and basically a volunteer base service and so the people who volunteer there are beyond dedicated and committed to the animals. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> okay. >> and we will go ahead to the next and i am not sure if we will be coming this year and andrea montoya. she is. >> hi, i do have two letters of recommendation that i would like. >> okay. >> graitd. and i would like to start off by saying thank you for everyone for the opportunity to be a candidate here today or a seat with the commission of animal control and welfare. i little bit about myself i spent most of my life not only as a pet owner but also a volunteer from the wild life sanctuary in arizona to helping here in san francisco since i have been here for the last eleven years i too am a volunteer at the animal care and control and i work also with socializing cats. and i also work tony's kitty rescue and we rescue all of the kittens that come in that would be uktized because they are under way and unable to eat or take care of themself and so we take them in for a couple months and get them up to adoptable weight and i

and i actually have with the cats and the volunteers that there are and how

volunteers are the key to our success. volunteer like korean writer help us connect, apply for government funds, corporation can fundus to buy materials, equipment, because we 100% free. so we used up resources to have. >> you need volunteers and funds. >> yes. >> more supplies to clean people's teeth and fill their cavities. >> exactly. >> we're talking hope for tomorrow. we'll continue our conversation on "viewpoint" right after a quick break. >> welcome back. we're talking with hope for tomorrow which provides dental assistance to those who don't have it. lieu you collaborate with a lot of organizations. >> we do. clab reagan is definitely a must because it helps allow us to do more share resources as well as maximizing the resources we have. for example one of the organizations we collaborate with vietnam medical society and northeast america. what we do with them is together we put together a health fair. at that health fair we provide free dental services that was cleaning, filling, extractions. on the medical side f

. >> new at 4:30 the vanishing volunteers. why some say the number of volunteer firefighters in parts of our area is dangerously low. putting communities at risk and how fixing the problem could come out of your pocket. the nbc 10 investigators explain. >>> the return of the heat. i'll tell you how long this 80-degree temperature will stick around. >>> plus the impact of tropical weather on our region. in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. >>> but first, back to the breaking news. look at these flames. this is out of wharton state forest in shamong burlington county where some 100 acres have been affected by this fire. homes evacuated in the area. we will stay on top of this story and bring you the latest. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> continue our coverage on the brush fire burning in burlington county. this was the view over shamong earlier this afternoon at flames

most volunteers face 180 hours of training that they have to pay for themselves.and the time means pennsylvania's fire service is being extinguished. the state fire commissioner says 20 years ago there were six volunteer firefighters for every one today. what does that mean for public safety? >> it means that sometimes when the whistle blows or the tones drop or the call goes out for help, it may go unanswered. >> reporter: this is not a unique problem. the nbc 10 investigators found seven states addressing it including delaware which encourages volunteer firefighters with tax breaks. in pennsylvania, tax breaks for volunteer firefighters disappeared six years ago. and so did the recruits. >> eventually if we don't address this issue e they are going pick up the phone and they are going to say we are going to have to wait half an hour before a crew can get out there to fight a fire. >> reporter: the commissioner serves the same people as the darby and south media fire companies in delaware county. the chairman of the emergency services committee wants to reward vo

come on down and volunteer. we are distributing thousands of pounds, tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables and these are really high touch items. we need a lot of volunteer help. lastly, advocate. visit us on the web, sign up to receive our online advocacy alerts. flex that civic engagement muscle and help us pass these laws to promote good policy. >> what's the phone number before we run out of time? >> the phone number of the food bank is 800-870-food. >> that's easy to remember. so great to see you again. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we are inviting everybody at home to join us and help end hunger. we do have to take a short break. stay with us. we will meet a family who stood in the food pantry lines and now are spending their time giving back. stay with us. >>peter hit me in the nose? with a football. i can't go to the dance like this. well i'm sure it was an accident sweetheart. >>an eye for an eye, that's what dad always says. >>i never said that, honey. shut up! time to tea

