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July 4, 2007
AMERICAN RED CROSS & FLOOD : GlobalGiants.com
July Fourth Holiday Week Brings No Vacation From Disasters.
American Red Cross Workers, Community Members and Emergency Responders Band Together During this Holiday Week.
Photo: Oliver Luero shows a Red Cross worker how high the water rose in his home. (American Red Cross, Michelle Tanner)
As the July Fourth holiday approaches, American Red Cross workers are helping those driven from their homes by massive flooding in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas and wildfires in the western United States. Hundreds of people will spend this holiday sleeping in shelters and cleaning up thousands of damaged homes and businesses throughout the Midwest and Southwest.
"People affected by this rash of floods have lost property, livelihoods and, in some cases, cherished people and pets." said Joe Becker, Senior Vice President of Disaster Preparedness and Response at the American Red Cross. "Their strength and spirit of community is clear; at American Red Cross shelters and disaster service centers we hear stories every day of neighbors going above and beyond to help others. But, the scale of these floods tells us that people in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas are going to need extra help, a lot of extra help." Becker added the Red Cross will be there every step of the way to ensure disaster victims have food, shelter and emotional support.
All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. |GlobalGiants.com|
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