September 2006 Newsletter

Communication is the key in crises large or small.

     Hurricane Katrina ripped apart thousands of lives and left tens of thousands homeless. At its peak, it was one of the fiercest hurricanes in recorded history and measured about 460 miles wide – the distance from New Orleans to Atlanta. It also left the American Red Cross in Monroe, Louisiana in need of rounding up our disaster volunteers in a hurry. CallingPost did this for us in a matter of minutes. In a timely manner we had the core of our trained disaster volunteers at the Chapter planning our response and getting ready to open shelters. We have also used CallingPost for a tornado in Caldwell Parish and a flood in Morehouse Parish with the same great results.

    I have since moved to the Red Cross in Longview, Texas and have begun the process of entering our volunteers into CallingPost. Thank goodness we have not had to use it this year for a disaster but we have an exercise next month with our Service Area and will put CallingPost to work again sending out a test message for a mock disaster. Thank you CallingPost. You make my job easy when the going gets rough.

"I am a professional choreographer and coach with 5 dance teams. I don't think we could survive without CallingPost. When emergencies come up, I can make one phone call and every  team member is informed. CallingPost is also great for fundraising, and letting everyone know about the camps we put on every month. Thanks CallingPost!"

CallingPost started for the purpose of helping people, and that remains what we are all about today and tomorrow. The article on Hurricane Katrina is a good example of folks taking advantage of the CallingPost system to help people in need. We are thankful that we were able to provide over 100,000 calls free of charge to 40 volunteer organizations during the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe and cleanup. (See list) Helping people in need is one of the most rewarding feelings you can have. Thank you for allowing us to help you help others in your area of activities.

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