Update on TS Debby Shelter Openings

PRESS RELEASE June 25, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Chrys Goodwyne  (850) 402-5611 Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross Update on TS Debby  Shelter Openings Tallahassee, Fl   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Capital Area Chapter American Red Cross 1115 Easterwood Drive Tallahassee, FL  32311 (850) 878-6080 Fax:  (850) 878-3441 www.tallyredcross.org From the Desk of Dan Samborn, CEO Office: (850) 402-5611 Mobile: (850) 294-2016 dan.samborn@redcross.org American Red Cross Shelters Remain Open The American Red Cross Capital Area Chapter has two shelters open.  1.  Tolar Elementary School in Bristol for Franklin County residents evacuating and for local Liberty County residents. 2.  Crawfordville Elementary School in Wakulla County. Both shelters may go on standby until this evening.  Other Big Bend county shelters remain on standby. The Red Cross has also partially opened the Chapter Disaster Operations Center for Sheltering, Mass Care, Logistics and Staffing. Red Cross encourages the public to be trained as disaster volunteers.  Go towww.tallyredcross.org to see the training schedule. For businesses, the Red Cross has launched our Ready When the Time Comes program for corporate employees to be trained in disaster relief for local emergencies.  Please contact Dan Samborn, CEO at 878-6080 for more information on this program. To help support the Disaster Relief operation or by donating or participating in a customer donation program, contact Chrys Ivey Goodwyne, Development Director at (850) 402-5612. The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation's blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization - not a government agency - and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.tallyredcross.org or join our blog athttp:/cacarc.wordpress.com. -

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