Greensboro Family Left Homeless After Overnight Fire: Assisted By Red Cross Volunteers

Seaford, DE – January 30, 2007 – A family of two, left homeless after a house fire destroyed their mobile home on Greensboro Road last night, was assisted by Red Cross volunteers. The two adults were provided with their immediate emergency needs, including temporary housing, food, clothing, shoes and seasonal garments by trained volunteers from the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula. With all disasters, large or small, Red Cross assists with the immediate disaster-caused needs of those affected – primarily temporary shelter, food and clothing – free of charge to the recipients. The families are also referred to other community partners for their longer term needs, and provided with information on the steps they should take to cope with the disaster and plan their recovery. Learn about fire safety at www.redcrossdelmarva.org.

New volunteers sought by Red Cross
The American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula is recruiting volunteers and provides free training for those wishing to become disaster volunteers, who assist families devastated by fires, floods and other disasters. Fore details about how you can train to become a Red Cross volunteer, contact Betsy Tuttle at (800) 777-6620 ext. 6262 or email btuttle@redcrossdelmarva.org.

Your Red Cross needs bilingual (Spanish-speaking) volunteers!
Language challenges can waste precious time when disaster strikes. Non-English speaking residents also need to learn life-saving skills such as CPR, First Aid and Emergency Preparedness, to help prevent emergencies. These are just some of the areas that bilingual Spanish-speaking volunteers can help the local Red Cross.

The American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula is ready to train bilingual volunteers to help its Disaster Action Teams take care of local families left homeless by fires or floods. Also needed are CPR/First Aid instructors who can teach families life-saving skills in Spanish. In addition, Spanish-speaking volunteers are needed to make community presentations on the steps of Emergency Preparedness to help local families prevent and prepare for emergencies, and Spanish-speaking translators are always needed.

If you would like to help as a bilingual Spanish volunteer, the American Red Cross of the Delmarva Peninsula will be holding an Information Session at Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover on February 10, 2007. This session will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please register with Sarah Gilmour: (302) 472-6260, 1-800-777-6620, ext. 6260 or sgilmour@redcrossdelmarva.org,

Please consider taking action with the Red Cross in 2007 – as a volunteer!