American Red Cross requests assistance from Sister Society
Editorial Notes: Members of the Mexican Red Cross are available for
on-site interviews in Southern California. Video and photo material of the
Red Cross response to the wildfires is available - follow directions below.
The national Disaster Operations Center is available 24 hours a day to
facilitate media requests - Please call 202-303-5551.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mexican Red Cross
sent ten volunteers at the request of the American Red Cross to help reach
out to the Spanish speaking community in Southern California affected by
the wildfires.
"We are thankful to the Mexican Red Cross for sending a delegation of
outstanding volunteers to assist us in responding to the tragic Southern
California fires," said Cesar A. Aristeiguieta, M.D., FACEP, Director of
the California Emergency Medical Services Authority and member of the
American Red Cross Board of Governors. "The contribution being made by the
Mexican Red Cross to the Southern California relief efforts is exemplary of
the dedication of all the volunteers that form the world-wide Red Cross
movement."
The Mexican Red Cross volunteers are working as part of the American
Red Cross shelter team to access the unmet needs of the Spanish speaking
community. By working together, the Red Cross is helping to ensure that the
most vulnerable receive the assistance they need in finding shelter, meals
and a connection to other community services.
"This collaboration between the American Red Cross and the Mexican Red
Cross demonstrates there are no borders when offering humanitarian
assistance," said Isaac Oxenhaut, National Disaster Relief Coordinator of
the Mexican Red Cross. "When Hurricane Dean affected us in August, the
American Red Cross was there to support our relief efforts. When the
request came to help the people of Southern California, the Mexican Red
Cross was happy to answer the call."
This strategy worked successfully during the American Red Cross
response to Hurricane Katrina and is an advantage of the American Red Cross
being part of an international Movement that can call on the assistance of
sister Red Cross societies around the world.
To Access American Red Cross Photo and Video Material:
Photo Instructions:
You must use an SFTP client for easy access and transfer of these
high-resolution files.
Photos are in a folder called '2007 CA Wildfires'.
-- Host Name: photos.videobluemoon.com
-- User Name: arctransfer
-- Password: qazwsxpl
-- Please courtesy: American Red Cross
Video Instructions:
-- Host Name: http://www.videobluemoon.com/login.php
-- User Name: wildfires
-- Password: Red Cross (this is case-sensitive and space-sensitive)
No courtesy required, video material comes pre-bugged.
All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by
voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can
help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year,
disasters like the California wildfires, by making a financial gift to the
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, which enables the Red Cross to
provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of
disaster. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to
designate your donation to a specific disaster please do so at the time of
your donation. Call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).
Contributions to the Disaster Relief Fund may be sent to your local
American Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243,
Washington, DC 20013. Internet users can make a secure online contribution
by visiting http://www.redcross.org.
SOURCE American Red Cross
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