Red Cross volunteers will be going door-to-door on Friday to survey Pahoa residents in the immediate evacuation area of the June 27 lava flow.
Red Cross volunteers will be going door-to-door on Friday to survey Pahoa residents in the immediate evacuation area of the June 27 lava flow.
The American Red Cross Hawaii State Chapter volunteers will be out between 4 and 7 p.m. in the 11 Civil Defense-identified evacuation zones surrounding Pahoa, said Renise Bayne, a Red Cross volunteer who serves as Individual Client Services lead.
The volunteers hope to make contact with 201 parcels, which are not always homes, in the area to gather information on what services might be needed in the future so that the organization can be prepared should the lava activity “scale up,” she said. Last week, volunteers covered 51 parcels.
“Our main focus is to try to reach out to the residents that are still at their homes just to let them know that Red Cross is a resource if they need any assistance,” she said. … “We are also trying to locate residents that have left and relocated — we are trying to make a connection with them to see if they are all right and if they have any needs that we can assist them with.”