and a heart to heart ambassador for the heart association and volunteering is an important aspect of my life and i will continue to use these experience and the community and the commitment in serving on the commission of the animal welfare and control. and i have been committed to animal protection my entire life and i will continue to do so. and i will continue to volunteer and dedicate my life to animal welfare and protection if you decide to nominate me i will work as hard as i can and have done to protect the animals of san francisco and educate the public about their welfare. >> thank you for affording me this opportunity. >> thank you for serving. and so, is this the end of your first year? >> yes. >> how many years? >> it is 2 years. >> okay. >> i served a full term. >> okay. >> and just so that you have your experience on animal care and control commission, and seeing the process of bringing on a new director over the past few months where do you see the direction of this commission and this department going? >> well --, we are about to transition with a new nt, and obviousl

so this is very difficult work they are doing, and that's why they don't want volunteers here. this is pervaded by oil they don't want every day people getting into their bodies. >> we jumped out of the prez conference to talk to you you mentioned disburse saints has there been any conversation about whether dispursuants will be applied? i know that's a whole another can of works. >> right now, they are looking mostly at containment, and trying to get off the surface what they can. as we understand it has not been deployed yet, it can create a tremendous problem. this is also an echo system because it is a coastline ecosystem, there is kelp, and criminal, and all sorts of wild life and vegetation that serves a as food source for animals that pass through here. that break down the oil into such a fine particle that it could get into them and all kinds of other ways so the stake of using it are very very high, they haven't done that yet, this is just trying to -- imagine you are on your kitchen floor sopping it up which what they are doing right now deeper methods may go, but tha

he was volunteering to fight before the war started. he was writing letters to stephen douglas who even though he was a democrat was a good friend. harden had a lot of military experience. he was an officer in the black hawk war and was in charge of kicking the mormons out of illinois. harden was a big military guy also a political guy and he really wanted to fight mexico. he wrote letters to newspapers saying this is our greatest possible opportunity to gain california for the united states and if war is declared i will be at the front of the movement. and in fact, he was. pardon is very excited about the possibility of taking a lot of mexican territory. he's a big opponent of manifest destiny. when he gets to mexico, his views change quickly and dramatically. when he first gets to mexico, he writes in rapturous terms about potential silver mines he has heard about. he says the silver mines here are supposed to be the richest in mexico and were only abandoned by the ignorance of the mexicans. he said it would only require a little skil

volunteers face 180 hours of training that they have to pay for themselves.ire commission ner said with fewer volunteers there is more concern for public safety. >> you know, it means that sometimes when the whistle blows or the tones drop or the call goes out for help it may go unanswered. >> the "nbc 10" investigators found seven states addressing the issue of fewer volunteers including delaware which encourages volunteer firefighters with tax breaks. in pennsylvania it disappeared six years ago but the chairman of the state's emergency services committee wants to reward volunteer firefighters by paying for college similar to a military gi bill. >>> military bases around the country have stepped up security this morning in the wake of an isis inspired attack in texas. this is the first time since the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at the pentagon raised security levels. two isis-inspired gunmen were shot and killed in a failed terrorist attack. right now u.s. officials aren't agreeing on how to manage home grown threats. the fbi is reviewing the field offices to

the raiders led by jimmy doolittle were 100% volunteers.none of them knew the details of the mission until a task force headed -- the two surviving raiders include attendance here today. they wanted to help out with the nation's war effort. they volunteered for what was described as a difficult and dangerous mission. the raiders will tell you they were within our army air forces and it was there teammates, the crew chiefs, weapon years, feel specials and more who help them train and prepare the airplanes for the missions. their innovation and ingenuity continues today in our nation's air force as it did in our army air forces. the raiders will tell you our nation's navy transported the raiders to launch point with a task force that included the uss hornet which held the between five bombers. --b-25 bombers. that it was their navy teammates who helped them train and prepare for the mission. the raiders with tell you that north american aviation designed and built a robust platform that was capable of taking off from an aircraft carrier and d

