Media

Knoxville Voice (Knoxville, TN) October 16, 2008
Tad Agoglia, Local Hero with First Response Team
The Shelbyville News (Shelbyville, IN) October 10, 2008
Man who helped with cleanup is CNN 'hero'
Tad Skylar Agoglia Makes Top Ten CNN Heroes of 2008 October 9, 2008
Tad Agoglia and the First Response Team make the top ten CNN Heroes list.
CNN Heroes Making a Difference August 28, 2008
CNN full length special featuring truly remarkable people who are making a difference.
Dan’s Hamptons (Long Island, NY) July 18, 2008
A True NF Hero Spends $1 Million of Own Money to Help Needy
Suffolk Times (Long Island, NY) July 18, 2008
Local man battles floods for free. Agoglia called ‘American Hero’
People Magazine (Heroes Among Us) July 6, 2008
After The Flood: In Ravaged Midwestern Towns, Tad Agoglia Comes in with a Cleanup Brigade
by Molly Lopez and Jeff Truesdell, pg. 64
CNN Heroes: Tad Agoglia (Cruzado de la Comunidad) June 23, 2008
Gente Comun Impacto Extraordinario (En Espanol)
CNN.com (Picher, Oklahoma) June 20, 2008
‘America deserves this type of response’
CNN Heroes: Tad Agoglia (Community Crusader) June 19, 2008
Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact

National Congress for Secure Communities (Washington, D.C.) June 20, 2008
"Private organization works to help respond in the first 72 hours" (pdf)
National Council on Readiness & Preparedness (Washington, D.C.) June 20, 2008
"Public/Private Partnerships for Community Preparedness and Response"

KSDK NBC (St. Louis, MO) June 21, 2008
Non-Profit Group Formed for Disaster Flood Recovery (pdf)

KOMU-TV8 NBC (Columbia, MO) June 19, 2008
Flood Waters Move South (pdf)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) June 19, 2008
"Hurricane team battles bulging Mississippi" by Jeff Abell (pdf)
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) June 18, 2008
"'We're ready for it to go; the sooner the better'" by Jeff Abell (pdf)

The Shelbyville News (Shelbyville) June 13, 2008
"Team leaves to help with crisis in Iowa" by Bettina Puckett (pdf)
The Shelbyville News (Shelbyville) June 12, 2008
"Some help out of the blue" by Bettina Puckett (pdf)

Associated Press June 3, 2008
Disaster Team Removes 375 Loads of Debris (pdf)
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) June 3, 2008
Parkersburg pauses for funeral, toils on (pdf)
KAAL ABC 6 News (Austin, MN) June 2, 2008
Cleaning Up in Parkersburg
WHO TV/DT (Des Moines) June 2, 2008
Tornado Cleanup Speeds Up
WHO TV/DT (Des Moines) June 2, 2008
Parkersburg—One Week Later
KGAN-TV CBS 2 (Waterloo) June 1, 2008
Disaster Relief
KWWL Channel 7 NBC (Waterloo) June 1, 2008
Parkersburg One Week Later
KAAL-TV 6 ABC (Rochester, MN) May 28, 2008
Cleanup Continues in Parkersburg

Tulsa World (Tulsa) May 27, 2008
Disaster Recovery Solutions is helping clean up Picher, for free.
KODE/KOAM-TV 7 CBS (Joplin, MO) May 15, 2008
Picher gets help from New York
KOAM-FOX 14 (Joplin, MO) May 15, 2008
Disaster Recovery in Picher from New York
KJRH 2 Works for You NBC (Tulsa) May 15, 2008
Help for Picher from New York (pdf)
KOTV News on 6 CBS, Six in the Morning (Tulsa) May 13, 2008
Helping With Recovery
KSHB-TV NBC Action News (Kansas City) May 12, 2008
Storm Death Toll Rises As Cleanup Gets Underway
KOCO-TV 5 Eyewitness News ABC/CNN (Oklahoma City) May 12, 2008
Picher: What’s Next For The Town

KOLR-10 CBS / KSFX-Ozarks Fox News (Springfield, MO) May 4, 2008
Disaster Recovery Solutions Helps Ava Residents (pdf)
KY3 News NBC (Springfield, MO) May 5, 2008
Volunteers flock to Ava

KATV-7 ABC (Little Rock, AR) May 4, 2008
Prairie County Clean Up Begins (pdf)
Arkansas Democrat Gazette May 1, 2008
Hauler Uses Own Profits to Remove Storm Debris” by Mike Linn (pdf)
KARK-4 NBC (Little Rock, AR) April 30, 2008
Disaster Response Team Arrives in Des Arc (pdf)
Baxter Bulletin – April 29, 2008
Cleanup Continues Along Rivers by Frank Wallis (pdf)
Baxter Bulletin – April 4, 2008
Norfork Flood Victims Get Helping Hand by Frank Wallis (pdf)
KATV-7 ABC (Little Rock, AR) March 28, 2008
Engineers Inspect Levees

Knoxville News Sentinel – February 29, 2008
Victims, City Picking Up the Pieces After the Storm: by Don Fletcher (pdf)

Knoxville News Sentinel – February 29, 2008
Volunteer Work Serves Serious Need Editorial (pdf)
Knoxville News Sentinel – February 18, 2008
Equipped to Help by Morgan Simmons (pdf)
Associated Press AOL News - February 18, 2008
Heavy Equipment Operators Pitch in for Storm Relief (pdf)

Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Press – November 2, 2007
Chaplains Help Homeowners as Wildfire Cleanup Begins by Erin Roach & Holly (pdf)
California Southern Baptist Convention – October 2007
On the Front Lines by Holly Smith (pdf)

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