MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A new AmeriCorps team is at work in Lake County to help rebuild in the wake of the past two summers’ devastating wildland fires.

North Coast Opportunities, or NCO, and Hope City will be receiving the support of nine members from the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Team Green Eight.

This is the fourth NCCC team to be working directly with Hope City to assist NCO in its efforts to rebuild homes that were destroyed in the wildfires that swept through Lake County.

The mission of North Coast Opportunities is to develop and provide services that strengthen communities.

To do this NCO has partnered with Hope City, a nonprofit based out of Indiana whose mission is to assist in the rebuilding process using volunteer labor.

The NCCC has been supporting the missions of both organizations by working directly with Hope City to rebuild homes for survivors of the wildfire, and by working in the NCO Food Pantry.

This will be the fourth and final project for Green Eight, whose members have previously completed environmental stewardship and disaster response projects in Louisiana, Southern California and Oregon.

“Our team’s very first project was doing disaster response, so it is a fitting end to our time in AmeriCorps to have the team’s final project be in disaster recovery,” said Green Eight member Katie Niemeyer.

When asked what NCO and the community of Middletown should expect from the team, she replied, “They should expect a hardworking team that is passionate about their work and excited to get out and help the community.”

The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps and its FEMA Corps units engage 2,800 young Americans in a full-time, 10-month commitment to service each year.

AmeriCorps NCCC members address critical needs related to natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, and urban and rural development; FEMA Corps members are solely dedicated to disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery work.

The programs are administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.

For more information, visit www.NationalService.gov .