we do have management sources open in wimberley, for people who want to volunteer or need volunteers at the c yprus church. the san marcos volunteer center is at the old fish hatchery, also open 8-5 p.m. they are also operating coordinated with the various cities and americorp is helping us out with that. we have hundreds and thousands of people that want to help and do things and that is great. as the weekend gets closer, we'll be in a better position to facilitate those folks and get them where they need to be. these volunteer centers are important to making this happen. if you show up in our jurisdiction for a volunteer assistance you have to check in with our volunteer resource center to help us keep track of who is where and what they're doing. today, for example, we'll have a small group of people in san marcos between 9:00 and 2 p.m., doing a little work here in san marcos. wimberley, we're getting -- they're still in the middle of the search and rescue operations. and we're still trying to get those things coordinated down there. the call center has been set up at 512-754-227

volunteers face 180 hours of training they have to pay for themselves. the fire commissioner said with fewer volunteers there is more concern for public safety. >> you know it means that sometimes when the wristle blows or the tones drop or the call goes out for help it may go unanswered. >> the "nbc 10" investigators found seven states addressing the issue of fewer volunteers including delaware which encourages volunteer firefighters with tax breaks. in pennsylvania that disappeared six years ago. the chairman of the state's emergency services committee wants to reward volunteer firefighters for their service by paying for college similar to the military's gi bill. >>> today crews will work to stop oil from flooding into the hudson bay. they're trying to clean up the transformer fluid that leaked into the water at the indian plant point north of new york city. that will take a day or two. there was a fire and a transformer failed. they're looking into how much damage there is. >>> some lehigh valley residents are raising money for the victims of a cemen

then go the hell ahead. >> you volunteer to go out and fight and at your pleasure you volunteer to goain. >> i volunteered to do for your men what you will not. >> even as a volunteer, crockett risks being court-martialed. still, he takes the 500 mile round trip journey from ft. department to winchester and back. and returns with supplies and food. >> there you go, boys. >> crockett took credit in his autobiography of being one of the volunteers who ignored jackson's orders for them to stay in camp. historians disagree on this. >> i doubt if he would put something in his autobiography that others could have read and known it was false. >> his unit and jackson's part ways. there is no record of crockett being charged with desertion. the war has changed the country and the man. crockett returns to a life that will never be the same. polly, his wife and mother of three, is near death with an unknown sickness. feel secure in your dentures... feel free to be yourself all day. just switch from denture paste to sea-bond denture adhesive seals. holds stronger than the leading paste all day...

. >> host: were you drafted or did you volunteer? >> guest: i volunteered right out of college, loyola university, chicago, class of '66, and i went to officer candidate school. there is no exclusive marine corps military academy. they do get a certain percentage from the naval academy, but i went through officer candidate school. >> host: why'd you volunteer? >> guest: why'd i volunteer? i was already in the navy. i did two years as a hospital corpsman on the uss ticonderoga which was involved in the gulf of tonkin incident in 1964. after i left active duty, i went back and finished my degree. but while it was going on, i saw what was developing in vietnam and i knew it was going to be the biggest issue for my generation. and i had a question with myself should i go because i already did my time. and there were a lot of people in my class in my peer group who were very supportive of president johnson. and they were all for it. but let the other guy go. and that really did something to me too. and i also, as a hospital corpsman, i ha

