| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.10.2024 | 9 Ways to Stay Safe Cleaning Up Debris After a Disaster | After a disaster, the cleanup process will be crucial for a successful recovery. Whether you're a homeowner or a business owner, you should follow the proper guidelines for safe and effective debris removal.
FEMA provides reimbursement to s... |
| 07.10.2024 | Gov. Lee, First Lady Maria Lee Highlight Opportunities for Tennesseans to Serve Communities Impacted by Hurricane Helene | NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee highlighted resources available for communities impacted by Hurricane Helene and ways Tennesseans can serve.
“As Tennessee begins the rebuilding process, I am inspir... |
| 02.08.2024 | Resilience in the Wild: The Intersection of Adventure and Recovery for Military Families | In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, a hiker's misstep led to a dramatic rescue. The Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue team, alongside the Colorado National Guard, orchestrated a lifeline for an injured climber. As dawn broke, a helicopte... |
| 29.07.2024 | How Outdoor and Off-Road Programs Benefit Military Families | (NewsUSA) - When you spend time outdoors, you feel better, physically and mentally, and a growing body of medical evidence supports the value of being in nature. For families in particular, outdoor time is a great way to build memories and ... |
| 12.07.2024 | Disaster Relief Volunteers Arrive to Provide Hurricane Beryl Assistance | Even as more than 1.2 million people in Texas remained without power after historic Hurricane Beryl hit the state this week, Team Rubicon has begun responding to the storm. The storm, which came ashore south of Houston, near Matagorda, as a... |
| 14.06.2024 | Tornado Alley Shifts in the US as Twisters Spin Up Around the World | Tornadoes are among the most terrifying natural disasters a community can face. Composed of a column of air rotating up to 300 mph and traveling across the landscape at speeds up to 70 mph along unpredictable paths, tornadoes strike seeming... |
| 31.05.2024 | Mixing Mottos, Mitigating Wildfires, and Building Disaster Preparedness in Hawaiʻi | Nestled against the cool windward slopes of the Hawaiian island of Maui sits Camp Maluhia. A former USO and Civilian Conservation Corps recruitment office facility, Camp Maluhia was refurbished into a Scout camp in the 1930s. With its magni... |
| 31.05.2024 | Team Rubicon Volunteers Respond to May Tornadoes | When severe storms and tornadoes swept the U.S. in May, they left paths of damage from Texas to Iowa. In response, Team Rubicon has begun deploying volunteers, or Greyshirts, on five disaster response operations in four states. Veteran-led ... |
| 17.05.2024 | Each Roaring Chainsaw a Hymn of Progress | I am Benjamin ‘Max’ TuiToga MaʻAtoe Moe (two-ee tow-gah mah-ah-toy moy), keeper of our cultural flame at the nonprofit Hawaiʻi organization Koolauloa Foundation and thus a guardian of the past and an architect of the future. I’m also a newl... |
| 16.05.2024 | From Vietnam to Hawaiʻi, and Always in Service | Sue Johnson lives in Hawaiʻi, on the island of Maui. She was born in Vietnam, adopted as by a U.S. military family, and raised in America. Today a retired Army veteran, Johnson describes her job now as, “helping people.”
After college, John... |
| 15.05.2024 | Top Fire Mitigation Strategies to Help Protect Any Home | Since 2000, wildfires have burned, on average, 7 million acres of American property every year. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, as of November 18, more than 7.34 million acres have burned in 62,664 wildfires so far in 202... |
| 10.05.2024 | My Mother’s Day Gift Was a Greyshirt | My first volunteer deployment with Team Rubicon was in 2017. I signed up to assist communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, and I’ve been an active Greyshirt volunteer ever since.
