Volunteer Center of North Texas seeks help

DISASTER RELIEF - HURRICANE IKE

Thursday, September 11, 2008 - Local municipalities, the Red Cross and The Salvation Army are setting up shelters for evacuees from the Gulf Coast throughout North Texas.

Evacuees are currently being received at the Dallas Convention Center. Nearly 300 buses are expected to arrive today in the North Texas area, with 10-15,000 total possibly needing shelter in our communities.

Volunteers are needed now, and for the next several days, both at the shelters and to work at phone banks, administrative offices, and warehouses of the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, the North Texas Food Bank and the Volunteer Center of North Texas.

The Volunteer Center of North Texas is scheduling all volunteers for these organizations. Organizations that can provide groups of volunteers should call 1-866-797-8268 for information and to be scheduled.

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Those who are self-evacuating for Hurricane Ike should call 211 for shelter information.