The Red Cross of Greenville and the Salvation Army of Spartanburg sent food, clothing and volunteers to the low country Wednesday to help people displaced by Tropical Storm Debby.
For Red Cross volunteer Cheryl Bashaw, 64 of Anderson, the work helps people in their lowest moments.
“Every case is always going to be different, different circumstances, different people, different place, different everything but then again, they’re all the same,” said Bashaw who was headed to the Charleston area. “They’ve all just experienced possibly a tragic event that may change their life. I find it rewarding to try to help them through that.”
Mandy McMahon, the Red Cross spokesperson, said the organization has at least 770 volunteers deployed up and down the coast from Florida and Georgia to the Carolinas. About 280 people are staying in Red Cross shelters.
Tropical Storm Debby has dumped more than 10 inches of rain on Charleston and other coastal communities since Monday causing floods and displacing residents.