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Update: Local Red Cross Volunteers Deploy to Wallow Fire Shelter
Saturday, June 11, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY
TUCSON, June 11, 2011 -- Five Southern Arizona Red Cross volunteers are deploying to Lakeside, Arizona to help people impacted by the Wallow Fire. They will be available for interviews before they depart tomorrow, Sunday morning, June 12.
WHERE:
Red Cross Chapter Office, 2916 E.
Broadway Blvd., Tucson (parking in the back of the building).
WHEN:
Sunday, June 12, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
WHO:
The volunteers, J Thomas (Tom) Arnold (Shelter Manager), Diana Thibault (Logistics), Lynette Bailey, Delores Grayam, and Tom Henderson, will be relieving volunteers from the Grand Canyon Chapter of the American Red Cross who have been on duty since the shelter was opened in Lakeside. They will be at the Shelter at Blue Ridge High School in Lakeside from Sunday, June 12th through Friday, June 17th.
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The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation's blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join National's blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
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