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									<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><I>At least 32,000 Evacuees in 230 Red Cross, Partner Shelters Tuesday Night</I></B></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Washington, D.C., August 30, 2017 —T</B>he American Red Cross is working hard to get help to where it is needed as Hurricane Harvey’s catastrophic devastation is being called the worst flooding disaster in U.S. history.  Access into many areas is still quite difficult, but with the help and partnership of the U. S. Coast Guard and the Texas National Guard, supplies and volunteers are moving to where they are needed most. </P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT">The Red Cross is working very closely with the entire response community – government agencies, other non-profit groups, faith-based organizations, area businesses and others – to coordinate emergency relief efforts and get help to people as quickly as possible.</P><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P><P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><U>RED CROSS RESPONSE</U></B></P><LI>Overnight, emergency responders continued to bring rescued families to shelters, while more evacuees streamed in on their own. Estimates indicate at least 32,000 people sought refuge in more than 230 Red Cross and partner shelters across Texas Tuesday night. Emergency shelters are also open in Louisiana.</FONT></LI><LI>More than 1,500 disaster workers are on the ground, and hundreds more are on the way. They are being joined by a group of highly-skilled volunteers from the Mexican Red Cross who will help support shelters, distribute aid and connect with Spanish speaking disaster survivors to keep them informed about support available to them.</FONT></LI><LI>With the help of partners, the Red Cross has served more than 180,000 meals and snacks since the storm began. </FONT></LI><LI>There are enough shelter supplies, such as cots and blankets, for more than 50,000 people in Texas. Trailers of kitchen supplies are on the ground to support 6 kitchens, each able to produce 10,000 meals a day, and 6 more trailers are on the way. There are also about 116,000 ready-to-eat meals currently on the ground with an additional 39,000 en route. </FONT></LI><LI>More than half of the Red Cross emergency response fleet – 200 emergency response vehicles – have been activated for the operation.</FONT></LI><LI>With blood products prepositioned in Houston and Dallas ahead of the storm, the Red Cross continues to work closely with local, state and federal authorities to deliver blood and platelets to hospital partners in flood affected areas.</FONT></LI><LI>More than 16 million hurricane and flood alerts have been issued through Red Cross mobile apps, surpassing the 6 million issued for Superstorm Sandy. The alerts provide shelter locations and real-time information.  </FONT></LI><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Additional Shelter Information</B></P><P ALIGN="LEFT">You can find shelters by visiting redcross.org, downloading the free Red Cross Emergency App or calling 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767). The Emergency App is available in app stores by searching for the American Red Cross or going to redcross.org/apps. Shelters are standing by in other states, including Tennessee, Oklahoma and Arkansas, in case they are needed.  </P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT">You can also check with your local officials on where to find a shelter, download the FEMA app or text SHELTER and your zip code to 4FEMA (43362). Monitoring your local media may also help. </P><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P><P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation" TARGET="_blank"><B>HOW YOU CAN HELP</B></A></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT">The Red Cross has launched a massive response to this devastating storm and needs financial donations to be able to provide immediate disaster relief. Help people affected by Hurricane Harvey by visiting redcross.org, calling 1- 800-RED CROSS or texting the word HARVEY to 90999 to make a $10 donation.</P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><A HREF="http://www.redcross.org/donations/companies-and-foundations/giving-opportunities#adgpdr" TARGET="_blank"><B>CORPORATIONS HELP</B></A> The generous donations from members of the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and the Disaster Responder Program enable the American Red Cross to prepare communities for disasters big and small, respond whenever and wherever disasters occur and help families during the recovery process.</P><P ALIGN="LEFT"> </P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>ADGP $1 Million members are:</B> American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Foundation; Anthem Foundation; Bank of America; Caterpillar Foundation; The Clorox Company; Costco Wholesale; Delta Air Lines; Disney; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation; FedEx; General Motors Foundation; Grainger; The Home Depot Foundation; LDS Charities; Lowe&#39;s Companies, Inc.; Mazda North American Operations; Microsoft Corp.; Nationwide Foundation; PepsiCo Foundation; State Farm; Target; UPS; VSP Global; Walmart and the Walmart Foundation; and The Wawa Foundation.</P><P ALIGN="LEFT"></P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>ADGP $500,000 members are:</B> Altria Group; American Express; Aon; Boise Paper; Capital One; Cisco Foundation; Citi Foundation; Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation; Discover; Edison International; Farmers Insurance; Ford Motor Company; Humble Bundle; John Deere Foundation; Johnson Controls; McDonald’s Corporation; Medtronic Foundation; Meijer; Merck Foundation; Mondelēz International Foundation; Procter &amp; Gamble Company; Reynolds American Foundation; Ryder; Southwest Airlines; Sunoco; TD Ameritrade; The TJX Companies, Inc.; United Airlines; and Wells Fargo.</P><P ALIGN="LEFT"> </P><P ALIGN="LEFT"><B>Disaster Responder Program members are:</B> Adobe; Alcoa; Alliance Data; Astellas USA Foundation; AT&amp;T; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; AXA; The Ball Foundation; BMW of North America; BNY Mellon; CarMax; Cox Automotive; Duke Energy; Entergy Corporation; Harbor Freight Tools Foundation; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation; HP Foundation; IBM Corporation; IHG Foundation; Ingersoll Rand Foundation; The J.M. 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