Some of you may recall I headed to Montgomery, AL about three weeks ago as a Red Cross volunteer. I expected to be sent into the Gulf area after checking in at the Red Cross headquarters here. Instead, I was recruited to stay and supervise a team supporting shelters and volunteers in the field.
The reason for this diary is to ask for assistance for a teenage boy from New Orleans I've met. He and his mother and sister are staying in my hotel. FEMA has moved them here, pending more permanent housing--which means mobile homes. From what they've been told they'll be staying in the hotel at least another month, if not longer.
