2004 Storm Season
A crew of 20 AmeriCorps volunteers flew in Friday from Maryland to help with physical chores.
Ryan Unser patrolled Barefoot Circle on debris detail Tuesday with four fellow AmeriCorps workers. The twentysomethings cleared yards of ripped-up roofing material, mangled aluminum siding and shattered glass -- even climbing trees to clear branches of wreckage.
"Hopefully, we'll be helping put tarps on roofs," Unser said, wearing gloves and a sweaty shirt. "But this is what they want us to do right now."
This weekend, similar labors might be performed by the University of Tampa's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. The mission was spearheaded by junior Scott Taylor, whose parents, Joe and Sharon Taylor, live in Palm Bay.
After contacting a Barefoot Bay official, he said his frat brothers will perform unknown community service tasks. "She told us we needed hammers and gloves and ourselves. And that's about it," he said.