. >> host: did you draft board to do volunteer parks director of volunteers from the class of '66 is no exclusive marine corps military academy they give a certain percentage. >> host: by did you volunteer? spinnaker was already in the navy on a the ticonderoga. after i left active duty and i knew when i know there were people in my class were peer group there were very supportive. but they let the other guy go. so i put these together then i met the young woman and we decided to get married. that is patty. yes. if it was a question of waiting for me to come back and for her to be a widow at the age of 22 we had the pro and con discussion with friends and family but we did get married. i was married in my dress blues. >> host: every supportive of the war when you volunteered? >> was very supportive of the with the 42nd officer candidate class although i often wonder what the young man could have done with their lives twelvemonth's 23 days. and i learned it is sometimes they put me into moral dilemma lot with my company the most despicable person i ever met. i found out after the ther

volunteers face 180 hours of training that they have to pay for themselves. the fire commissioner said with fewer volunteers there's more concern for public safety. >> well, you know it means that sometimes when the whistle blows or the tones drop or the call goes out for help it may go unanswered. >> the nbc 10 investigators found seven states addressing the issue of fewer volunteers including delaware, which encourages volunteer firefighters with tax breaks. in pennsylvania tax breaks for volunteer firefighters disappeared six years ago. but the chairman of the state's emergency services committee wants to reward volunteer firefighters for their service by paying for college, something similar to the military gi bill. >>> well we refer to her as her majesty, the queen of england. but what does prince harry call his famous grandmother? the prince revealed the answer to that question coming up on nbc 10 news. >> we have hot and muggy conditions today and we're still watching for some much-needed rain. i'll show you when it may arrive ahead in my seven-day for

curt joined the volunteer in 1998 and in 2003 he fw came executive director. prior to rock curt spent a decade in corporate sector where he held a variety of business and technology consulting positions at small and large companies. rock serves the community of youth who are poised with countless social and economic challenges. many of the youth live in visitation valee including public housing unit such as sunny veil which is one of the most diverse populations in san francisco. curt is advoicate for the youth of rock and immerseed in the xhubty working on neighborhood projects as well as spear heading initiatives. whoon who anyone that knows this man knows he care fwhtz children and youth. i'm so provide to present this man. i call him a friend as well as partner. i anyhow our city a stronger place because of the dedication and knhiment to the community. ladies and gentlemen of curtioga >> thank you supervisor cohen and the rest of board of have virezs. i love district 10 and the people there. are thereare families and children. i love just everything about

through this in a speedy manner rob friends the okay wood lands for 20 years he lead a community volunteer forest to preserve and protect the folks of golden gate park his reasonable volunteerism to make safer and more hopeal an under used land use at the northeast corner of golden gate park by volunteering with the recreation and parks department natural programs since 1989 from a concerned citizen to a model park std would that everyone can do that the profound ecology site awhile helping to build a community of volunteers to have a platform for the park advocacy and stewardship rob founded the friends of the fiscal yearly sponsored parks alliance in 2009 in collaboration with the areas host monthly parties and assisting with the in youry of the coastal native plant and restoring this habitat and maintaining designated trails these efforts have transformed it into a healthy environments as well as a designations for neighbors and visitors of golden gate park month recently due to the tireless less efforts the outcomes were designated as the old effort network today we salute rob in prote

culture this is important and i want to invite you all to come out to our second saturday of the month volunteer days there are lead by the superb rec and park staff listing i can't is the wonderful leader sitting right over there and (clapping.) and they have amount staff very knowledgeable like the supreme nature guides that's all i have to say thank you folks for what the do and . >> rob thank you. >> thank you (clapping) moving right along don't forget this very valuable the san francisco botanical garden grows and sxheefrz plant from around the world more than hundred and 50 open spaces visitors can go through a go off of woods from mezzo america and southeast ace and gardens from chile japan and california and other locations they include the magnolias and other flowers the garden of fragrance to allow people with visual impairments to enjoy the plant through touch and smell the beds from the spanish monetary brought to the united states by with him randolph husband and wife it offers luxuries from gand to botanical illusion and affirmative and the youth education program serves over 12 th

