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Current South Whidbey
Disaster
Action Team Members
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On Wednesday, April 16, 2008 members of the South
Whidbey Disaster Action Team responded to an early afternoon house
fire. The home was destroyed. Team members provided funds for clothes, food
and sundries for the family. The family was not in need a lodging.
The
next scheduled meeting of the South Whidbey Disaster Action team will be Tuesday,
May 20, 2008 at 7pm at the Bayview Senior
Center.
The meeting is open to anyone that would
like to come and meet the members of the team and learn more about how they
can become involved in assisting their community in time of need.
Mary
Rose the chapter’s Emergency Services Director will be in attendance at the meeting
to meet members of the public and answer any questions.
The
team is currently in need of South Whidbey Residents that would like to
join the team and make a difference on South Whidbey.
All training is free.
Mary
encourages anyone that is interested in becoming a member of the South
Whidbey Disaster Action team to take the Introduction to Disaster Class
that can be found on the American Red Cross National website www.redcross.org then follow the link
to disaster services. Introduction to Disaster Services is the first item
under spot light items on the right side of the page. The on line class
takes about an hour and is very well laid out and informative.
Once
you have completed the on line class print out the last page for
verification and then contact the chapter Volunteer Resource Department at volunteer@islandredcross.org
or call at 1-888-216-5727
extension 22
to start the process to become a disaster volunteer.
Mary
Rose the chapter’s Emergency Services Director is
also available for questions on volunteering in disaster services her email
address is rosem@islandredcross.org
or call the chapter headquarters at 1-888-216-5727 ext 25.
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