Red Cross Volunteers Deploy to Midwest Disasters

Minneapolis/St. Paul (June 17, 2007) – This morning the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Red Cross deployed another volunteer to Madison, Wisconsin Iowa for flooding disaster relief.  This brings the number of volunteers the Twin Cities Red Cross has deployed to Midwest disaster relief operations to twelve.  Three volunteers are in Indiana, four are in Iowa and five are in Wisconsin.   The volunteers will be deployed for a period of 10 days to 3 weeks. 

 

The Twin Cities Area Red Cross has deployed volunteers who specialize in the following areas:

• Client Casework (5) - Delivers emergency assistance to affected individuals and families, and refers persons affected by the disaster to partnering agencies.
• Financial & Statistical Information Management (1) - assigns and accounts for Disbursing Orders and Client Assistance Cards and manages the confidential case files of Red Cross clients.
• Health Services (1) - Deals with individual or family health needs, provides health services staff in American Red Cross shelters and other facilities.
• Mass Care (2) – provides services directly to disaster clients by feeding and/or sheltering large groups of people.
• Response Technology/Communications (1) - Establishes and maintains communications systems for the disaster relief operation, including telephone, two-way radio, satellite and other systems.
• Training (2) – Trains spontaneous volunteers in Red Cross client casework.

Additionally, the Red Cross Safe and Well website (www.safeandwell.org) is in operation to assist residents affected by flooding.  The Safe and Well Website enables people within a disaster area to let their families and friends outside of the affected region know that they are “safe and well.” Loved ones who are concerned about family members in an affected area can search the website to view these messages. 

 

 

To Help Those Affected By These & Other Disasters

All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters like the tornadoes and floods in the Central United States, by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red

Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of disaster.

 

The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster please do so at the time of your donation. Call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).

 

Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local American Red Cross chapter at:

 

Twin Cities Red Cross

NW 5597 
PO Box 1450

Minneapolis, MN 55485-5597

 

or to the

 

American Red Cross

P. O. Box 37243

Washington, DC 20013.

 

Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting www.redcross.org.

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