Tennesseans Help Across the Country in 2023 - Highlights

We're proud of our Tennessee Region Red Cross volunteers for stepping up to help across the state and the country this year. Tennessee truly lives up to its nickname as "The Volunteer State."

Here are a few highlights:

Mississippi: Volunteers from across the Tennessee Region gather at the Mid-South Red Cross Chapter in Memphis before departing to help with disaster response after the deadly tornadoes. Pictured left to right: Gail Caton, Neil Gibson, Stacey Lyness, Doug Wheaton, Loran Newton and Rico Cifre

Mary Lockett, from the Tennessee River chapter, deployed to Mississippi to help with tornado relief efforts.

These Northeast Tennessee Red Cross volunteers are headed out on their first deployment. Nancy Hudson, from Hawkins County, and Mark Wallner, from Sullivan County, drove a Red Cross emergency response vehicle to Savannah, Tennessee, where they supported shelter operations after a devastating tornado.

Guam: Mid-South Red Cross volunteer Francis Porter, from Memphis, provided critical support for residents after Typhoon Mawar.

Mary Lockett, a Red Cross Tennessee River volunteer from Clarksville, deployed to Coffee County, Tennessee, to help after the early August tornadoes.

Hawaii: Northeast Tennessee Red Cross volunteers Thomas Fortney and Theresa Nelson helped with sheltering, and Northeast Tennessee Red Cross Executive Director Heather Carbajal, right, assisted as an elected official liaison.

Hawaii: Red Cross Tennessee Regional Director of Communications, Sherri McKinney, served in Maui as a national spokesperson. 

Florida: Gene Roll, from the Southeast Tennessee Red Cross chapter, drove a Red Cross emergency response vehicle to pre-position critical supplies ahead of Hurricane Idalia's landfall.

More volunteers are needed now! Respond across the country or close to home. Visit redcross.org/VolunteerTN to get started.