Red Cross Relief Efforts

Friday, Nov 2, 2012 – As of yesterday, the Red Cross was providing relief efforts in ten states to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.  The Red Cross is staffed mainly by volunteers and is funded by donations from people like you and me.  I’ve been a volunteer with the Silicon Valley Chapter (San Jose, CA) for a little over a year now and my volunteer service has been at the local level – helping those displaced by house fires.  However, many chapter volunteers travel to disaster-affected areas and work there for 3 weeks at a time to care for people who may have lost everything in the disaster.  The care is not only for physical needs; food, shelter and clothing, but also for emotional support.

In the relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy, the Red Cross has already served over 100,000 snacks and meals, opened nearly 200 shelters and deployed two-thirds of their mobile kitchens.  Please help the Red Cross continue to help those in need and make a donation today.

http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations