All funds donated from this button go to support Red Cross relief efforts for Hurricanes Gustav and Hannah and other 2008 Hurricane Relief
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I want to reach you before Gustav's landfall to update you on exactly how the American Red Cross is responding. The storm is barreling towards a wide swath of Gulf Coast states, including communities and major cities battered by Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Without a moment's time to waste, we launched a massive effort beginning more than 10 days ago...
- Mobilizing thousands of staff and volunteers from states across the country including Maine, South Dakota, Tennessee, Oregon, and California.
- Moving large amounts of supplies including:
- More than 470,000 blankets
- Nearly 525,000 cots (including accessible cots, and other essential equipment to ensure accessibility)
- More than 700,000 prepackaged meals and more than 200 mobile feeding trucks
- The Red Cross is ready to open nearly 500 shelters across 4 states within the storm's projected path with the ability to shelter a total of nearly 166,000 people
Please support our Disaster Relief Fund that enables us to respond to the Hurricanes of 2008. We're concerned for the millions of residents at risk with Gustav - their homes, their families, their livelihoods. We care about every one of them and they can be assured they are our #1 priority as they face this impending disaster. We'll be there to help them recover and cope with what happens over the next 24 hours, the next weeks and months.
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