Red Cross Still Aiding Recovery Efforts After Hurricane Ida

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“The community has been absolutely amazing,” says Pat de Robertis, who was rescued from her home along with her two grandchildren in rubber rafts when the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused severe flooding in Manville, New Jersey. De Robertis shared some of their story with Red Cross relief worker Lynette Nyman at the Red Cross partner shelter with the VFW in Manville. Photo by Marko Kokic/American Red Cross

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Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern visits Alfonso Moran, Irma Martinez and their children Noemi and Sandra, who are relying on the Red Cross for shelter and other basic care after the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded their neighborhood and forced them to flee their apartment in Bound Brook near the Raritan River in New Jersey. Photo by Marko Kokic/American Red Cross

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Stefanie Arcangelo of the American Red Cross shares a comfort kit and a smile with a child after Hurricane Ida left him, his three siblings and his mother, Yvonne Padilla Lucca with damage to their home and now power. In some of the hardest hit parishes, like Larose, the Red Cross has emergency response vehicles circulating through accessible areas to distribute critical supplies including water, comfort kits and ready to eat meals. Photo by Scott Dalton/American Red Cross

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September 3, 2021. Manville, New Jersey.
Baby Sebastian and his family are staying at the Red Cross partner shelter for people displaced following Hurricane Ida flooding in Manville, New Jersey. Photo by Marko Kokic/American Red Cross

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Volunteers in a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle distribute food and water in New Orleans. With the help of partners, the Red Cross has already provided more than 184,600 meals and snacks and distributed more than 71,000 relief items. Photo by Scott Dalton/American Red Cross

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Red Cross volunteers distribute emergency supplies to those in need in Laplace, Louisiana following Hurricane Ida. In some accessible areas where residents can begin to clean up, the Red Cross is distributing cleaning supplies like mops, bleach, buckets and trash bags. Photo by Scott Dalton/American Red Cross

October 07, 2021

It’s been more than a month since the deadly Hurricane Ida devastated communities from Louisiana to the Northeast and people are still out of their homes, dealing with temporary living quarters and losing everything they had.

The American Red Cross and our partners are still there, continuing to work around the clock to provide recovery help after the storm changed lives forever. Follow our work here.

Hundreds of people impacted by Ida are still depending on the Red Cross and partners for safe shelter in Louisiana and New Jersey. Since Ida first threatened the U.S., we’ve provided more than 40,000 total overnight stays.

As many as 330 trained Red Cross workers are supporting the relief efforts, either on the ground or virtually. In total, some 3,000 disaster workers from all over the country have helped on the Red Cross Ida relief effort.

With the help of partners, the Red Cross has provided 763,000 meals and snacks, and distributed 296,000 relief items to people in need. Trained Red Cross volunteers have made 23,700 contacts providing emotional support, health services and spiritual care for people who’ve been evacuated.

The Red Cross has also provided financial assistance to 3,900 households or 10,900 people who experienced loss due to the storm. This financial assistance will allow people to make their own decisions and prioritize what their family needs most to start recovering. Funds can help families replace clothes or food, offset transportation costs, or support any other immediate need.

HOW YOU CAN HELP To help people affected by disasters like storms and countless other crises, visit redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Your gift is a commitment to helping people in need, and every single donation matters. Financial donations enable the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small.

GIVE BLOOD The Red Cross urges individuals in unaffected areas of the country to make an appointment to give blood to ensure a sufficient blood supply remains available for patients. Schedule a blood or platelet donation appointment by using the Red Cross Blood Donor app, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733- 2767).

VOLUNTEER If you have the time, you can make a significant impact as a Red Cross volunteer. Review our most urgently needed volunteer positions at redcross.org/volunteertoday.

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS HELP The generous donations from members of the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and the Disaster Responder Program enable the American Red Cross to prepare communities for disasters big and small, respond whenever and wherever disasters occur and help families during the recovery process.

ADGP $1 Million members are: Amazon; American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Foundation; Anthem Foundation; Bank of America; Caterpillar Foundation; Costco Wholesale; Delta Air Lines; Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation; FedEx; The Home Depot Foundation; Latter-day Saint Charities; Lilly Endowment Inc.; Lowe's Companies, Inc.; Microsoft Corp.; Nationwide Foundation; The Starbucks Foundation; State Farm; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Truist Foundation; VSP Global; Walmart and the Walmart Foundation; and Wells Fargo.

ADGP $500,000 members are: Altria Group; Aon; Capital One; Citi Foundation; The Clorox Company; Delta Dental Community Care Foundation; Edison International; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Foundation; Ford Motor Company Fund; Fox Corporation; General Motors; HCA Healthcare; International Paper; The J.M. Smucker Company; Johnson Controls Foundation; The Kroger Co. Foundation; LHC Group; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mastercard; Merck Foundation; Mondelēz International Foundation; New Balance Foundation; PayPal; PepsiCo Foundation; Salesforce; Southeastern Grocers Gives Foundation & Southeastern Grocers, home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie; Stanley Black & Decker; Target; The TJX Companies, Inc.; Toyota; United Airlines; UPS; The USAA Foundation, Inc.; Visa Foundation; The Walt Disney Company; and The Wawa Foundation.

Disaster Responder Program members are: 7-Eleven Cares Foundation; Adobe; Alliance Data; American Express; Ameriprise Financial, Inc.; Assurant; AT&T; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; Avangrid Foundation; The Ball Foundation; Barclays; Big 5 Sporting Goods; CarMax; Choice Hotels International; Cisco Foundation; CNA Insurance; The Coca-Cola Company; CSX; Darden Foundation; The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation; Discover; Dollar General; Duke Energy; Equitable; FirstEnergy Foundation; Grainger; Harbor Freight Tools Foundation, LLC; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation; HP Foundation; Humble Bundle; Kaiser Permanente; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation; Lenovo Foundation; Liberty Mutual Insurance; Marathon Petroleum Foundation, Inc.; McKesson; Neiman Marcus Group; NextEra Energy, Inc.; Northrop Grumman; Northwestern Mutual and the Northwestern Mutual Foundation; Old Dominion Freight Line; Procter & Gamble; Prudential Financial; Raytheon Technologies; Rodan + Fields Prescription for Change Foundation; Ross Stores Foundation; Ryder System, Inc.; San Manuel Band of Mission Indians; Security Finance’s Lending Hand Foundation; ServiceNow, Inc.; Southwest Airlines; U-Haul International; and U.S. Bank Foundation.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.