We gave ourselves a break from scraping wallpaper, walking by the ocean, and enjoying spring in Maine to help the Red Cross responding to the floods in the Midwest. We are volunteers in the Disaster response system, available to help when needed. We would prefer to go in our RV and stay in it while we volunteered, but the need was immediate this time and we were too far away.
We were deployed to Indianapolis, Indiana this time. Our jobs are in staff support, helping register incoming volunteers, point them to their supervisors, and processing the paperwork needed to get them out to the disaster sites. We expect to be here for 10 days or more, then we'll be back in Maine.
Indiana got hit by tornadoes on May 31. On top of that, heavy rains (up to 12" in 5 hours) arrived June 8, and more rain on June 13 re-flooded some area as they tried to dig out. It's not as severe as the flooding in Iowa today, but a lot of people need help here, and the Red Cross has over 500 volunteers in Indiana and a few counties in Illinois out of our headquarters.
If you're so inclined, send a few dollars to the Red Cross. You can reach them at 1-800-HELP-NOW.
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