More than 40 SC Red Cross volunteers helping with Louisiana floods

“We’re staying at shelters, we are feeding them we are doing what we can to support them emotionally because obviously this is really tough for them”, said Fernandez-Gevaert. Red Cross volunteers from Valley City, Grand Forks and Minot are heading into the teeth of the flooding.

President Obama officially granted a major disaster declaration request for several parishes on Sunday.

“Just to hear that people are coming over to help out is fantastic and we’re going to need help for a couple of months for sure”, Owens said. “We have mental health counselor volunteers that are in our shelters helping people deal with their loss”. “Entire families have lost their homes and everything they own, please join the Red Cross in supporting Louisiana by making a much needed financial donation today”.

The Red Cross of Central and Western South Dakota has also dispatched its emergency response vehicle to help out in Louisiana. He agrees with Rhoades – not much can prepare one for natural disasters like these.

A dozen Red Cross volunteers from western North Carolina are already in Louisiana, and more are headed there in the coming days. How bad is it going to be?”Madden said”.

Mertes and his wife have been Red Cross volunteers for eight years and served on previous missions such as Hurricane Isaac and Sandy. The historic flooding there has killed at least seven people and destroyed thousands of homes.

If you want to help, you can make a monetary donation by texting LA Floods to 90999. Jennifer Pennington, the Executive Director of the American Red Cross says pulling together in crisis is a team effort amongst volunteers.