RED CROSS TRAINING/RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS

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Red Cross Recruiting ReserveCorps Volunteers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 2, 2009

Contact:Katherine Boury, Red Cross
(206) 726-3547

SEATTLE - November 2, 2009 - This year there is the potential for significant flooding in the Green River Valley so the American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties is looking for volunteers to become trained now as a ReserveCorps shelter volunteer so they will be ready to respond during flood season. ReserveCorps shelter classes will be held on Nov. 14 and Dec. 5.

Volunteers must submit an online application before attending the free, day-long shelter training. A free background check will be part of the training. “We are looking for volunteer shelter workers for larger scale disaster responses because we know that there is a higher risk for flooding in the Green River Valley this year,” said American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties Volunteer Manager Ivy Davis Zolle. “Since we have started this program in October, we’ve had a tremendous response. By taking steps to be trained before flood season means volunteers will be ready to respond quickly to a disaster.”

ReserveCorps is a component of the American Red Cross program Ready When the Time Comes (RWTC) which prepares teams of “reserve” Red Cross volunteers to be ready to help during a local, large-scale disaster. For more information please go to www.seattleredcross.org.

For more information about becoming a ReserveCorps please visit our web site at www.seattleredcross.org or call 206-726- 3566 or 360-377-3761.

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Dana Hinman, Communications Manager
City of Auburn
25 West Main Street
Auburn, WA 98001-4998
253-931-4009 (office)
253-266-2787 (cell)
253-288-3132 (fax)
www.auburnwa.gov 
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