul, Nov. 1, 2022. The Minnesota Vikings and Medtronic volunteered their time to learn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from STARBASE Minnesota students. STARBASE Minnesota is a Department of Defense educational program that immerses students in real-world STEM throughout the school year and summer.

Personnel Specialist 1st Class Daniella Sherri Mack, from Chesapeake, Virginia, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) personnel department, asks a question about a hispanic heritage event plan for early October during a multicultural heritage committee meeting, Sept. 21, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and workups for a scheduled deployment this fall.

Detroit, Michigan, Counselors help immigrants with their applications for U.S. citizenship at a workshop sponsored by the New Americans Campaign and Detroit's International Institute.

Disabled students brainstorming at university

Disabled men and woman at workshop

The 2022 Leadership of Wyoming class tried out the military occupation specialty simulators while touring the Army Aviation Support Facility as part of their Military Day tour in Cheyenne on May 25, 2022. The simulators covered four different military occupations like engineering and welding. The leadership program is aimed at enhancing the leadership skills of local leaders. Those who complete the program continue to lead not only their community but the State of Wyoming.

Attendees participate in an exercise during the Key Spouse Symposium, on Spangdahlem Air Base, May 25, 2022. The exercise required individuals to draw and talk about some of the challenges some spouses were facing with the Key Spouse Program.

Missouri National Guards Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program hosted a week-long refresher course to the states Victim Advocates at the Ike Skelton Training Site, Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 15, 2022. The training consisted of lesson seminars, interactive activities, communication assessments and much more. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Rose Di Trolio)

Memphis, Tenn. (June 13, 2022) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Jarrett Allen, a native of Tulsa Oklahoma, assigned the Navys eSports team, answer questions from students at The Technical Training Center of The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis during Navy Week Memphis. Memphis Navy Week is one of 14 Navy Weeks in 2022, which brings a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel to a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects. Each year, the program reaches more than 140 million people -- about half the U.S. population.

Hoboken, N.J., Nov. 12, 2012 FEMA employee Sandra Wilson listens to a survivor's story. At the town meeting at Hoboken High School, FEMA and other local, state and federal agencies were on hand to assist residents who had questions about assistance after Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

240124-N-OE145-1110 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 24, 2024) Sailors and Japanese nationals speak during a cultural exchange event at Club Alliance onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 24. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Disabled people sitting at tables

Missouri National Guards Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program hosted a week-long refresher course to the states Victim Advocates at the Ike Skelton Training Site, Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 15, 2022. The training consisted of lesson seminars, interactive activities, communication assessments and much more. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Rose Di Trolio)

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Students by lockers in corridor

technology students group in computer lab school classroom working on

Disabled people with learning disability at community healthcare institution event, gather to learn art and tools to live a healthy life. Woman smiling teaching gives hope, motivation and inspiration

Disabled friends sitting in cafeteria

Hurricane Katrina, LaPlace, La., October 8, 2005 - Ashley Kusick (right), a high school teacher left without a job when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, has been hired by FEMA and is now in training to become a Disaster Recovery Center manager at the LaPlace DRC at 160 Belle Terre; her old school, Landry High School in New Orleans, is also now a DRC. Ashley is a member of the "Teach For America" program that secures employment for new teachers in inner city schools around the nation. Win Henderson / FEMA

A Wiesbaden High School faculty member facilitates a trivia contest during the German-American exchange at Wiesbaden High School on Hainerberg Kaserne, Oct. 6, 2022, Wiesbaden, Hessen, DE. Trivia questions consisted of German and American history.

Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Winter Storm - Puyallup, Wash. , February 9, 2009 George Rottinghaus and daughter Jayden register at the FEMA disaster recovery center (DRC) with IA specialist Gail Chandler. The DRC opened to assist residents that were affected from the recent flooding with FEMA's registration process. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. Washington Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Reedley, California, United States. Friends offer support to one another during culinary class at a boarding school for obese teens.

Reportage on Sylvain, 11 years old, suffering from autism. He was diagnosed when he was 7. Sylvain goes to a special needs school which caters to children with various mental handicaps.

Diana Trujillo at Rolling Terrace E.S.. NASA Technical Group Supervisor for Sequence Planning and Execution and Tactical Mission Lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, Diana Trujillo, speaks to students at Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Students from Wiesbaden High School and Erich Kastner Schule discuss the answer to a question during a trivia contest at Wiesbaden High School on Hainerberg Kaserne Oct. 6, 2022, Wiesbaden, Hessen, DE. The winning team for the trivia contest received oatmeal cream pies.

