25 Santa Cruz County volunteers called to help in So. Cal.
Posted by Santa Cruz County American Red Cross on October 25, 2007
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25 of our disaster relief volunteers (Including 2 Board Members, 2 Mental Health Professionals, 4 Registered Nurses, 16 Shelter and Mass Feeding Workers and 1 Mass Care Bulk Distribution Specialist) have been called to help with the relief operations in Southern California, and that number continues to grow. Volunteers deployed so far are:
Rick Daniel, Anita Salem, Ray and Joy LeClair, John E. Schultz, Suzanne Carlton, Norman Turner, Janet Packer, Ralph Reyes, Armando Arias, Lee Yamada, Clyta Amadeo, Carmen Mulholand, Virginia Ledesma, Wendy Ostrow, Douglas Anderson, Cherry Roberts, Steve Hibbett, Paula Zabbattini, Susan Champness, Kenneth Llacera, Ellen Dellamora, Sharon Hightower, James Hobbs, Kate McCarthy-Lewis
Here is a snapshot of Red Cross services as of midnight, Tuesday:
• The Red Cross and its partners have opened nearly two dozen shelters across the region.
• 40 trucks full of supplies have arrived, bringing thousands of cots, blankets, toiletry kits and
other needed items.
• 50 Mobile feeding vehicles have arrived with 25 more en route.
• Cleanup supplies are also en route. Supplies include rakes, shovels and other useful
equipment to help with cleanup in the affected communities.
• A large feeding kitchen will open today at Petco Field to support the shelters, mobile feeding
and the feeding to the emergency workers.
• The local chapters have trained more than 1500 local volunteers to help with the effort.
• The national Red Cross has moved nearly 2000 additional workers to the area to help with
feeding and sheltering efforts.
If you have any questions about the local response to this disaster, please feel free to give us a call at 831- 462-2881.
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