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Volunteers focus on rebuilding Cedar Rapids homes
The sounds of hammer and saws echoed along the Cedar River this morning as hundreds of volunteers from Church World Service, in partnership with Block by Block and the Linn Area Long-Term Recovery Coalition, launched their project to repair homes damaged by the devastating flood of 2008.
Here's more on the effort:
700 volunteers headed to Cedar Rapids to help with flood recovery
Volunteers Victor Anderson (from left) and Jerry Linde, both of Ankeny, work with John Kwekel of Grand Rapids, Mich., on a home along Eighth Avenue SW during the Neighborhood: Cedar Rapids Church World Service home build in Cedar Rapids Monday. (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
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