American Red Cross Delmarva Peninsula

Nationwide Red Cross Response
Hurricane Response	Shelters Opened	Overnight Stays	Meals & Snacks Served	Mental Health Contacts	Health Services Contacts	Workers
Hurricane Katrina	787	3,688,693	55,602,609	710,652	539,851	198,913
Hurricane Rita	281	82,374	6,025,582	73,243	30,959	32,912
Hurricane Wilma	133	67,348	5,732,150	40,886	24,300	8,878
All other hurricanes	271	30,106	653,697	1,811	1,708	4,277
TOTAL	1,472	3,868,521	68,014,038	826,592	596,818	244,980
The Red Cross provided nearly $1.4 billion in emergency financial assistance to more than 1.4 million families—more than 4 million people—during the 2005 Hurricane Season.
American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula Response
Provided emergency financial assistance and referrals to community partners, to 536 people whose pre-disaster address was listed as being in the disaster-affected areas. Deployed more than 325 disaster volunteers to assist in the Gulf States and Florida Trained more than 300 new disaster volunteers, ready to help wherever needed – locally, regionally or nationally Established, trained more than 150 volunteers and operated a Red Cross Response Call Center, which took more than 18,000 calls from disaster clients in the affected area More than $11,000,000 was donated directly to the Red Cross National Disaster Fund, for hurricane relief for those affected by this disaster, by residents in the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula jurisdiction of the state of Delaware and Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties in Maryland.
All numbers are approximate and based on the best information available as of June 30, 2006. All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people.