In the News ... "Helping Hands Initiative: Red Cross"

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• Looking for members of the community who want to help those in need locally

By Samantha Medney, Reporter
• KOSA-TV

MIDLAND/ODESSA, TEXAS - Stacy Pickett is one of three employees with the American Red Cross serving the Permian Basin. She says they have to cover 23 counties with only 30 volunteers.

"We really need volunteers to help carry out the mission, especially in outlying counties where if something should happen, it's going to take 2, 3, maybe 4 hours for us here to get to you, so the more people we have volunteering throughout the Permian Basin, the better equip the community is to respond to a disaster," said Pickett...

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