Vintage Photograph. Students engaged in a collaborative learning session in a lively classroom setting.

U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, gives remarks at the Misawa Chapel Easter Egg Hunt at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 16, 2022. The Misawa Air Base chapel held an Easter Egg Hunt for children and teens with different games available as well as lunch.

Megan Ford, 309th Software Engineering Group at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, meets with female high school students from NUAMES High School in Layton, during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) event March 30, 2023. This event is one of many that the Hill AFB WiSE, or Women in Science and Engineering, volunteers participate in to educate students about STEM careers available in the Air Force.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. looks at a students computer project after his presentation in the classroom at Howard Bishop Middle School in Gainesville, Fla. Dr. Whitlow shared the new vision for space exploration with the students, the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. The presentation also included a downlink from the International Space Station for students to ask questions of the Expedition 8 crew, Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri. Howard Bishop Middle School is one of 50 nationwide (four in Florida) in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program. NES establishes a three-year partnership between NASA and 50 NASA Explorer Schools teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from diverse communities

Fort Drum Soldiers and family members can register for English as a Second Language classes through the Relocation Readiness Program at the Family Resource Center. The free classes give community members a way to strengthen language skills, build confidence and connect with other Soldiers and family members. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Children at the visitor center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., receive a rainfall demonstration as part of activities tied to the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission's Core Observatory on Feb. 27, 2014. b

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Las Vegas, Nevada, Immigrants study for the U.S. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District.

Women, sign up and clipboard for charity, volunteer or kindness at church for care with accountability. Group, checklist and donation to community for commitment, support or choice for call to action

Disabled students brainstorming at university

Women engineers and scientists from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, meet with female high school students during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) event March 30, 2022. This event is one of many that the Hill AFB WiSE, or Women in Science and Engineering, volunteers participate in to educate students about STEM careers available in the Air Force.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Lunch , Environmental Protection Agency

EDUCATING OUR YOUTH: More than 25 teenagers from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County, Idaho, toured Gowen Field as part of their out-of-school program to learn more about the Idaho Army National Guard's equipment and missions on July 8.During the day, teens visited with the Idaho National Guard's 204th Regional Training Institute, where they enjoyed learning about and climbing around on some of the organization's tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Heavy Equipment Transporters and trailers.For lunch, they got to experience a meal fit for a Soldier by chowing down on some "Tailored Operational Training Meals", similar to the more common "Meals Ready-to-Eat" but packaged with less calories.Later, the group visited with the Idaho Army National Guard's State Aviation Group, where they got to interact with some of its rotary wing pilots and crew chiefs. To end the day, they climbed around several UH-60 Black Hawks and felt what it's like to sit behind the helicopter's steering system.

Disabled students celebrating at university

Geniece Baer, supervisory librarian at John L. Throckmorton Library, plays her ukulele, while the children clap along, for a childrens story time event for the 25th Anniversary of Throckmorton Library at Fort Bragg, N.C. Sept. 28. Throckmorton Library holds many events for Soldiers and their Families throughout the year.

Reportage on a specialised institution for young hearing-impaired people (Switzerland). For one day a month, the institution offers manual activities taught in sign language. Most of the young people are in normal schools and this day allows them to continue learning sign language.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 22, 2022) Volunteers at Yokosuka Middle School onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) educate students on general wellness and health during a girl's health seminar. For more than 75 years, Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka has provided, maintained and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

FEMA is providing information which will help with AL residents'. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Las Vegas, Nevada, Immigrants study for the U.S. citizenship test in a free class sponsored by the Culinary Union and the Clark County School District.

Disabled students brainstorming at university

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Sailors at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command participate in the Clothesline Project by writing messages on t-shirts for the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program. The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with messages and illustrations that graphically demonstrate the impact of violence. MBoot camp is approximately 10 weeks and all enlistees into the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. Training includes five warfighting competencies of firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding, and small arms handling and marksmanship along with physical fitness and lessons in Navy heritage and core values, Warrior Toughness, Life Skills, teamwork and discipline. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navys only boot camp.

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Mark Gonzalez, 47th Student Squadron training pilot, speaks to a group of students from Brackett Junior High school at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on May 25, 2022. The students learned about weather personnel and what types of processes they go through to ensure safe weather conditions.

GREYWOLF Trooper, Chaplain (Cpt.) Changsop Kum, assigned to 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, talks with Polish students from Primary School. Major H. Sucharskiego, Dec. 9, 2022. Events like these continue to strengthen the bonds between the Polish community and the U.S. Army.

