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en Budd, former executive direc- tor of AARP and current editor- in-chief of Currents magazine,
says, “I was approaching 40 when my dad died suddenly, and at the funeral, I heard people say how he’d changed their lives. So in midlife, I decided to change mine.”
Disaster Relief Budd, who lives with his wife in Burke, Virginia, says, “Not everyone can join the Peace Corps, but they might share a week or two of vacation time.” Nine months after Hurricane Katrina, Rebuilding Together was look- ing for unskilled labor to help in New Orleans. So he helped prep homes for incoming electricians, plumbers and carpenters, and then painted. He was hooked, and has subsequently volun- teered in China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kenya and the West Bank. His award- winning book, The Voluntourist, details his experiences. Megan Wieder, a high school
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New Orleans as a volunteer for People to People, which hosts future leaders for such projects. “I learned I can help others,” she says. This October, the Sierra Club’s New
Jersey Seashore Service will assist the Natural Resource Education Founda- tion of New Jersey with its forest, marsh and meadowlands conservation efforts. The project will simultaneously allow participants to observe the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy along the shoreline, as well as in nearby communities.
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The Sierra Club’s August trip to Mt. Rainier, in Washington, will train volunteers to work with the National Park Service in repairing hiking trails and building restraining walls at an elevation of 6,600 feet. Stunning views grace the two-mile hike from the Sun- rise Visitor Center. Volunteer organizer DiDi Toaspern observes, “We are doing work that wouldn’t get done oth- erwise due to budget restraints. Even removing invasive plants helps to pro- tect native species and nesting areas.”
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