Red Cross sends 30 Wisconsin volunteers to Hurricane Helene destruction sites

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Thirty Wisconsinites are away from home in the Badger state helping with recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene, the American Red Cross said.

Most of those thirty Red Cross volunteers are in Florida and the Carolinas, helping victims find shelter and providing meals and relief supplies.

Dave Nelson is one of the thirty Wisconsin volunteers, who has seen the devastation with his own eyes.

“I had the opportunity to drive through some of the worst hit areas right where the eye went through near Perry,” Nelson said. “I saw the destruction of the trees down, some of the houses that were crushed.”

Nelson is a government liaison coordinator, meaning he helps coordinate people who stay in contact with local emergency management to assess what each community needs.

“This is a huge operation,” Nelson said. “We have over 900 on the operation just here in Florida and of course the destruction that has moved all the way up into the Carolinas is just a huge response from the Red Cross, which stretches us tremendously.”

The Red Cross said Monday they have served 25,000 meals in the affected area so far.

Those wishing to help the Red Cross can donate blood or money.

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