By Ellis Levinson
All you need do is follow an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) in order to learn the stories of people whose lives were dramatically changed by this month’s Northern California wildfires. As those in need of a good meal approach the vehicle for food and water, you can see the gratitude in their faces. Read more
By Ellis Levinson
Tom Freitas, a senior citizen, and his stepson, Mark Johnson, refer to each other as father and son. Mark said he brought his father to the Sonoma County Red Cross Service Center this morning because “The Red Cross can provide us help.” Read more
By Mauri Shuler
When Stacy Cardinale stepped into the Sonoma County Red Cross Service Center in Santa Rosa this morning, she didn’t know what to expect. By the time she left the facility an hour or so later, she said the Red Cross “made sure all my needs are met.” Read more
By Mauri Shuler
Jamie Rosales lives in Oakmont, one of the Santa Rosa neighborhoods devastated by the wildfires. His neighbor woke him up at 1 a.m. Monday. They were told to leave and found a Red Cross shelter through word-of-mouth. Read more
By Mauri Shuler
The volunteers at a Red Cross shelter find they often have a great deal in common. In fact, at the Santa Rosa Veterans Hall Shelter, the group that randomly came together to help evacuees found they had less than 6 degrees of separation among them. Read more
By Mauri Shuler
Simon Timony told his two bosses (he works two jobs – as a caretaker and a bartender) that he was leaving his home in San Francisco to help fire victims in the North Bay. Then he got a ride to his assignment in Napa County. “It was so horrific, I had to get here.” Read more
