We're 7 months into 2011 and already Eastern NC has had its fair share of disasters. With tornadoes ripping through several NC Counties, including Sampson, and wildfires in 3 neighboring Counties, it is time to reactivate Sampson County's Animal Response Team. I have been appointed as the Coordinator for Sampson. Since being appointed, we have had to open our livestock facility as an emergency shelter for livestock that may be displaced from 2 of the Pender County Wildfires.
That effort a few weeks ago was a real eye opener for the need of this County as well as others for the use of our facilities and our people. Being that there are no people outside of our office it is time to begin recruiting. As of July 12, 2011, Sampson CART will be accepting applications for volunteers who are willing to: house/foster, transport, work at the shelter, or just donate items during a disaster. Being prepared for any road that lies before us will help us be ready to take that call when disaster strikes. No one responds to a disaster, we recover. Lets pull together to make any disaster a speedy recovery.
Please visit our New CART website: http://go.ncsu.edu/sampsoncart to download our volunteer forms or to learn more about preparing your livestock before, during, and after a disaster occurs.
No comments:
Post a Comment