Hurricane Irene – Pine Hills Helicopter Response
The American Red Cross worked with the Jet Blue who supplied food and the National Guard who delivered it, to a town in New York that had been completely cut off due to heavy rains from Irene
View ArticleHurricane Irene: Food in North Carolina
We follow the process of unloading food from a tractor trailer — cooking at a Southern Baptist Disaster relief Kitchen, loading meals on to ERVS and following one ERV on its feeding route. This was the...
View ArticleHurricane Irene: Shelter residents pitch in
Red Cross Shelter at Nassau County Community College in Garden City, LI The shelter manager fostered a sense of joint responsibility, by recruiting shelter residents to pitch in and work various jobs...
View ArticleLessons in preparedness from Bethel Vermont
Hurricane Irene damaged or destroyed hundreds of roads and bridges in Vermont, including near the town of Bethel – leaving at least a dozen communities cut off for several days. Red Cross worker...
View ArticleHurricane Irene – Maria and Molly’s Excellent Adventure
This story focuses on one location: a regional distribution point in New York State, and how two students from the University of Florida found themselves in the middle of the Red Cross response to Irene.
View ArticleRed Cross Hands Out Cleaning Kits
Teams of Red Cross volunteers are fanning out around the flood stricken areas distributing cleaning kits with everything from shovels to bleach in an effort to help flood survivors clean up after the...
View ArticleMaria and Molly’s Excellent Adventure Part 2
Maria and Molly are students at the University of Florida interning for the American Red Cross. In their first week they found themselves deployed to help with the Hurricane Irene response as emergency...
View ArticleAmericorps member in NJ
Americorps member Trenton Kraczek of Utah talks about his experience working at the Red Cross headquarters for Hurricane Irene relief in New Jersey.
View ArticleIrene Partnerships
The Red Cross works with other organizations, including the military, to provide relief and support to disaster response operations. Follow a Red Cross relief supply truck from a warehouse near...
View ArticleIt’s not the Four Seasons, but it’s nice
The Red Cross chats with a family who was displaced from their home and is staying in a Red Cross shelter until the flood waters recede.
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