At the time, my oldest son Jon Rosello was too young to joi... |
| 04.05.2024 | Wildfire Awareness Leads to Improved Mitigation Strategies | May is Wildfire Awareness Month, but wildfire season is year-round for many areas of the country now. Communities are expanding into previously wilderness areas while the climate continues to shift, and many Americans face serious wildfire ... |
| 12.04.2024 | How to Prepare Your Pets for Disaster | Being prepared for a disaster isn’t just about being able to execute a plan for yourself, it’s about prepping for the entire family: furbabies and all. And because cats and dogs don’t always follow directions in stressful situations, doing ... |
| 07.04.2024 | Serving World Health Means Innovating | Team Rubicon has responded to disasters all over the world, bringing medical care and water, sanitation, and hygiene support to communities in over 30 countries. In the 14 years since Jake Wood joined an ad hoc team of veterans and formed T... |
| 05.04.2024 | Fierce Winds, a Greyshirt in Absentia, and the Heart Work | In early July 2023, I was in Millington, TN, serving on Command and General Staff for Operation Blue Suede Shoes. It was a small Type 4 response to some severe thunderstorms that had brought excessive straight-line winds to a small communit... |
| 23.03.2024 | The Importance of WASH in the Wake of Disaster | On World Water Day, it’s important to note that while water is one of the most abundant resources on Earth, clean water that is fit to drink is far rarer. Although 71% of the world’s surface is water, only 3% of it is fresh water—and most o... |
| 08.03.2024 | During Humanitarian Crises, Simple Solutions to Wicked Problems | During and after disasters, it is women and children who face the most threats and have the worst outcomes, according to Dui Turner, a 25-year U.S. Air Force veteran and Senior Fellow at Women in International Security. “Generally speaking,... |
| 21.02.2024 | Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Delivers Big Impact | With wildfires on the horizon—and now nearly guaranteed every year in the American West—Team Rubicon has been using mitigation operations to help prepare communities against fires before they start. In 2023, Team Rubicon completed 28 wildfi... |
| 14.02.2024 | Their Love Language? Acts of Service to Others | “We do everything together,” says Rusty Bittle, a U.S. Army veteran and retired Pentagon contractor, of his marriage to Catherine, also a retired Pentagon contractor and a U.S. Air Force veteran. “Whether it’s vacation or taking care of our... |
| 14.02.2024 | Martin Luther King Day Service Project Gives a Lift to a Neighborhood School | “Education means emancipation,” said Frederick Douglass in an 1894 speech, “It means light and liberty.” He was speaking at the dedication of Virginia’s Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, which was founded in 1893 by a formerly e... |
| 13.01.2024 | How to Prepare for Extreme Cold Weather According to Disaster Responders | When a deep freeze swept the U.S. in 2021, it engulfed Texas, marked the first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2021, and crippled infrastructure. At the peak, 10 million were without electricity—and heat—in Texas. Meanwhile, burst pipes ... |
| 06.07.2023 | Wells Fargo Increases Investment in Team Rubicon with $1 Million Grant | “Wells Fargo is grateful for Team Rubicon’s leadership in disaster response as well as for the deeply skilled and passionate volunteers who generously give their time.”
LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2023) (PRWEB) July 06, 2023
The Wells Fargo Founda... |
| 08.06.2023 | Team Rubicon Announces TRades Academy; Training Veterans to Rebuild Homes | “The program is very unique. It will train and qualify veterans in skills that open doors toward increased economic and employment potential while at the same time improving communities in need after disaster strikes.”
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) J... |
| 23.05.2023 | Team Rubicon Completes Hurricane Laura Rebuild Project After Two Million Dollar Challenge From PXG | HOUSTON (PRWEB) May 23, 2023
Veteran-led humanitarian organization, Team Rubicon, is welcoming home the last family from the Hurricane Laura Rebuild project. Team Rubicon, supported by PXG and the Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, complet... |
| 28.02.2023 | Team Rubicon Selected to Participate in the Advancing Racial Equity Community of Practice initiative | "As we assist global communities before, during and after disasters and crises, it is crucial to have an equitable lens with our efforts."
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) February 28, 2023
Team Rubicon is excited to announce our participation... |
| 06.12.2022 | DuPont Personal Protection Announces Expanded Partnership with Team Rubicon | “DuPont is proud to expand its multi-pronged collaboration with Team Rubicon, which allows us to contribute much more than the essential protection of our Tyvek® garments,” said Patrick McCrummen, Global Leader, Community Impact at DuPont
W... |
| 10.11.2022 | Team Rubicon Receives $500K Commitment From J.M. Huber Corporation | “This gift from Huber allows Team Rubicon to respond to even more disasters, big and small, no matter where they strike."
