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7 Total Hawaii Red Cross Volunteers To Deploy For Hurricane Irene
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HONOLULU, August 31, 2011 – A
total of seven local Hawaii Red Cross volunteers are deploying to assist victims
of Hurricane Irene, and over 50 more volunteers are on standby to deploy, if
needed, within 24 hours.
Bill Berg, Christina Bell, Renise Bayne, and Trevor
Keetch who will be leaving for Boston tomorrow to assist with bulk distribution
of emergency relief items.
In addition, registered nurse Donna Goldsworthy from
Big Island will be deploying to Connecticut today, and nurses Esther Lau and
Lucille James will deploy on Friday. Esther Lau is a veteran disaster services
volunteer whose first deployment was to 9-11. That experience was so profound
that 10 years later, she still deploys to large disasters several times a year,
most recently to Joplin for the tornadoes. Esther will be deploying to New York
for Hurricane Irene. Lucille James has deployed twice before, most recently to
Alabama as part of a condolence team that visited families who had lost loved
ones. She also deployed to American Samoa, where she went village to village
providing health care services to victims of the tsunami. Lucille will be
deploying to Connecticut for Hurricane Irene.
Thousands of people from North Carolina to New England
have turned to the American Red Cross for help in the aftermath of Hurricane
Irene, as flooding, widespread power outages and wind damage have devastated
many communities. The footprint of Irene is huge and the cost of Red Cross
response is estimated at $10-$15 million.
Since Friday, the Red Cross has provided about 52,000
overnight shelter stays. On Saturday alone, 500 shelters were open for tens of
thousands of people to seek refuge along the East Coast. Ten kitchens, capable
of serving over 100,000 hot meals each day, are operating or being set up in
North Carolina, Virginia, and New York. So far, over 500,000 hot meals have
been served. About 260 feeding vehicles - every Red Cross feeding truck east of
the Rocky Mountains - has been mobilized to support recovery efforts. Over
23,000 relief items such as clean-up kits, rakes, ice chests and tarps have been
distributed to disaster victims.
People who can help are encouraged to click, text or
call to donate to American Red Cross Disaster Relief. Visit
www.redcross.org
, call 1-800-RED CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10
donation. Contributions may also be sent to the American Red Cross, Hawaii
State Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816, or to the
American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
The Red Cross is a non-profit humanitarian
organization which provides assistance to meet the immediate emergency needs of
those affected by disasters. All Red Cross assistance to disaster victims is
free. The Red Cross is not a government agency; it depends on public
contributions to help others. Your gift supports the lifesaving mission of the
American Red Cross in your community, across the country and around the
world.
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