MONROE - A Monroe High School graduate is in Mississippi this week helping residents affected by Hurricane Gustav.
Wendy Huber, daughter of Carl and Lisa Huber of Monroe, is there as part of a team of the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). Huber is one of 12 people working at a 2-1-1 information line where she is taking phone calls from Mississippi residents needing information about recovery services and volunteer efforts.
Huber graduated in 2007 and attended the fall semester at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she is majoring in technical theater. In January, she joined NCCC, which is something of a "domestic Peace Corps," Lisa Huber said.
Wendy became interested in NCCC after older sister Stephanie, who graduated from MHS in 1999, joined the organization in 2005 after graduating from UW-La Crosse. She is stationed at the NCCC campus in Perry Point, Md. She left Saturday for Mississippi and arrived in Jackson on Sunday before Gustav actually made landfall.
While Wendy has not been available to speak to the Times, she sent the following e-mail to her mother:
"We went to the Coliseum to register families for bus rides home. Entered all the information into Excel, and then helped orchestrate the operation this morning with about 9 federal agencies running around ... It was pretty cool."
It's not the first time Wendy's been on the scene to lend a hand through NCCC. So far during her 10-month stint, she's worked in Charlottesville, Va., pulling invasive weeds in a project to make the city more green, and worked on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in both New Orleans and Hattiesburg, Miss., Lisa Huber said. Before joining NCCC, Wendy also helped with Katrina relief efforts in 2006 with the Monroe Venture Crew.
AmeriCorps NCCC is a leadership program for young people ages 18 to 24. In exchange for completing 1,700 hours of service during a 10-month term, participants receive an education award of nearly $5,000, plus a living stipend and housing.
Wendy will graduate from the program Nov. 13, and Lisa Huber said she and her husband plan to go to Maryland to attend.
Wendy Huber, daughter of Carl and Lisa Huber of Monroe, is there as part of a team of the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). Huber is one of 12 people working at a 2-1-1 information line where she is taking phone calls from Mississippi residents needing information about recovery services and volunteer efforts.
Huber graduated in 2007 and attended the fall semester at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she is majoring in technical theater. In January, she joined NCCC, which is something of a "domestic Peace Corps," Lisa Huber said.
Wendy became interested in NCCC after older sister Stephanie, who graduated from MHS in 1999, joined the organization in 2005 after graduating from UW-La Crosse. She is stationed at the NCCC campus in Perry Point, Md. She left Saturday for Mississippi and arrived in Jackson on Sunday before Gustav actually made landfall.
While Wendy has not been available to speak to the Times, she sent the following e-mail to her mother:
"We went to the Coliseum to register families for bus rides home. Entered all the information into Excel, and then helped orchestrate the operation this morning with about 9 federal agencies running around ... It was pretty cool."
It's not the first time Wendy's been on the scene to lend a hand through NCCC. So far during her 10-month stint, she's worked in Charlottesville, Va., pulling invasive weeds in a project to make the city more green, and worked on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in both New Orleans and Hattiesburg, Miss., Lisa Huber said. Before joining NCCC, Wendy also helped with Katrina relief efforts in 2006 with the Monroe Venture Crew.
AmeriCorps NCCC is a leadership program for young people ages 18 to 24. In exchange for completing 1,700 hours of service during a 10-month term, participants receive an education award of nearly $5,000, plus a living stipend and housing.
Wendy will graduate from the program Nov. 13, and Lisa Huber said she and her husband plan to go to Maryland to attend.