Reading Partners says AmeriCorps members deployed after California Volunteers call

Veil Laveras, executive director of Reading Partners Los Angeles, said the nonprofit’s AmeriCorps members were deployed across the city after California Volunteers contacted the organization to help with recovery efforts. “We got the call from California volunteers that they were ready to deploy us,” Laveras said.

Laveras said two Reading Partners members present that day are normally based in the Pasadena Unified School District and have been helping with tasks such as sorting produce, packing and building boxes, clothes sorting, food sorting, distribution and cleanup. “My members are actually deployed across the city, doing clothes sorting, food sorting, distribution, and cleanup work,” she said.

Laveras, who identified herself as an AmeriCorps alum, described encounters between members and local families and students affected by the event prompting the recovery response. “It’s absolutely heartbreaking to hear how the families have been impacted,” she said, adding that the recovery effort will be prolonged.

She encouraged residents interested in volunteering to look for opportunities on the statewide portal Californians for All at californiansforall.ca.gov and said Reading Partners offers both in-person and virtual ways to help. “I urge everyone to go find a volunteer opportunity on californiansforall.ca.gov,” Laveras said.

No formal motions or votes were recorded in the transcript segment provided. The remarks describe volunteer deployment and public outreach rather than any policy action by a governing body.

Details supplied in the remarks indicate immediate volunteer activities (sorting, packing, distribution, cleanup) and that at least two AmeriCorps members from Reading Partners Los Angeles were present and working in Pasadena Unified School District sites. The speaker encouraged broader community participation through the state volunteer portal.