Covid 19

Disaster Response

Orange County Conservation Corps partners with local organizations to ensure their community members have easy access to good food.

“We are still taking care of school sites. We make sure the bushes aren’t growing into doorways and trees don’t fall onto buildings. It’s important to keep people’s morale up, for the students to know they’re coming back to the same school they left, not some deserted looking school.”

– Mike Totten, Greater Valley Conservation Corps

Disaster Response

Conservation Corps of Long Beach erects industrial tents to serve as temporary medical facilities at the Port of Long Beach.

“I can’t say enough about how important it is that we’ve got these extra hands right now. We just couldn’t do this work without the corpsmembers.”

– Ingrid Becker, Alameda County Community Food Bank

Like many corps, Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps continues to provide essential e-waste and recycling services, ensuring waste does not accumulate and create new health concerns.

Disaster Response

Orange County Conservation Corps teams offer warehouse support and traffic control services at the Honda Center in Anaheim, where more than 4 million pounds of food have been distributed to over 800,000 residents.

“It’s not just about the environment. It’s about people.”

– Sharleece Bourne, Cesar Chavez Environmental Corps

Fresno EOC Local Conservation Corps reopens its Recycling buy back center, allowing the public to sell CRV cans and bottles, a significant source of income for many residents in one of the poorest regions of the nation.

“This crisis has elevated our mission and clarified it. It’s not just youth development through conservation. A corpsmember’s development and our environment’s health and wellbeing are interdependent. This synergy will forever guide us on our path to serve.”

– Wendy Butts, CEO, Los Angeles Conservation Corps