Preparing for a November Hurricane!

Hurricane season does not end until November 30, nonetheless, many of us are surprised to see a hurricane enter the Gulf this weekend and so late in theyear! Hurricane Ida is a simple reminder to continue to be prepared throughout the year. We encourage individuals to visit the Be Red Cross Ready website to find out [...]

DAT Responds to Severe Weather Incident

Two Disaster Action Teams have responded to the severe weather incident that moved through the Woodville area earlier this morning. The DAT members met with four families that were directly impacted by the storm and provided them with temporary assistance. Thank you so much again to our DAT volunteers who responded to this event!

Help with the Georgia Floodings

Here at the Chapter several volunteers have been deployed to Georgia to assist with the recent flooding.  Thousands of people have been affected, the Red Cross and our volunteers are there, providing shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance during this difficult time.  Even though we all can’t be there to help there are still [...]

Listen in today on 88.9 WFSU-FM!!

The Chapter was interviewed today by Margie Menzel from 88.9 WFSU-FM about the volunteers that were deployed to Georgia. Listen for it today at either 4:30pm or 5:45 pm on the radio at 88.9 WFSU-FM. Thank you so much to all the volunteers who have called in to be available to deploy!

Sending Volunteers to Help with Georgia Floodings

The Capital Area Chapter will be sending volunteers to help assist with the Georgia Floodings near Atlanta. The volunteers will be leaving from the Chapter today for a two week deployment.
 If you are a Capital Area Chapter DSHR Volunteer and available to help with this disaster please sign on to DSHR and update your availability. [...]

Red Cross Responds to Georgia Floods

While the flooding in Georgia has not directly impacted the area that our Chapter serves, we do want to highlight all the good work that the Chapters in Georgia are doing in order to provide services to families who have been impacted by the flooding.

The Red Cross opened six shelters – five in metro Atlanta [...]

DAT Responds to Single Family Fire

DAT members in Madison County responded to a single family fire today, September 23rd. The family of three were provided accomodations for three nights and a Client Assistance Card for food and clothes.

Tropical Storm Claudette Update

Capital Area Red Cross Update on Tropical Storm Claudette:
Shelter to Open in Crawfordville at 5PM
The Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will be opening a shelter at 5PM today at theMount Olive Primitive Baptist Church located at 8 Spring Creek Highway in Crawfordville.  The shelter opening is the result of a voluntary evacuation [...]

Hurricane Safety Checklist

As we are quickly approaching the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season (Aug-Oct), it is important that we continue to prepare. Don’t be fooled by the calm of the past few months, meteorologists still predict that this season will bear 7-11 named storms and of those 3-6 hurricanes.
Preparation is the best protection against the dangers of [...]

A Big THANKS to our DAT Volunteers!