This post originally appeared in Thoughts From the Porch Swing, a blog by American Red Cross volunteer Joyce Wallace.

Thunder woke me up about 3:30 this morning and I turned on my scanner to hear that trees were down from high winds just a few miles from my house. I waited until about 8:00 thinking I would get called out but it didn’t happen so I crawled back into bed about 8:30. Had just gotten to sleep when the call came needing Red Cross workers to make sandwiches and take them to give to the men working with chain saws at the storm site.

We made the sandwiches on the tailgate of the pickup. Notice we’re wearing gloves. Must follow Red Cross guidelines!

Then we hopped on the back of the truck and my brother-in-law Red Cross volunteer drove down the road. When we came to others working in the storm damaged area, we handed out sandwiches and drinks. Several of our Red Cross volunteers were working chain saws. It’s good to be doing something to help neighbors in need!

Hope your day didn’t start out at 3:30 A.M.

Heading off to bed to get some sleep.

Filed under: Disaster Response