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9/17 – More volunteering information here.
Today, it is important to think about what you can do to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
They need Cash. Maybe later as people have homes, they will need boxes of clothes and such. But until then, just send Cash. No one wants to ship boxes of unknown goods to the area and there are no people available to sort those boxes.
If you can get time off from work and family, in blocks of about three weeks, look up your local Red Cross to see if they are sending relief teams – this can be found on their homepage. In our area Alexandria, VA was not advertising for volunteers, but Arlington, VA was looking for untrained volunteers who can commit to a three week deployment. I’ve also seen a San Francisco press release, stating that they need volunteers from the Bay Area for deployment.
My wife and my employer both have agreed to let us take up to three weeks of unpaid leave to assist in the relief team deployment. I find this especially heartening as she works for the Government and I work for a Corporation. Additionally, I live by a quarterly production schedule which leaves two other team members covering all pre-end of the quarter functions. We will go, assuming that deployment starts this weekend.
So, please if you have flexibility, and your local chapter needs you, please consider Volunteering.
Update 9/1/05 Email Response Regarding Deployment Dates From Arlington County Red Cross – important because I need to be back by September 24. So for us to help we needed to be deployed quickly.
Re: Deployment Schedule for Relief EffortAt this point we do not have a definite answer on when volunteers would be deployed. We will most likely send people to the Gulf area in waves over the coming weeks/months. I would recommend you attend the training and specify any travel restrictions on your paperwork.
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