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Volunteers rally in Cedar Rapids flood relief in 2008
The article highlights volunteers who aided Cedar Rapids during the 2008 flood. It covers individuals like Loes and Stahlecker, Red Cross and AmeriCorps workers, students who made sandwiches, and the Old Fort Electricians who rewired hundreds of flooded homes saving about 2.8 million dollars in repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fet Loes
Cedar Rapids
Loes
Dubuque County
Iowa
St. Wenceslaus
Kirkwood Community College
American Red Cross
AmeriCorps Vista
Lees
Blake Stahlecker
Iowa City
Coralville
Iowa City West High
Stahlecker
Sioux City
Sarah Langholz
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School
Sarah
Wayne Engle
Marion
Engle
O.F. Electric
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
National Electrician Contractors Association
van Meter Inc
John Stapley
Old Fort
Edgewood Road
Habitat For Humanity
Aging Services Inc
Stapley
Meredith. Hines-Dochterman
Sourcemedia.net
Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Bret Loes
Washington, D.C
St. Wenceslaus Church
16Th Ave
Brian Ray