{"id":88619,"date":"2017-06-02T07:27:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=88619"},"modified":"2017-06-02T07:27:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:27:14","slug":"red-cross-aids-victims-of-county-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/06\/02\/red-cross-aids-victims-of-county-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross aids victims of county flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

American Red Cross disaster responders from across west central Ohio continue to provide relief and comfort to citizens of Van Wert and Paulding counties as they recover from last week\u2019s flooding. The Red Cross has provided more than 70 flood clean-up kits (including: bleach, mops, gloves, trash bags, rakes, and shovels) to homeowners impacted by the flash floods.<\/p>\n

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The local Red Cross disaster response vehicle is shown at a flooding site in the county.<\/strong> (photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Red Cross is also working with the United Way and Salvation Army to help distribute additional support to those impacted by the flooding.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heart-wrenching to see the destruction that these storms can cause,\u201d said West Central Ohio Red Cross Chapter Executive Derek Stemen. \u201cAlong with our community partners, we\u2019ve been able to respond to the immediate needs of our community members, and we\u2019ll be here in the days and weeks to come to help people begin to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The United Way is fortunate enough to be able to help when these natural disasters strike,\u201d said Vicki Smith, executive director of United Way of Van Wert County. \u201cThe fact is that this can happen to anyone at any time. The United way is there to help the whole community.”<\/p>\n

For updates on the flood response, community members are encouraged to follow the West Central Ohio Chapter of the American Red Cross on Facebook @redcrosswco or contact the chapter at 419.238.9977.<\/p>\n

“A disaster such as this can really hinder a family long-term,\u201d said Salvation Army Lieutenant Josh Morales.\u00a0 \u201cIt’s our goal, with assistance from the Red Cross and United Way, to help alleviate this burden in some way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s nice to know that when most are evacuating their homes because of a disaster or an emergency, someone can come in and help during the stress and the clean-up,” Morales added.<\/p>\n

Area residents can download the free Red Cross Emergency App<\/a> to receive emergency alerts and information on what to do in case of tornadoes, flooding, and other disasters, as well as locations of shelters. The app also includes emergency first aid information and a Family Safe feature that allows people to instantly see if loved ones are okay. The free emergency app is available in app stores by searching for the American Red Cross or going to redcross.org\/apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information American Red Cross disaster responders from across west central Ohio continue to provide relief and comfort to citizens of Van Wert and Paulding counties as they recover from last week\u2019s flooding. The Red Cross has provided more than 70 flood clean-up kits (including: bleach, mops, gloves, trash bags, rakes, and shovels) to homeowners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:40:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}