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Volunteers Honor Memory of Martin Luther King by Sharing Fire Safety Information in at-risk Neighborhoods. January-12-2012
To honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter and HOPE Worldwide will bring together local volunteers for a day of fire preparedness. 

Volunteers from The Red Cross, Hope Worldwide, The Louisiana Society for the Preve
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Donations to American Red Cross Helping Haiti Recover and Rebuild at Two-Year Anniversary of Earthquake. January-7-2012
Two years after the Haiti earthquake, the American Red Cross is helping people rebuild their homes and their lives and improving communities with health, water and sanitation projects.   In a two
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Resolve To Help Someone With Tax Deductible Donation To American Red Cross. December-28-2011
The new year is a time for making resolutions, and the American Red Cross is urging people to resolve to help someone by making a tax-deductible donation to the Red Cross before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve.   Many people make charitable contributions at the
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Holiday Week is Busy One for the Red Cross. 18 Fires Displace 65 People During Christmas Week. December-27-2011
The Christmas Holiday week proved a busy one for the American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter as it responded to fires in the New Orleans area and on the Northshore.  The Red Cross volunteers also responded to a fire fatality in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday. The Red Cross is helpi
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 Mission Statement:

Operation Brother’s Keeper (OBK) seeks to address the vital need for emergency preparedness and response by working as a coalition of faith-based organizations that empowers the community to participate in disaster readiness, volunteer response, and comprehensive evacuation planning. The coalition uses empowerment, training, best practices, and community organizing to create a self sustaining community based program that promotes a culture of preparedness. 

 

OBK will T.E.A.C.H

 

Train faith-based organizations in disaster readiness and response.

Educate individuals on the American Red Cross mission as well as State and National preparedness and response resources.

Advocate personal responsibility and volunteerism amongst faith-based organizations with the American Red Cross.

Connect faith-based organizations with the "Ready Rating" program.

Help faith-based organizations develop a comprehensive preparedness and evacuation plan.

 

Note: The American Red Cross does not activate individual congregational evacuation plans or provide transportation resources. 

 

 

For More Information or To Become a Partner

Jacqueline Chadwick 

504-620-3110

jchadwick@arcno.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collaborating Partners:

New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness

New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness

University of New Orleans Sociology Department: Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART)

University of New Orleans Sociology Department: Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART)

Total Community Action - The ARK - Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches

Total Community Action

The ARK

Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches

  

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