Laura Giannelli, Marketing Director, United Way of Southeastern Connecticut
The Red Cross, CT Chapter has been very busy working with the local Haitian community to assure they receive all of the support available to them since an Earthquake devastated Haiti on January 12th. Locally, both of the area casinos have hosted the Red Cross by inviting them into their organizations to provide affected families from our community access to a database set up by the Red Cross International to find any information about their family members located in Haiti.
Along with database support, the Red Cross also employs short-term Mental Health professionals to assist those who are in need of support to help them cope with this disaster and determine if long-term support is necessary to overcome stresses associated with such a devastating tragedy.
The Red Cross has distributed over 500 flyers to our Haitian community providing them with information as how to access the database and the local support services available. Not only are the area casinos reaching out to their employees many other businesses have contacted the Red Cross to assure they are doing what they can to support our Haitian community.
United Way of Southeastern Connecticut is working closely with the Red Cross, CT Chapter to help identify immediate needs within the community to include fundraising efforts. As a United Way partner agency, the Red Cross receives funding for their Disaster Services program to help prepare, respond to and recover from natural and manmade disasters on a 24 hour, seven days a week, 365 days a year basis for New London County.
If you are interested in hosting the Red Cross to provide information to your employees who are affected by this tragedy, please contact Sharon Peccini at United Way of Southeastern Connecticut at 860.464.3318 or send her an email sharon.peccini@uwsect.org. If you are would like to make a donation to the Red Cross please visit www.uwsect.org. It is vital that we support those within our community.
Sincerely,
Laura Giannelli
Marketing Director
United Way of Southeastern Connecticut
Posted on February 3rd, 2010 | category: Biz Around the Region
