RICHMOND, Va. — Two Central Virginians are on their way to Florida ahead of Hurricane Helene’s predicted landfall on Thursday.
Both volunteers left the American Red Cross in Richmond Wednesday evening, facing a nearly 14-hour drive ahead of them to Tallahassee, where the organization is planning to establish its Hurricane Helene headquarters.
The headquarters consists of a trained team of volunteers who will be ready to roll out the second the storm moves out of the area.
One of those volunteers is Central Virginia’s own Mary Davis-Barton. She is no stranger to giving up her time to give to others, as she has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross for nearly two decades.
WTVR“I get so much more out of it than I give,” she said.
Davis-Barton has been deployed to different disaster zones across the country. She helps perform damage assessments and dissipate different resources from food to temporary housing.
She recalled the times when she realized her volunteering made an impact.