OKLAHOMA — Around 15 American Red Cross disaster workers from Oklahoma and Kansas traveled to Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall.
The Red Cross said the disaster workers will help with sheltering and feeding operations in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
Several of the volunteers took part in shelter academies in the last week which provided training for not only hurricane-affected areas, but also future disasters in Oklahoma.
Regional Client Care Manager Genyce Goodchild is one of the disaster workers in Florida as a shelter supervisor.
“Some of those new Red Cross volunteers are now packing their first bags for deployment. What an honor it will be to serve alongside them,” Goodchild said in a press release. “But mostly my mind keeps wandering back to past faces I’ve met and what it’s like to quietly listen, to hold someone else’s story with them and just to be present. And I’m feeling grateful to be part of an organization that holds open the door of hope to so many in their time of need.”