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For the person who wondered about volunteer opportunities, our local news web site has this article posted:
Local Volunteers Wanted For Hurricane Relief
Red Cross Prepares To Send More Staff, Volunteers
POSTED: 8:47 am EDT August 31, 2005
The Washtenaw County chapter of the American Red Cross is recruiting volunteers to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
American Red Cross officials said they are preparing to send an additional 1,900 trained staff and volunteers into the states devastated by the hurricane. They are recruiting local residents who are interested in participating in the emergency response operation.
To qualify for deployment volunteers must:
Be 18 years old.
Have a valid drivers license.
Be in excellent health.
Be willing and able to accept a hardship assignment.
Be ready and available to receive training and to be deployed for a two- to three-week assignment.
The American Red Cross has launched the largest mobilization of resources for a single natural domestic disaster in the 125-year history of the organization, according to Red Cross officials. Volunteers are already on the ground staffing hundreds of shelters for tens of thousands of people from the panhandle of Florida, across Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and Texas.
For more information on how you can be a member of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort call the Washtenaw County Chapter at (734) 971-5300
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