{"id":7131,"date":"2017-10-31T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T16:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2017-10-31T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T16:42:53","slug":"partnering-team-rubicon-houston-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2017\/10\/31\/partnering-team-rubicon-houston-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnering with Team Rubicon in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_Events_Team_Rubicon_DEN-IAH_Charter_Sept_2017-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7132 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_Events_Team_Rubicon_DEN-IAH_Charter_Sept_2017-1-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_Events_Team_Rubicon_DEN-IAH_Charter_Sept_2017-1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>In late September, American <a href=\"http:\/\/news.aa.com\/american-stories\/american-stories-details\/2017\/Helping-Team-Rubicon-in-their-mission-to-help-in-the-aftermath-of-Hurricane-Harvey-\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnered with Team Rubicon<\/a> to assist with the relief efforts from this summer\u2019s storms. And part of that effort included an Envoy-operated Embraer 175, taking volunteers from Denver (DEN) to Houston (IAH) and back again a week later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran saws, lobbing tree limbs for seven straight days,\u201d said Team Rubicon volunteer Johnny Siren. \u201cWe had two trucks of volunteers with chainsaws. It was a symphony of saws! We\u2019ve responded to other disasters, but this is the first op we\u2019ve done on this magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubicon volunteers spent the week \u201cdeployed\u201d in a local Houston church on makeshift beds, volunteering their time on a daily basis to make a real impact to the communities they assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery little issue feels bigger when you\u2019re in a disaster zone \u2013 this is peoples\u2019 lives and they matter,\u201d added Johnny. \u201cThe most important part is keeping up the momentum. As soon as we get back, another Rubicon team will replace us to keep the work moving. Thank you Envoy and American for getting us there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_IAH_DEN_Team_Rubicon_Charter_Sept_2017-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7135 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_IAH_DEN_Team_Rubicon_Charter_Sept_2017-3-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_IAH_DEN_Team_Rubicon_Charter_Sept_2017-3\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>While volunteers like Johnny chopped tree limbs, elsewhere, other volunteers spent their time helping Houston residents prepare their homes for repair. \u201cI spent the week tearing out drywall, flooring, anything that was damaged by flooding,\u201d said volunteer TJ Hermesman. \u201cMost houses we had to gut from the ground to the ceiling. People lost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking conditions were tough,\u201d added volunteer Robert Hibbitts. \u201cHigh heat and humidity, with goggles, gloves, work boots, work suits \u2013 you couldn\u2019t drink enough water! We moved everything we gutted into piles on the street \u2013 each pile was four to six feet high, block to block.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week we\u2019ve had sweat and tears \u2013 I\u2019ve learned a lot; it\u2019s a lifetime bond,\u201d said volunteer Dan Gleason. \u201cThe most interesting part is how people come together in situations like this \u2013 you find support and connections where you wouldn\u2019t expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Team Rubicon at <a href=\"https:\/\/teamrubiconusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teamrubiconusa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_IAH_Team_Rubicon_Drywall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7136 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_IAH_Team_Rubicon_Drywall-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_IAH_Team_Rubicon_Drywall\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late September, American partnered with Team Rubicon to assist with the relief efforts from this summer\u2019s storms. And part of that effort included an Envoy-operated Embraer 175, taking volunteers from Denver (DEN) to Houston (IAH) and back again a week later. \u201cI ran saws, lobbing tree limbs for seven straight days,\u201d said Team Rubicon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}