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Thursday, 25 October 2007 13:34

Local Red Cross Volunteers Help Relief Effort

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slide10As desert winds and intense fires continue to torch Southern California, local Red Cross volunteers are already helping with relief and recovery efforts. The Motherlode District American Red Cross office, which serves Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and parts of Alpine Counties, sent a mobile feeding vehicle and team on Monday.  Calaveras County Red Cross Captain Clayre Quick has also been deployed to Southern California and local Red Cross volunteers are currently on stand-by for deployment.
More than 75 mobile feeding vehicles have been dispatched, along with thousands of comfort kits, blankets, and cots and more than 50,000 prepackaged meals. 2,000 shelter workers and volunteers are working in the area -- In addition, hundreds of “spontaneous” volunteers are arriving and being put to work.  Red Cross workers also distribute water and food to firefighters and emergency workers in the affected areas. If you’d like to know how you can help the Red Cross effort, call the Motherlode District Red Cross office in Sonora at 533-1513.
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