Welcome Home: After Hurricane Milton, Celebrating a Rebuild Just in Time for the Holidays
December 23, 2025When Ms. Gray (first name withheld by request) stood in her Clearwater, Florida home on December 17, the repairs were finally done: new floors and ceilings, fresh paint, and a FORTIFIED roof overhead. That day, SBP staff, AmeriCorps members, and corporate partners gathered for a Welcome Home Party to celebrate a significant milestone in her …
Hands-On Hope: Farmers Insurance Volunteers Help Rebuild Homes with SBP
November 13, 2025Michele Cupedro spent two days in September painting a stranger’s home in Tampa, Florida. With temperatures over 100 degrees, the work was tough. “It was hot, but that’s okay,” she said. “We were helping get the house closer to being ready. I was happy to be part of that.” Cupedro, a service advocate for Bristol …
SBP Honors Sister Regina Marie at Farewell Community Celebration
June 19, 2025SBP hosted a farewell celebration on June 18 to honor Sister Regina Marie Fronmuller, a beloved longtime community volunteer, fundraiser, and advocate who has been instrumental in supporting disaster recovery efforts in New Orleans and beyond. Sister Regina Marie will be relocating to St. Louis at the end of the month after nearly two decades …
Reflection: The Value of Volunteers at SBP
April 28, 2025By Mike SullivanSBP Director of Service Experience Volunteerism is at the heart of SBP—it’s how we began. Our progress is powered by people who care: from the more than 150,000 volunteers who’ve rolled up their sleeves across the country, to the 3,000+ AmeriCorps members who’ve committed nearly a year of their lives to serve, to …
Celebrating Youth Volunteers: National Volunteer Week 2025
April 25, 2025SBP believes that young people who step up to help transform their communities are heroes. They serve communities recovering from disasters, bringing not only tools and hands-on support, but also optimism, compassion, and grit. Every nail hammered, wall painted, and floor installed by our service volunteers is an act of generosity that helps bring families …
After Katrina, They Showed Up. Nearly 20 Years Later, They Still Are.
April 21, 2025Celebrating National Volunteer Week Klene Up Krewe volunteers and SBP staff working on a rebuild site in New Orleans in 2022 On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, a small group of volunteers from northern New Jersey felt a deep pull toward New Orleans, a city still reeling a year after Hurricane Katrina. Just as thousands …