Updated 6/30/2021 5:37 PM Less than a week after a tornado ripped through parts of DuPage County, the removal of damaged trees is nearly complete.
"Team Rubicon volunteers have been an enormous help in our response and recovery," Downers Grove Township Supervisor Paul Coultrap said in a statement. "They've been boots on the ground, working as experienced disaster recovery specialists. They are wonderful partners, and we wouldn't be as far along in the recovery without them." The Los Angeles-based nonprofit was founded in 2010 after a massive earthquake in Haiti. Team Rubicon regularly deploys volunteer military veterans and retired first responders to assist in the aftermath of natural disasters, including floods, wildfires, hurricanes and tornadoes.