About a dozen American Red Cross volunteers from
Connecticut were in Louisiana ahead of Ida, which left a trail of devastation
and widespread power outages in its wake.
Jocelyn Hillard, the communications director for the
Connecticut and Rhode Island region, says the volunteers have been setting up
shelters and preparing a safe place to stay for people who have lost their
homes or power.
"We also had volunteers who are putting together
supplies and delivering them to those shelters and preparing to go out in
neighborhoods that we need to in the coming days and weeks ahead," she
told News 12.
Hillard adds they will continue to scale up in operations
and volunteers in the coming days. She says the lack of cell service after the
storm has complicated communications, but the Red Cross says the volunteers
have been busy helping since the moment they got down there.
People can help those affected by Hurricane Ida by visiting
redcross.org, calling
1-800-RED CROSS, or texting the word
IDA to
90999 to make
a $10 donation.