National Association of Student Council

Plan a Trip to Help or Make a Donation to Help Other Students with Their BP Oil Spill Relief Efforts.

Student leaders have rallied to the aid of BP Oil Spill by sponsoring a variety of collections and fundraising activities. National Association of Student Council leaders who want to do even more can now organize trips to oil spill stricken areas of the Gulf Coast to physically aid in the ongoing efforts to restore devastated wildlife habitat. The National Association of Student Council and the National Honor Society recommend that high schools wishing to send groups into the Gulf on service trips consider doing so through the National Relief Network.


The National Association of Student Council and the National Honor Society will both be promoting the following e-flyer through their monthly e-newsletters through the spring of 2011.

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A Call for Student Oil Spill Volunteers from the National Relief Network

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the worst man made disasters the United States has ever experienced. Like with 9/11, everyone would like to lend a hand. The National Relief Network brought more than 500 students to New York to assist with the recovery efforts at or near Ground Zero. We will also be bringing students to the Gulf of Mexico to render aid now through the summer of 2011. Although much of the gulf coast beach clean-up and wildlife rescue will be done by big bonded corporations with employees who are hazmat trained, as a student there is something that you can do.

One of the major fears of Louisiana state officials is in regards to loosing their wildlife habitat. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Louisiana coast, they have no beaches. What they do have is beautiful island marshes, bayous, and coastal wetlands. Katrina devastated tens of thousands of acres of the coastal wetlands and now the gulf oil spill has devastated much of the remaining wildlife habitat. Authorities have reported that the oil has coated much of the vegetation and is killing the wetland plants. When the roots die the only thing left is thick muddy soil, thick muddy soil that is too easily washed away during the next coastal storm. This is where you can help! Wildlife Habitat Restoration does not require hazmat certification. It simply requires a willingness to do what you can to make a difference. Thousands of species of birds, animals and marine life need the devastated wetlands for their continued survival.

If you are interested in doing what you can to mitigate the hazards caused by this massive oil spill and are willing to volunteer your time to Rehabilitate Louisiana’s Wildlife Habitat, please contact the National Relief Network. Although we can’t do everything, we can certainly do a lot. The National Relief Network is now scheduling fall and winter volunteer programs to assist with Wildlife Habitat Restoration in the wake of the BP oil spill.

Please join us. The National Relief Network administrates student group relief programs for twenty or more students. Please see our website for group size details. Ask your school to call us for information regarding student volunteer opportunities at 616-225-2525 or send us an email at info@nrn.org.

If you are unable to volunteer your time but would like to help students with their Wildlife Restoration efforts, please consider raising funds at your school to support the National Relief Network’s Wildlife Habitat Restoration Fund. Secure “on line” donations can be made through our website, or please mail donations to National Relief Network’s BP Oil Spill - Wildlife Habitat Restoration Fund, PO Box 125, Greenville, MI, 48838.