31 August, 2017
The Red Cross is working very closely with the entire response community - government agencies, other non-profit groups, faith-based organizations, area businesses and others - to coordinate emergency relief efforts and get help to people as quickly as possible. Those interested in becoming an unpaid volunteer who are willing to be deployed for 14 days must pass a standard background check and have a valid driver's license. "We can buy what the family actually needs, not what we think they should have, and two, it helps to restart the local economy".
The Red Cross said volunteers will be needed for sheltering, feeding, damage assessment, logistics, communications, case work and other duties for many months.
The comedian's crowdfunding campaign for the natural disaster raised almost $1 million in less than a day.
But it is the emotional impact - seeing the devastation for the people of Texas - that she is most anxious about.
More than 3,500 people in Houston have already been rescued.
Actress Sandra Bullock is donating $1 million dollars to help Hurricane Harvey victims.
However, Brown went on to say that he was "skeptical" of the Red Cross and that his "donation will go to the people".
"I was raised to help people, I am always there no matter if it's a wildfire, flooding or something locally, I am there. I'm challenging a lot of my celebrity friends to follow my lead in donating $250,00 to Hurricane Harvey, to the Red Cross, OK?"
The Red Cross is known for providing shelter, food, clothes, and other items for people in need after disasters, but their jobs don't stop there. He's a board member for the NNY Red Cross chapter. The Red Cross trains and mobilizes more than 5,300 volunteers who support the delivery of services throughout the state.
Nic Nunn-Faron a Disaster Program Manager with the Red Cross said they were able to send both emergency units down to the coast.
