Emergency financial assistance to meet emergency travel, and basic maintenance needs. Health and welfare inquiries when regular communications are interrupted. Information and referral to other community resources when Red Cross cannot meet someone's needs. Services Directory Volunteer caseworkers help meet these diversified needs. Working with experienced staff, they provide direct services that reach across the country and around the world.
Volunteers evaluate family needs, and verify emergency requests.
They also work with families and service members to develop a realistic plan of action. Exchanging family messages When regular channels of communication are severed during war, the Red Cross provides a way for separated family members to exchange messages. When earthquakes, severe storms, and other natural disasters strike, normal lines of communication may be disrupted for some time. Families in our community who are anxious about the welfare of relatives in a disaster-stricken area can call for assistance. Information can be shared through volunteers helping exchange important messages between family members.