Memory workshop for Seniors, organized by the Défi Autonomie Seniors association (helping senior citizens gain autonomy) Hauts de France, France, Peps Eureka method, workshop helps participants understand numerous factors contribute to maintaining a good memory, such as regular exercise, mental gymnastics and a healthy life style. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Mother Helping Daughters With Homework

Washington, D. C. , June 27, 2012 Flat Stanley prepares to take his photograph for his FEMA badge. FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Patricia Montes Barron, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, left, and Erika R. Slaton, director, Military Community Support Programs, center, visit with Jennifer Couch, assistant chief, Child and Youth Flight, 502nd Force Support Squadron, to learn about Child and Youth Services across Joint Base San Antonio.

STEM Girls Night In sleepover was held at Goddard Nov 2-3, 2018 including learning, interactive activities and networking with NASA women in STEM and other related career fields. Event was intended to reinvigorate, inspire and engage high school girls who are not fully engaged in STEM education.

Kelly Arnholt, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) DNA analyst, briefs a MIA family member during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Family Member Update (FMU) in Denver, Colorado, Sept. 10, 2022. Arnholt collected family reference samples after the brief for use in identifying unaccounted-for service members. DPAA also hosted formal presentations, question and answer sessions, and one-one-one discussions designed to keep family members informed of DPAAs mission to account for those still missing while addressing their individual needs.

MANAMA, Bahrain (Dec. 12, 2022) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Brandon Kee, from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet, interacts with students at a learning center in Bahrain, Dec. 12, during a community service event.

Two high school students working on Origami cranes for a class project, Nunamiut School, Anatuvuk Pass, Arctic Alaska

Maureen Robinson, spouse of Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, tours the Child Development Center (CDC) on Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 1, 2022. Mrs. Robinsons tour included various quality of life facilities for Airmen and their families, including the 97th Medical Group, CDC, base housing, Airman dormitories and the military spouse co-working space.

Maureen Robinson, spouse of Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, tours the Child Development Center (CDC) on Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 1, 2022. Mrs. Robinsons tour included various quality of life facilities for Airmen and their families, including the 97th Medical Group, CDC, base housing, Airman dormitories and the military spouse co-working space.

Members of the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Exceptional Family Member Program, interact with a box turtle during an EFMP aquarium excursion event at the Youth Center on Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, July 15, 2022. The EFMP is available to help build a community of support by connecting families to military and community to resources as well as assistance services.

Reportage on a memory workshop for older people, organized by the Défi Autonomie Seniors association (helping senior citizens gain autonomy) in Hauts de France, France. Based on the Peps Eureka method, the workshop helps participants understand that numerous factors contribute to maintaining a good memory, such as regular exercise, mental gymnastics and a healthy life style.

FEMA Corps meeting. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility look over paperwork during a Multi-Element Integrated Test (MEIT) of the U.S. Node 2 and the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Node 2 attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab on the ISS and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, eventually, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. The JEM, developed by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments.

AmeriCorps Meeting at High School. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Disabled people writing at table

Jocelyn Jakubowski, director of Marine Corps Family Team Building, discusses the benefits of volunteering during a Single Marine Representative Seminar at Marine and Family Programs, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 25, 2022. The seminar provides attendees knowledge of the Single Marine Program and what their job as unit representatives will entail.

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May participated in the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, Oct. 12, 2022, on base.The program is designed to develop informed, committed and qualified business, community, and civic leaders for the benefit of the Cape May area. Using models established by successful Leadership programs held around the United States, this program combines classroom learning with field experience to grow skills as a leader.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May participated in the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, Oct. 12, 2022, on base.The program is designed to develop informed, committed and qualified business, community, and civic leaders for the benefit of the Cape May area. Using models established by successful Leadership programs held around the United States, this program combines classroom learning with field experience to grow skills as a leader.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Merritt Island High School students participate in a Critical Design Review of StangSat concepts with NASA engineers in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. StangSat is one of many CubeSats under development in a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites measure about 4 inches on each side, have a volume of about 1 quart and weigh less than 3 pounds. To date, 27 CubeSats have launched through the initiative as part of the agency's Launch Services Program's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite Program. This year, four separate launches will carry 17 CubeSats.

Reportage on a specialised institution for young hearing-impaired people (Switzerland). For one day a month, the institution offers manual activities taught in sign language. Most of the young people are in normal schools and this day allows them to continue learning sign language.

Reedley, California, United States. Students order lunch in the cafeteria at a boarding school for obese teens.

