From the Red Cross Newsroom Blog 4/6/09:
Free kits can be picked up from the Minn-Kota Chapter Office
Area residents who are recovering from flood damage to their homes can request a free clean-up kit from the American Red Cross. The kits contain a mop, broom, bucket, cleaning solutions, sponge, trash bags, and a scrub brush. Kits can be picked up from the Minn-Kota Chapter office, located at 2602 12th Street North in Fargo. For more information, contact the chapter at 701-364-1800.
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FROM THE RED CROSS NEWSROOM BLOG:
American Red Cross - Online Disaster News Portal
Red River Flooding: Update
Red Cross Moves Supplies into North Dakota as Rising Flood Waters Threaten
Trailers Filled with Cots, Blankets, Meals Begin Arriving in Fargo
As residents of the Red River valley prepare for potentially record flooding, the American Red Cross is moving into position to provide help where needed. More than 24,000 prepackaged meals are expected to arrive today, along with thousands of cots, blankets and toiletry kits.
These supplies are expected to be used for evacuation shelters, which may open within the next 48 to 72 hours, depending on weather conditions. In addition, the Red Cross is gearing up for an extended relief operation, placing volunteers from around the nation on stand by to move to North Dakota when needed.
The Red Cross already has five mobile feed trucks in the area providing food and drinks for the volunteer crews racing to fill 1.9 million sandbags needed to fight the flood waters. The city has set up Sandbag Central, where machines fill sandbags around the clock. About 400,000 to 500,000 bags must be filled each day to reach the goal of 1.9 million by the end of the week, according to local officials.
Major flooding hit the area in 1997, after which a levee system was built to protect the city of Fargo. However, weekend storms increased the flood threat and sped up emergency preparations in the Red River Valley. Flood stage is 18 feet, and some forecasters are reporting the river could rise as high as 52 feet above flood level over the next week, worse than conditions in 1997.
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Current Relief Operations:
Red River Flooding
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FROM THE WEBSITE:
Mobile Feeding & Bulk Materials - March 23, 2009
**Media: Flood preparedness and response information can be found at http://newsroom.redcross.org will have photos, video, audio and press releases for the Red River Valley Flood 2009
Mobile Feeding Units & Arrival of bulk materials
• The American Red Cross will have 5 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) throughout our communities today
• Today our ERVs are supporting volunteer sandbaggers in neighborhoods south of Main Avenue on both sides of the river while the Salvation Army is working on the north side
• Our role is to provide food, water and emotional support so that the citizens can focus on protecting their property and our neighborhoods.
• As long as people are in need of nourishment and support the Emergency Response Vehicles will be on the road.
• The American Red Cross is prepared to respond to this flood situation as it unfolds
For Media questions, direct your calls to Shellie Simonson Ulven, Public Affairs & Development 701.212.8324 or ssimonson.ulven@fargoredcross.org
Fargo Website: www.fargoredcross.org
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ARC Contacts Fargo Office:
Sherri Thomsen
Regional Executive Director
sthomsen@fargoredcross.org
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Cindy Christensen
Education & Training Director
cchristensen@fargoredcross.org
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Don Fiebiger
Emergency Services Director
dfiebiger@fargoredcross.org
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Glenn Gress
Mission Support Manager
ggress@fargoredcross.org
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Shellie Simonson Ulven
Development Coordinator
ssimonson.ulven@fargoredcross.org
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Deanna Noel
Accountant
dnoel@fargoredcross.org
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Sandy Glas
Community Investment Director
sglas@fargoredcross.org