left gosh 16 years ago to raise my children i said good by and worked with the community and as a volunteer coming back and looking forward to the right. >> event >> thank you very much (clapping.) i know we have a representative from supervisor kim's office so, please. >> thank you commissioners and i'm joined with april from also from your office we are just incredibly proud and so chieftd to celebrate the silver anniversary i wore silver together tim because of the anniversary of the rec center i don't know what 50 juniors we had a little tribute a special acknowledgment for the staff amazing it go walk into the rec center meeting on wednesday morning i see tim sitting down there surrounded by the community workers to champion the program and it is a wonderful we want to acknowledge the efforts and have a special conformation accomodation for staff you're going to hang it on the wall (clapping.) as well as the family of eugene and benny and jason and we're really looking forward to working with them in the coming years to renovate and to continue to look at this institution thank you so

in light of all this a group from delaware is sending volunteers and aid to nepal.our doug shimell met with the team and joins us live. doug tell us what they are doing tonight. >> reporter: well the delaware medical relief team just sent a three-person union into nepal this morning to try to clear away some of the legal and political and diplomatic and logistical hurdles so they can get relief supplies and volunteers into that country as quickly as possible. you have to do this before you can save a life. in a donative warehouse near wilmington the delaware medical relief team puts together what it will need on the ground in earthquake-torn nepal. >> because of our experience in haiti, i thought it would be a good idea to put together a team because we have a group of volunteers that have a passion for people. >> reporter: the supplies aimed at broken bones and trauma that likely have not been treated since the devastation a week ago. >> no housing, limited food. limited access to water. you also don't have your basic meds to keep stable. things can be a very dange

we see how a new smart phone app let es volunteers let's volunteers be the eyes for the blind.h >> you see any watches with a fancy band? >> go a little higher. >> reporter: she's blind but getting help from a volunteer looking at a live connection through her smart phone. >> there you go. >> right there? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: they using a new free smart phone app called be my eyes. an idea from hans in denmark. >> it makes a video connection between a blind person's iphone and a sighted volunteer's iphone. the blind people can lend someone's eyes for a short moment. >> having your own personal guide kind of. it's like having somebody that is with you and only with you walking along with you. >> reporter: the questions could be as simple as an expiration date on a bottle of milk or helping someone get around in mall. the fascinating thing while you might be getting help in your own home the people on the other end of the line could be anywhere in the world. >> our server will pick random volunteer speaking the same language. if that person if the volunteer has the time to hel

the enrollment campaign from 2012-2015 is a all volunteer campaign primarily faculty and student volunteer to address credit and non credit enrollment through on the ground efforts. while most or all zip codes in san francisco receive the attention of the volunteer, this study compared the zip codes that were strusteejicly selected in advance >> student receive the highest focus of those that were not so targeted. many criteria were used to indicate enrollment putension. for example house hold income was one. the data shows areas we targeted showed better result said. we were targeting some of the poorest areas in san francisco. the areas outper formed for the college as a hole. volunteers went to small business and, non profit and government agency. it is our hope that going forward into a enrollment challenge in the post [inaudible] era, ccsf will learn from the experience we have gained and will take on officially with funding some of the critical functions we fulfilled as volunteers during the colleges time of greatest crisis. >> thank you so much. next speaker. >> good afternoon my na

volunteers will help clean up 100 parks. >> today volunteers work to transform the neighborhood.more than 1,000 volunteers from wells fargo will join forces with philadelphia americorps volunteers. >> police say a 17-year-old was planning to set off three homemade bombs in the city of melbourne. officers found the bombs during the course of a raid yesterday. according to authorities the us expect planned to carry out the attack very soon. >>. teen suspect is expected to face terrorism charges in court on monday. >> north korea says it has successfully testified a newly developed ballistic missile. yetst just yesterday north korea threatened south korea of violate it's territorial waters. they called the threat insane and warned the north it would respond strongly. >> the time now is 5:21. we're having a few issues this morning with our video and our sound. we were working on this problem. hopefully this will all be cleared up soon. we'll take another quick break and then we'll be right back. >>> at 5:24 here on this saturday here is a live look from our camera at the adventure aq

