American Red Cross volunteers Lucille Frisicano of Webster and Diane Sargent of Lockport are deploying to Oklahoma Monday to assist in the Red Cross relief efforts following recent tornadoes and severe weather. Frisicano will serve as a Health Services Supervisor, while Sargent will be a Disaster Assessment Supervisor
Frisicano and Sargent become the sixth annd seventh volunteers from the Western and Central New York Region deployed to help in the Red Cross response to severe storms across the country:
NAME, HOMETOWN LOCATION ACTIVITY
Lee Campfield, Apalachin Texas Feeding Supervisor
Tom Daley, Tonawanda Texas Client Casework
Lucille Frisicano, Webster Oklahoma Health Services Supervisor
Greg Langen, Pittsford Texas Disaster Assessment
Donald Nelson, Endwell Texas Sheltering Supervisor
Sarah Perkins, Pittsford Texas Disaster Assessment
Diane Sargent, Lockport Oklahoma Disaster Assessment
Diane Sargent, Lockport Oklahoma Disaster Assessment
The American Red Cross continues to help people affected by the ongoing severe weather, providing shelter, food and support as those impacted by the storms figure out what to do next.
Red Cross shelters are still open in Oklahoma and Texas. Red Cross workers have been providing shelter and food, cleaning supplies, health and mental health services, helping with damage assessment and meeting with families to help plan their next steps. Emergency response vehicles are traveling through the affected areas, bringing people food and relief supplies and Resource Centers are also open where people can come to be helped by multiple organizations. In the days and weeks ahead, the Red Cross will also provide health services and emotional support as residents begin to recover from the storms.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Nearly every second of every day, the Red Cross delivers help and hope. And we couldn’t be there without the generous support of the American public. On June 2, join the American Red Cross for our inaugural Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising campaign to support those in need in communities across the country. Together, let’s go “all in” and make one day count. Schedule your donation today for Giving Day at redcross.org/givingday. You can also help build awareness by using the hashtag #allin1day on Twitter and Facebook.
