The response in Berks is one of six different operations underway to address storm and flood damage in the northeast part of the U.S., Brown said. It now features more than 150,000 volunteers who respond to national and international disasters.
The organization began in 2010 when a pair of Marines, Jake Wood and William McNulty, gathered supplies and volunteers to head to Haiti in the days following an earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation.įrom that initial effort, Team Rubicon grew and grew. It can be hard, dirty, exhausting work, but that’s what Team Rubicon is all about. “Many of the homeowners have had to continue to live in their homes despite the damage.” “We’re trying to make the spaces safe and livable,” he said. The Team Rubicon crew arrived in Berks on Saturday and the Breidgam’s house was the fourth of several they will work on before they’re set to leave Wednesday.īrown said most of the work they’re doing is similar to what was going on at the Breidgams’, with the crew removing debris, cleaning up mud and addressing water damage and mold. I can’t say enough about these guys.” Members of Team Rubicon move furniture back into a flood-damaged home in the 700 block of Mount Laurel Road in Muhlenberg Township. “That man right there, he saved my butt,” George said, pointing at Team Rubicon incident commander Sam Brown. They removed soiled furniture, they pulled up carpet, they cut out moldy pieces of drywall, they shoveled mud and other debris. The veteran-led organization assists with disaster recovery across the U.S. And they needed it quickly.Ī group of 15 volunteers from Team Rubicon descended on the couple’s home to lend a hand in cleaning it up. Making things worse, George and Norma have health issues and living inside a damp, increasingly moldy house is dangerous. “She started crying, she didn’t know where to go, where to start.” “I was thinking, ‘Do I live here or do I move?'” George said. A hole had opened up underneath the heating unit, left.
BILL UHRICH - READING EAGLEGeorge Breidegam points out the level where the water rose in his utility room at his in the 700 block of Mount Laurel Road in Muhlenberg Township.
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