Orefield Resident Tapped for New York City Relief Effort
News Release: September 22, 2001
Contact: Janice Osborne, Manager-Media & Community Affairs
(610) 865-4400, ext. 262
Joan Steinmetz, disaster services volunteer for the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, left for New York City today (9/22) to assist with Red Cross disaster relief efforts. To date, three local Red Cross volunteers have been called to help in the wake of last week's catastrophes.
Steinmetz is assigned to help with the records and reports function. As a records and reports specialist, her duties are to compile, record and disseminate certain Red Cross forms and reports; obtain and distribute accurate data about the progress of Red Cross relief efforts and maintain security and confidentiality of paperwork.
Steinmetz has been a volunteer with the Lehigh Valley Chapter Red Cross since 1993.
Other local Red Cross volunteers assisting in disaster relief efforts are Lisa Taylor, a social worker at Lehigh Valley Hospital, and John Weaver, of the Northampton County Mental Health/Mental Retardation office. Both are part of the American Red Cross Aviation Incident Response Team providing mental health support for victims, family members and rescue workers at the site of the plane crash in western Pennsylvania.
All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people.
The Lehigh Valley Chapter Red Cross serves more than 660,000 residents in Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training and emergency relief services to more than 15,500 Lehigh Valley residents.
For more information about the Lehigh Valley Chapter Red Cross, visit www.redcrosslv.org.
