Kenneth worked multiple shifts in community shelters near Memphis. Kenneths experience as Chaplain for the Memphis Fire Department, years as a Red Cross disaster responder and caring heart perfectly qualified him to provide emotional and spiritual care to people staying in Red Cross shelters in the Mid-South area. Kenneth respects all faith traditions as well as the absence of a tradition in his work for the Red Cross. He knows loss is a universal.
Videos: Tennessee Floods
May 24, 2010
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Press Release: Red Cross Volunteers Visited by Laura Bush
May 20, 2010
Red Cross Volunteers Visited by Laura Bush
May 19, 2010, Nashville, Tennessee – American Red Cross volunteers at Tennessee Flood headquarters in Nashville received a morale boost on Tuesday when Former First Lady Laura Bush visited and thanked them for their service and dedication. Mrs. Bush was accompanied by Karyn Frist, wife of former Senator Bill Frist.
Managers from Damage Assessment, Mass Care, Partner Services and Health Services provided overviews of the service and provided statistics on the services provided to Tennesseans who were affected by the massive flood.
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Video: Inside Disaster Assessment
May 19, 2010When former First Lady Laura Bush visited our Disaster Operations Center in Nashville, Tennesse, the first person she spoke with was Debbie Criswell, who gave her an overview of the new technologies the American Red Cross is utilizing to streamline our Disaster Assessment program.
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Video: Laura Bush Visits Red Cross in Tennessee
May 19, 2010Former First Lady Laura Bush reached out to Red Cross asking if she could come by the Nashville Disaster Headquarters and talk with our disaster volunteers. Here is her address to the volunteers after meeting with some of them individually.
Video taken by Red Cross worker Kristiana Kocis.
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Video: Tennessee Residents Relate Flood Experiences
May 18, 2010Guadalupe Alamirano and Maria Barreto from West Memphis talk about their experience escaping the terrifying flash flood which raged through their community on May 1, 2010 and the support they have received from the American Red Cross.
U.S. Senator Bob Corker for Tennessee also comments from the Disaster Recovery Center in Millington, TN on May 17, 2010.
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Story: Nashville Residents Get Red Cross Help
May 18, 2010This story was written by Red Cross worker Tammie Pech on May 16th, 2010.
On this hot, humid day, a week after the flooding, Cynthia Cyrus is taking a break from the work of cleaning up after the flood that hit her Nashville home. Sitting in the shade and looking over her yard full of belongings, she says very optimistically, “we are inventorying discoveries, not counting our losses.”
Just a couple of weeks after her husband returned from his second tour in Iraq, the flooding in Nashville ravished their home with 15 feet of water. “I was just glad he was home and I didn’t have to deal with this and three children alone,” Cynthia shared. When asked about all the volunteers and Red Cross workers helping her she said with a smile, “I am thrilled, it has become an instantaneous community and we feel blessed. Most people look at the gloom and doom, but we would rather see the brighter side of things.”
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 17, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 64
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 8,565
- Clean up kits: 21,361
- Comfort kits: 11,962
- Meals served: 171,622
- Snacks served: 200,093
- Mental Health Consultations: 7,524
- Health Services Consultations: 6,616
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 2,267
- Total Red Cross Workers: 4,643 (4,257 volunteers)
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Photos: Tennessee Floods
May 17, 2010
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 14, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 63
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 7,395
- Clean up kits: 19,106
- Comfort kits: 11,046
- Meals served: 139,975
- Snacks served: 151,520
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 117
- Mental Health Consultations: 5,627
- Health Services Consultations: 5,749
- 1-866-GET-INFO calls: 1,722
- Total Red Cross Workers: 3,842 (3,487 volunteers)
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Videos: Tennessee Floods
May 12, 2010Deb Kangas, an American Red Cross shelter manager, shows how partnerships in shelters create resources for disaster victims.
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