With the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, one Littleton resident is working to support the rebuilding efforts of communities destroyed by the storm.

Chase Roland is serving on a team of eight AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps members, in areas affected by the hurricane.

Roland along with his team, Raven Two, is in the middle of a nine-week project deployment working with The St. Bernard Project in Chalmette, Louisiana.

Each team member contributes to the various project missions to rebuild the Parish of Saint Bernard and New Orleans.

“It is amazing how much work needs to be done four years later” said Roland.

Based in Perry Point, Maryland, Roland is one of 160 young people pledging to perform 10 months of public service throughout the country as part of the 15th class of the NCCC, an AmeriCorps program. This is the 15th anniversary for the program for young people ages 18 to 24.

In exchange for completing 1,700 hours of service during a 10-month term, participants receive an education award of nearly $5,000, plus a living stipend and housing.

Roland has already served with the NCCC for seven months and will continue to serve until he graduates from NCCC in November.

Prior to his project with The St. Bernard Project, Roland has also worked on two other projects around the United States, and will work on at least one more projects before the end of his term of service.

During his first round project his team spent two months building houses with Habitat for Humanity in Mobile, Alabama. His second project was with a new sponsor for Americorps NCCC, and his team lived in Baltimore, Maryland working with Community Outreach.