1 Hawaii volunteer deploys to Las Vegas and 62 Hawaii volunteers deployed for Harvey, Irma and Maria
The thoughts and deepest sympathies of the entire American Red Cross family are with all those affected by Sunday night’s tragic shooting in Las Vegas. The Red Cross is on the ground working in close coordination with emergency officials to provide comfort and support now.
One Hawaii Red Cross volunteer from Oahu was deployed to Las Vegas to provide assistance in health services.
In addition, over the last five weeks, the American Red Cross has launched a wide-ranging relief effort to help people devastated by three historic, back-to-back hurricanes—Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The Red Cross is on the ground, part of a large team of agencies and organizations responding to provide help to communities turned upside down by these three Category 4 storms.
A total of 62 Hawaii Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to provide shelter, food, comfort and hope to victims of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. For Harvey, a total of 34 volunteers were deployed: 15 from Oahu, 11 from the Big Island, 6 from Maui, and 2 from Molokai. For Irma, a total 22 volunteers were deployed: 12 from Oahu, 4 from Kauai, 3 from Maui and 3 from the Big Island. For Maria, a total of 6 volunteers were deployed: 2 from the Big Island, and 4 from Oahu.
Four Hawaii Red Cross team members are also assisting virtually; one Big Island volunteer will be assisting as a call agent, one Oahu volunteer is assisting with shelter population counts, one Oahu volunteer is assisting with disaster mental health, and one Oahu staff member is assisting with Service to the Armed Forces Hero Care call center and casework.
Overall Response Efforts