RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The National VOAD Conference will take place at the Peppermill Resort in Reno from May 4-7.
The conference brings together disaster relief organizations from across the country, as well as attendees from Japan, Guam and U.S. territories.
About VOAD
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster was founded more than 50 years ago following Hurricane Camille, a Category 5 storm that hit the Gulf Coast in August 1969.
Before VOAD, disaster organizations worked independently. Help came to survivors haphazardly, with duplication of effort in some areas while other needs went unmet…