still ahead, nbc 10 sorts out the information parents and volunteers need to know. who was forced to meet those requirements and the steps you need to take to comply with the state. >>> more money trouble for atlantic city now hundreds of teachers are facing layoffs. we're asking how this will affect students next at 5:30. >>> feeling the spring heat. today was the hottest day yet this year for our area. a live look along boat house row. we really need rain. >> the relief could come in the middle of the week. first alert radar tracking a chance for storms headed our way tomorrow. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking the warm weather and a chance for rain. >> sheena june is not until next week but already feels like summer outside. >> yeah we're about 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year except we don't have those summer-like showers popping up. so we're still in a relatively dry pattern. we definitely need the rain. it's 87 right now, philadelphia northeast philly. still very warm at this hour. lehigh valley is the 88 in redding,

, go out and fight and it's your pleasure, you volunteer to go home again. >> i volunteer to do for youren what you will not. >> even as a volunteer crockett risks being court-martialed. still he takes a 400 mile round trip journey from the fort to winchester and back and returns with supplies and too food. >> he took credit for being one of the volunteers to ignored jackson's order for them to stay in camp. historians disagree on this. >> i doubt that he would put something in his autobiography that others could have read and known it was false. >> his unit and jackson's part ways. there is no record of crockett being charged with desertion. >> the war has changed the country and the man. crockett returns to a life that would never be the same. polly, his wife and mother of three is near death with an unknown sickness. i take these out... ...to put in dr. scholl's active series insoles. they help reduce wear and tear on my legs, becuase they have triple zone protection. ... and reduce shock by 40%. so i feel like i'm ready to take on anything. if you can't put a feeling into words, why

volunteers will spruce up 150 parks over the next seven days. the. >>> well, time for a check of the forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. we mentioned before today was not too bad. >> really nice day, it looks like for sunday, walter we have a nice treat for mom and anyone celebrating mothers day come sunday. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you we have a dry conditions over the area but earl are we did have spotty showers in south jersey. the it is all because of the constant southeasterly wind that will be overhead, once again, overnight tonight and into the day on sunday at least for the first half. we will show you picture outside, action cam outside earlier this afternoon looking at center city sky line from the belmont plateau and you can see we have had some fog around in the morning but then, clouds, broke for some afternoon sunshine and if you look at the bottom right of your screen there you can see channel six zoo balloon going up on what turned out to be a nice day. high today in philadelphia coming in at 79 deg

they all volunteer force how is not working. think about what you have to do if you have a war and no one comes. phyllis would say that would be wonderful but i am not quite that far yet. one reason we go from 2% women in the fourth to 14% has nothing to do with egalitarianism. it has to do with you can't find a men. we have lowered standards in the army and marine corps so far the we are taking criminals taking people with drug records, people who are mentally unstable incredible with the armed forces and the reserves have become an operational reserve rather than a strategic reserve, and they are being broken too. think about thatch. >> the point about the military. i work with iraq veterans, an extraordinary not so young anymore, veterans of iraq and afghanistan. what the statistics show particularly from iraq and from the u.s. who was dying in those wars and after age, the single most common thread among those thousands from the u.s. was they were from rural areas in towns of 25,000. and there were no jobs, no opportunity to

. >> thank you for coming in. >> reporter: they checked in as the first time of volunteers to clean up oil spill. >> i want to help clean up, get it back to how it was. >> reporter: andrea took the day off from her family-run business. julia a teacher is off for the summer. >> this coastline is a beautiful natural resource. and when it's contaminated, i think the more people involved, the quicker it's going to, you know, get cleaned up. >> reporter: the two along with the other volunteers completed a four-hour training session. then they were suited up in gloves and boots and hit haskell beach in search of tar balls and debris at refugio state beach that had the oil spill eight days ago. >> these are the first volunteers and we are late in the game. >> reporter: this person showed up a week ago to help and did some clean-up before being asked to leave the area. >> i know that people were frustrated initially because they wanted to get out there and clean up and we wanted to make sure that we could provide the ability for them to do that in a safe way. >> reporter: while the 43 voluntee

