By Alyx Flatley, Red Cross volunteer It was more than 104 degrees in Watsonville. A woman sat in a tent …
Quick Thinking on a Dog Day Afternoon
Disaster Services
Day 1: The Assignment
I have been assigned my first deployment, I will be heading to Sacramento tomorrow morning to experience Red Cross shelters for …
Rebuilding with Red Cross After Hurricane Katrina
By: Mimi Hymel One sunny day in New Orleans, Louisiana there was news buzzing around my local town of Kenner. …
Disaster volunteer rises from apartment fire ashes
By Mimi Teller, American Red Cross Los Angeles Region Volunteer When the fire started to consume the two buildings next …