Patti Cantrell. 325th Force Support Squadron library aide, designs a digital Story Time presentation at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 3, 2022. Cantrell left her previous profession in computer networking and cybersecurity to pursue a career at the Tyndall Library after discovering library sciences is her passion.

5th year students during a sewing workshop. The students learn the gestures of suturing on false epidermis or bananas. A professor of emergency medicine directs the suturing course.

Presentation at Main Interior marking World AIDS Day

Marine Corps Base Quantico staff and U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan, a U.S. representative for Virginias Fourth Congressional District, visit the child development center during a base tour on MCBQ, Virginia, Jan. 29, 2024. During the tour, McClellan learned about the installation, Marines quality of life in the barracks, and the Child Development Center.

PHOTO DATE: 02-10-10LOCATION: Bldg 9, CCTIISUBJECT: STS-131 crew during SSMTF Ingress/Egress Timeline training with instructor Bob Behrendsen.

Instructor And Classroom With Students, Alaska, USA

Students from a local high school are shown small drones and career opportunities by members of a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 6, 2024. Students had the opportunity to interact with U.S. Air Force Airmen from range of careers. Air Force

Group of disabled students at university

Food Court at the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia.

Andrew Stone, a Fort Jackson Department of the Army civilian police officer, applies a tourniquet to the arm of a mock school shooting victim at Pierce Terrance Elementary School June 16, 2022. The active shooter event was part of an annual law enforcement training event where officers entered the classroom alone to neutralize the shooter, treat the wounded with basic first aid, and evacuate the victims to the nearest medical treatment facility.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Aarica Carrington, the instruction and testing officer at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., meets with training center personnel to review marksmanship inventory sheets at Goff Hall on base, July 15, 2022. Carrington is in charge of supervising and managing four of the instructor branch divisions at the training center: marksmanship, seamanship, the instructional systems branch, and the gymnasium.

Yoga instructor and disabled woman talking while practicing yoga sitting on a mat with other people

Ames Family Day Picnic in celebration of NASA's 50th Anniversary

Lt. Col. Corrie Pecoraro, 341st Force Support Squadron commander, speaks with a substance abuse prevention counselor at an education summit April 13, 2022, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Helping agencies from the installation and the Great Falls community attended the event to highlight their services for parents on base.

Candace Iavarone, right, Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Child and Youth Services child administrator, explains to David Fullmer, JBLM chief of staff, the current base statistics of child care June 24.

Christopher Chris Klimovitz, a contractor working closely with the 501st Combat Support Wing, offers a guiding hand to anyone interested in pursuing higher education at RAF Alconbury, England, Feb. 8, 2024. Klimovitz serves as an Advanced Program and National Test Center Coordinator, adjunct professor of government and history for the University of Maryland Global Campus. Air Force

Hurricane Rita, Baton Rouge, LA, October 8, 2005 - Katharine Schweighardt worked as a teacher for the Teach For America organization in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina destroyed the area. Schweighardt is one of several teachers that were displaced and is now training and working at a Disaster Recovery Center helping other victims of Katrina and Rita apply for recovery aid. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Students, group and library research for books, studying and education at college for success. Diversity, book and shelf search at university for goals, learning and motivation with gen z student

Team Kirtland members participate in the 377th Air Base Wing Womens Equality Day celebration at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., August 26, 2022. The celebration included opening remarks from Col. Elizabeth Keller, 377th ABW vice commander, a womens equality presentation, a trivia game with prizes, and snacks and refreshments.

Photograph, used for Interior power point presentation, drawn from coverage of the visit of Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin to Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated schools in New Mexico designated for replacement in coming years, including Wingate High School in Ft. Wingate

Senior Airman William North, 8th Maintenance Squadron munitions inspector, concentrates on painting during a Paint N Sip class at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 22, 2022. Paint N Sip classes are intended to combine a fun, relaxing activity with companionship and to help attendees decompress.

Disabled students in theatre class

Students from the Aliamanu Middle School are briefed about different past conflict projects during their visit to the DPAA facilities on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 16, 2024. The agency participated in its second Student Summit Career Day to engage with the local community and educate students on identification and recovery operations. Forensic anthropologists, underwater and terrestrial archaeologists and isotope preparation scientists led students through simulated hands-on techniques and briefs to share more about the agencys mission. Marine Corps

Naples, FL, USA--October 20, 2022--Local residents visit a Disaster Recovery Center in Collier County at Veterans Community Park. A number of local, state and federal agencies are on site to help residents Impacted by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

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