<div dir="ltr"><div>So sorry to hear this, Vic. I am worried about the large number of Americorps people working for Rural Action in the Athens area. I hope you (or one of you) will write about this travesty for your MOVCA column, and I'll try to get it reprinted in the Athens Messenger.</div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Anne<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 11:43\u202fAM Vic Elam via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I don't know if all the info channels have been reached, so in the event some of you have not heard. Yesterday afternoon, the Americorps crew working here at Ohio River Islands NWR was notified that they were terminated by DOGE. It was a heartbreaking time. They immediately had to return to their camp and start packing up and hit the road last night. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your support the short time they were here.</div><div><br></div><div>Vic</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">When the Earth, its products, its creatures become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humility and reverence. - William O. Douglas</div></div></div></div>
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