DON:
NEARLY TWO DOZEN RED CROSS
VOLUNTEERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS
ARE
HELPING WITH NATURAL DISASTER
RELIEF AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THAT INCLUDE HELPING WITH
HURRICANE LAURA RELIEF.
22NEWS REPORTER KATRINA KINCADE
IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH HOW
LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE HELPING.
KATRINA:
23 MASSACHUSETTS BASED RED CROSS
VOLUNTEERS ARE CURRENTLY
DEPLOYED
TO DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY INCLUDING IN
LOUSIANA.
BEFORE HURRICANE LAURA MADE
LANDFALL, THE RED CROSS DEPLOYED
AROUND 700 VOLUNTEERS FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY TO LOUISIANNA
TO HELP IN THE HURRICANE
AFTERMATH.
RIGHT NOW VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPING
AT SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE WHOSE
HOMES ARE UNLIVABLE.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT RED CROSS
SHELTERS INCLUDING PEOPLE
WITH PORTABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
RED CROSS OF MASSACHUSETTS ALSO
HAS VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING THE
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES.
KELLY ISENOR, RED CROSS
MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR;
"IT'S ALWAYS REFRESHING TO SEE
WHEN ALL OF THESE
HORRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING
THAT THESE RED CROSSERS STEP UP.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID FOR
THIS. THEY'RE GOING
INTO THESE DISASTER ZONES OUT OF
THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART."
KATRINA:
RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS GET 24
HOURS NOTICE BEFORE THEY'RE
DEPLOYED AND THE ORGANIZATION
HOUSES AND FEEDS THEM.
KATRINA:
THEY'RE SEEKING VOLUNTERES TO
GET DEPLOYED TO DISASTER RELIEF,
YOU
CAN FIND OUT HOW TO HELP OUT OR
DONATE TO THE RED CROSS ON OUR
WEBSITE AT WWLP
