fraud. sure. clayton: people end up donating thousands of dollars because they are not vetted properly by yourself. if you see the websites that has popped in the last two or three weeks, they re probably not real. go to our website and you ll have all of our vetted charity that is we advise. abby: nationalservice.gov. busy first week. [laughter] coming up here, special team coverage of hurricane harvey, live team coverage all over texas plus check in with storm chaser in the middle of it all when we come back. i know when i hand them the keys to their first car it s gonna be scary. but i also know that pul..
we help. abby: joining us now newly appointed chief the corporation for national and community service carl higby who got on the job a week ago. welcome to the job. abby: there s so much they want to do, how can they step up? one of the first things we say listen to local authorities, we honestly want you to sit back and wait for the storm to be over and go the nationalservice.gov. we have volunteers ready to go but we want to make sure that we wait till authorities think it s okay. clayton: in order to get citizens to help and volunteer, if people want to come out and volunteer, how can they take action in that regard? you go to nationalservice.gov, one of the things, civilian-volunteer action much like the national
guard. we go in there and we help and partner with fema, fema is incredibly organized and have this thing nailed down. we advise that you go to websites and the biggest thing is listen to national local authorities, do not jump in there, there s power lines down and who know ifs they re hot or what. todd: often times people that don t have time, they donate. that s the thing. we have senior corp. they are going down there along with fema. right now we have a list on our website, nationalservice.gov that you can go to and lists the places where you can donate. they will tell you how to best allocate your resources. clayton: vetting, we see sadly, it s a sad thing but we see
governor s campaign for what he calls reform. the democrats don t buy it. they are saying on the other side of the illinois state line to insist they won t buy it anytime soon. the watching waits. thank you. absolutely. the class of 2011 will face a harsh reality on graduation day. not the news the young graduate is hoping for. there could be good news. a lot of new students are turning to non-profit groups and other public service opportunities. is this the beginning of change for graduates and lead to different priorities for this generation. ceo of the corporation for national and community service. patri patrick, thanks for your time. good to be here. you are witnessing it firsthand. what do you think is driving the new or renewed interest now.