When Don Pfau was nine years old the Ohio and Scioto rivers, which form a crescent at his hometown of Portsmouth, swelled and flooded. Water washed over six-foot high walls and mud destroyed churches and schools. Yet, his most vivid memory of the catastrophe is how everyone immediately pitched in to help reconstruct the town and rebuild lives.
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Rural Community Assistance Corporation receives Rural Housing Champion Award
RCAC recently received the Rural Housing Champion Award for its work in the U.S. Department of Agriculture Mutual Self-Help Housing Program.
RCAC to honor Francis Engellant with rural volunteer award
West Sacramento, CA – Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is pleased to announce that Francis Engellant has been selected as one of two Montanans to receive RCAC’s Yoneo Ono Outstanding Rural Volunteer Award.
RCAC honors rural Montanan, Don Pfau, with volunteer award
West Sacramento, CA – Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is pleased to announce that Don Pfau has been selected as one of two Montanans to receive RCAC’s Yoneo Ono Outstanding Rural Volunteer Award.
Middletown slowly rebuilding after massive wildfire
It has been nearly a year since a massive wildfire burned through Middletown in Lake County, California, enough time it would seem for some rebuilding and renewal. But the breadth of the devastation in this rugged area, says John Hamner, Callayomi County Water District (CCWD) general manager, has left seemingly irreversible scars.