to work in the cleaning of streets and right-of-way last year, we volunteers gave san francisco over hundred and g 8 thousand of hours of neighborhood clean up time and volunteers are important part of our work and we could - couldn't do many of the projects without the hands they give us we are becoming more mindful of designs to reduce water consumes and long term maintenance costs high on any listed of strengths we're building a new culture through public works university through the university we're offering courses that allows our employees tools to succeed some of the construction management like risk management and construction delay and the acceleration of claims in the contracting and other courses offer to help build careers for apprentices and such interviews and skills and navigating the skills to date we've offered over 68 courses and over one thousand participants have gone through the training over the last year we've made a record high accomplishments on several front since the puc issued the water reduction directive in february of 2014 we have reduced our accumulati

they thank us all the time for being out here and volunteering. we give them the gatorade and they just thanks. it's rewarding, it's rewarding. not just for me was for the girls. >> we give them energy to keep on moving down broad street make it down to the navy yard. lately jayden, she's in third grade and she told me her teacher is running in the race today. it's her first time volunteering. she's excited. everything is set up and ready to go. we're wondering if we're going to be able to hear that horn when the race starts about 50 miles from now. live at broad and olneyallegheny, i'm cydney long, back to you. >>> so happy to give a good forecast for this race day. we're looking at temperatures 78 degrees by later on this afternoon, but by race start, we're looking at temperatures right around 60. we're a little warmer than this time yesterday. 8 degrees warmer actually in atlantic city compared to 24 hours ago. 6 degrees warmer if lancaster. some spots a little cooler but everyone will be warmer compared to yesterday, by later on this afternoon

community services on the coalition for homeless when i volunteered i offered the same energy into the lives they serve preservation i'm a employer doing something that i love serving the homeless (clapping) in addition to gainfully employment i am preparing for the startup for a or garlic system to help the low income families to help their awareness the sfoifkts hass and mercy housing partnered with the many teams who support and advocate for san francisco homeless population this dream team came to the rescue and families waiting for permanent housing for years held keys to permeate they call home this is the first time they've had a second chance a new lease on life that includes me in the san francisco ethics commission the homeless population are a priority mercedes management and the supportive services worked tireless to keep the ground up to par and insure our families needs are being met i give thanks to mercedes and the city of san francisco for helping me to realize the dream i, be the mother i wanted to 82 be thank you for helping 80 me to pick up the broken pieces you do

. >> you volunteer, go out and fight and at your pleasure you volunteer to go home again.olunteer to do for your men what you will not. >> even as a volunteer, crockett risks being court-martialed. still, he takes the 500-mile round trip journey to winchester and back and returns with supplies and food. >> here you go, boys. >> crockett took credit of being one of the volunteers who ignored jackson's order for them to stay in camp. historians disagree on this. i doubt if he would put something in his autobiography that others could have read and known that it was false. >> his unit and jackson's part ways. there is no record of crockett being charged with desertion. the war has changed the country and the man. crockett returns to a life that will never be the same. polly, his wife and mother of three, is near death with an unknown doers. they don't worry if something's possible. they just do it. at sears optical, we're committed to bringing them eyewear that works as hard as they do. right now, save up to $200 on eyeglasses. quality eyewear for doers. sears optical my feet

we have theresa dukea and a number of volunteers and staff. they have made it a priority to make sure the mon elingual cheenies community in the neighborhood that their needs are addressed. this is largely volunteer run non profit provide community members with education, services and referrals around issues such as crime prevention, human rights and family development and worker rights. they offer multiple job and training services as well as esl, computer and skills and ballroom dancing. the center advocate on member thofz community and you see them working with [inaudible] by empowering people in the community they help them have a voice in the sate. it is my honor today as we recognize this important month to recognize the work and honor the work of the xhounty empourment center >> thank you. good afternoon. my name is theresa dukea with exectsk director of [inaudible] started out as a support group at 2008 and become a center at twept 2011. we have more in the district more than 40 percent of our population are chinese speaking mono lingu

