# @americanredcross on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCmjxEZJya_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72589365-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-11-20T18:01:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

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Estamos juntos en esto. We’re in this together!

When a disaster strikes, we deploy bilingual Red Cross volunteers, who are part of our Latino Engagement Team (LET), to connect with Spanish-speaking communities and provide them with emergency supplies and recovery resources.

During Hurricane Milton, these volunteers visited Hispanic and Latino neighborhoods across Central Florida to advise residents about free Red Cross recovery resources and distribute warm meals and relief items.

“Muchas gracias por venir a buscarnos. Se siente bien saber que vinieron a ayudarnos y que no nos olvidaron,” Gloria Lopez said.

Gloria was grateful to see the Red Cross helping in her community and that they were not forgotten. She was home with her children when Milton ripped through Mulberry, Florida, leaving them without power for eight days.

Since Hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall, LETs have supported hundreds of Latinos across the Southeast by visiting affected neighborhoods, connecting with them in shelters and Multi-Agency Resource Centers, and joining local events hosted by community partners.

These volunteers are critical to our mission as they help build trust and relationships in predominantly Hispanic and Latino neighborhoods, where language barriers often prevent families from visiting shelters and seeking help.

Let’s give it up to our LET volunteers for being the recovery lifelines to Hispanic and Latino families in need. ❤️

#CruzRoja #RedCross #DisasterRelief #DisasterRecovery #HurricaneMilton #Milton #Florida #LatinoEngagement #Latinos #Voluntarios #Volunteering

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latinos, milton, hurricanemilton, disasterrecovery, voluntarios, cruzroja, redcross, florida, disasterrelief, latinoengagement, volunteering

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