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) November 10, 2022
J.M. Huber Corporation (Huber) announced today the commitment of $500,000 t... |
| 22.02.2022 | GovX Gives Back Donates Over $28,000 to Disaster Response Organization TEAM RUBICON | Team Rubicon working to help clear roadways in Kentucky. Last December, when a series of devastating tornadoes ripped through neighborhoods in Kentucky and Tennessee, Team Rubicon "Greyshirt" volunteers immediately deployed to the... |
| 06.12.2021 | Hilton Worldwide : 12.05.21Hilton Effect Foundation Announces 2021 Hilton Effect Grants, Pledges $1.5 Million to Organizations | December 5, 2021
MCLEAN, Va. - The Hilton Effect Foundation announced today its 2021 Hilton Effect grantees, comprising multi-dimensional organizations hyper-focused on restoring and strengthening communities impacted by two of the biggest ... |
| 20.09.2021 | General Electric : GE Foundation Announces Grant to Provide Afghan Refugee Resettlement Support | Boston - September 20, 2021 - The GE Foundation today announced a donation of US$100,000 to support the relocation of Afghan families into communities across the United States. The donation will fund Team Rubicon, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that u... |
| 10.08.2021 | Team Rubicon Selects ObserveID for Cloud Identity Security Posture Management | Experts in Identity: Intelligence, Automation, and Governance We are impressed with ObserveID’s ability to monitor user behavior through their analytics engine and respond to anomalies in real-time across our cloud and on-premises infrastru... |
| 09.05.2021 | The human-focused startups of the hellfire | Disasters may not always be man-made, but they are always responded to by humans. There’s a whole panoply of skills and professions required today to respond to even the tiniest emergency, and that doesn’t even include the needs during pre-... |
| 08.05.2021 | Congressman Joe Neguse visits Table Mesa business owners, tours Calwood Fire cleanup | After climbing the twists and turns of a narrow dirt road that wound around the wooded hilltops of Jamestown, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse stepped from an off-road vehicle and strapped on a hard hat to meet with disaster relief volunteers with Team... |
| 02.05.2021 | Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fire | We’ve been hearing how “data is the new oil” for more than a decade now, and in certain sectors, it’s a maxim that has more than panned out. From marketing and logistics to finance and product, decision-making is now dominated by data at al... |
| 11.03.2021 | Guardian Life Enters Partnership with Team Rubicon to Scale Vaccine Distribution Across the U.S. | NEW YORK, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian Life) announced a health equity initiative to mobilize distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with veteran-led disaster respo... |
| 25.02.2021 | Microsoft: How we deliver industry-specific cloud computing at scale | Having spent several years creating its partitioned and specialised government cloud, Microsoft has used that experience to build other customised clouds for specific industry sectors, starting with healthcare and retail. Those are getting ... |
| 17.02.2021 | LinkedIn Launches Support to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution | What You Should Know:
– LinkedIn announces it will utilize its platform to connect healthcare professionals to COVID-19 vaccination distribution volunteer and paid support opportunities with a goal of helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.... |
| 17.02.2021 | LinkedIn gives COVID-19 vaccination distribution a boost | Image: iStock
LinkedIn says it is extending the commitment it made last April to assist in the global battle with the coronavirus pandemic. The company is using its platform to further slow the spread of COVID-19 by connecting organizations... |
| 17.12.2020 | Inaugural PXG College Golf Showcase Distributes One Million Dollars | Final hole celebration at the PXG College Golf Showcase at Scottsdale National The talent and character these young guys displayed was nothing short of exceptional and our celebs, well, they weren’t half bad themselves. Combined with the op... |
| 09.11.2018 | Starbucks: Free coffee for vets, active duty military and spouses on Veteran’s Day | Starbucks is honoring the military on Veteran’s Day by giving away free coffee.
Veterans, active duty military and their spouses can get a free 12-ounce hot coffee at participating stores on Nov. 11. The offer is one per customer.
Also the ... |
| 23.12.2015 | THE MIGHTY 25: VETERANS POISED FOR IMPACT IN 2016 | Happy to share this list (originally posted here) courtesy of We Are The Mighty. What makes me even more excited is the fact that some of our founders are on the list. They are Blake Hall of Id.me, Taylor Justice of Unite US, John Roger Jr.... |
| 30.06.2015 | Making Nonprofits SaaS-Savvy, Classy Raises $18 Million | Classy, a San Diego-based startup, has raised $18 million in new funding from Mithril Capital Management and Salesforce Ventures to bring nonprofits and social enterprises into the digital age.
Classy powers fundraising campaigns, event man... |
| 06.12.2013 | Inside Palantir’s philanthropic data engineering team | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — If you believe the rumors,... |
| 14.12.2011 | A Look At The Organizations That Grabbed $115 Million In Grants From Google In 2011 | As you may have heard, Google is getting into the holiday giving spirit these days, as it late last night announced that it has dished out an additional $40 million in philanthropic grants, targeted at science, technology, engineering, and ... |
| - | Electric F-150 Lightnings save the day with power in Kentucky flood response | Ford has sent two electric F-150 Lightnings to help with the Kentucky flood response, providing mobile power for crews to help get 10-15 families back in their homes per day.
A common question for EV owners/advocates is “but what do you do ... |
| - | Adam Miller's Second Act
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📙 What We’re Reading | This is Part II of our deep dive on Adam Miller, one of LA’s most successful (and philanthropic) tech entrepreneurs. When we left off Adam’s story last week, he had just sold his Santa Monica-based HR tech company Cornerstone OnDemand for $... |
| - | I'm a VC whose firm has backed Headspace and The Skimm. Here's how I spot winners and the sectors I'm most excited about right now. | Heather Hartnett. Portrait Madame This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Heather Hartnett is the CEO and managing partner at the venture-capital fund Human Ventures.
She focuses ... |