. >> but you guys are actual volunteers? >> correct. we volunteer.ndatory, but somebody gets to do it. >> all right. let's go back and do it again. >> what is the point in that? [ laughter ] >> well, good morning. it is the next day and we are here, and here is there basically. we're going to be going all the way up there, i suppose. and hiking these rocks down. does this specific ridge have a name? >> that's a good point. i don't know. bob, does this have a site name? >> just a paved detour. >> we got to do better than that. heartbreak ridge or -- >> dead man's curve. >> so we're here at heartbreak ridge or dead man's curve. dresses in yellow neon and it is exciting. >> yesterday we did the climbing component and today we're going to put those skills to use in doing hand scaling. we basically sweep and clean the slope coming down. >> all right. so we go. >> just take your time going up. one step at a time. >> see, if i remember what i learned yesterday. >> rock. >> rock! >> big ass rock. >> get it out of of the way. >> thank you. >> the actual job i

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we're still recruiting volunteers to join our search and recovery team. we're meeting each morning at first baptist church at wimberley at 8:00 a.m. if you'd like to volunteer other, please be aware of the extremely difficult conditions including heat rain rough terrain. safety must come first. if you'd like to make a financial contribution as an individual do so through the official go fund me page established by the families. we'll distribute that address following this conference. if you'd like to make a financial contribution as a business entity contact wendy souther land 512-947-9771 for details. lastly we've learned some local residents are burning debris piles in an effort to clear their land. we ask that you please do not burn debris or brush until we've located and recovered every missing person. at this time we will answer any questions. >> again, i'm carly smith. i'll be happy to take questions unrelated to the family's statement. >> how is the weather forecast the next few days? >> it is expected to affect search efforts. we have a 40% chance

who here is a volunteer? >> with we have no shortage of volunteers. >> you knock the rocks down and the rocks pushes the rocks out of the road and clears the rocks and then you clear some more rocks down. >> go ahead and clear traffic. >> go ahead and scale. >> the scaling looks like real work, because it is. i have half of the mountain in my mouth. tune in tonight for dusty jobs. part of the reason is obvious. >> tom, tell me something. >> yeah. >> this is fun, isn't it? >> oh, yeah. >> see, it is so satisfying. it is like a scab. it is like picking a scab. it is so satisfying. tom, you know what it is like picking a scab. this is equal parts danger and fun. make no mistake. there is something fun about pushing rocks off a cliff. it is addictive. as soon as you roll one down, you have to have another. holy -- look at that guy. >> i'm kind of excited about this one. >> we did some damage there. >> yeah, that was heavy. that was satisfying. >> and then tom takes aim at a grown-up target. a bonafide widow maker

it's really painstaking work and local officials are trying to warn away volunteers not just for theildlife that can be hurt by well-meaning people but can be hurt by the oil. this is the migratory season for the iconic marine mammals that swim up and down this coast. all are moving to their feeding areas for the summer and they come right through here. they are literally swimming right through what is in the ocean right now. and this is the eve of memorial day weekend. so we are really just seeing an unfolding tragedy, one that is not clear how they are going to contain going forward. >> jacob do you have any idea how far out into the ocean the oil has spread. >> reporter: the estimate is it is about 12 square miles and it will continue to spread beyond that. this is simply the nature of a spill into the ocean. it does not seem as if there is an active spill from the company. the problem is that oil has made its way into the surrounding landscape three-quarters more is out in the landscape, and that means it will slowly make its way into the ocean and the aquifers in the area. >> i