Workers rediscover college life during Red Cross relief
A Red Cross disaster relief operation in Iowa brings volunteers from 49 states to Parkersburg area and Cedar Falls to help families. Many volunteers bunk in dorms, sharing laundry and common areas, reliving college life in a modern 21st century shelter setting.
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Laurel Goforth
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Red Cross
Iowa
Parkersburg
Rebecca Brown
Red Cross Capital
Tallahassee
Fla
Pinkdam
New Orleans volunteers aid Cedar Rapids flood recovery effort
Urban Impact Ministries volunteers from New Orleans arrived in Cedar Rapids to assist flood recovery through Sunday. The group aims to do manual labor and listen to victims, drawing on Katrina experience with 13 homes rebuilt by 11,000 volunteers. They work with Cedar Hills Evangelical Free Church and Serve the City, and may help Parkview Evangelical Free Church in Iowa City.
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Jeff Rausch
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Urban Impact Ministries
New Orleans
Elizabeth Martin
Martin
Marion
Castle Rock Community Church
Cedar Hills
Jim Nemecek
Nelvin Wade
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Nemecek
Hurt volunteer returns home
A Red Cross volunteer from Knoxville, James Alan Sheets, injured in a June 21 crash involving a city dump truck in Cedar Rapids, is heading home for physical therapy after surgery in Iowa City. He has helped flood and fire victims and was airlifted with his daughter accompanying him.
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JE Vacais
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Knoxville
Tenn
James
Alan” Sheets
Mary Beth Birge
Sheets
C Street
15Th Avenue
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Birge
Grace On Wings
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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