Olivet College plans service trip to help hurricane survivors in New Orleans | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer

Olivet College plans service trip to help hurricane survivors in New Orleans | battlecreekenquirer.com | The Enquirer: "Olivet College is once again planning a weeklong service trip to support Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans. A group of 19 students, two employees and one alumnus will leave Saturday, Dec. 5, following the college's final exams. The group will help rebuild areas of the city and return to Olivet Saturday, Dec. 12. In addition, they will spend one night at the Morgan Scott Project in Deer Lodge, Tenn., where they will be delivering new, unwrapped toys for families in Morgan and Scott counties, two of the poorest counties in Tennessee."

Logistics of disaster relief – part three | British Red Cross Blog

Logistics of disaster relief – part three | British Red Cross Blog: "Of course, your boss might not be best pleased when you don’t turn up for work the next day and there are always reasons why you might not be able to drop everything and go. Yet this is exactly what the members of the British Red Cross emergency response unit do"