PRESS RELEASE

Update From American Red Cross
Sheltering, Feeding, Damage Assessment and Client Casework Continues
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (September 11, 2008) – The Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the
American Red Cross is still responding to the needs of those affected by Hurricane Gustav. The
organization provided services to meet the immediate emergency needs of people by providing shelter,
food, water and emotional support in the first days prior to and after landfall of the storm. As of today,
seven shelters are still operating in the 10-parish area, and volunteers continue working with damage
assessment, mobile feeding and bulk distribution of supplies.

Shelters still open:
Kernan Avenue BREC
333 Kernan Avenue
BATON ROUGE, EBR

Scott Civic Center
1200 Major Pkwy
NEW ROADS, POINTE COUPEE

Erwinville Community Center
5110 Section Road
PORT ALLEN, WBR

Flannery Road Recreation Center
801 Flannery Road
BATON ROUGE, EBR

West Livingston School
320 Rodeo
DENHAM SPRINGS, LIVINGSTON

Gus Young BREC
4201 Gus Young Ave
BATON ROUGE, EBR

Miracle Place
2080 Main St
BAKER, EBR

Several kitchen sites were set up last week through a partnership with Southern Baptists. Meals are loaded
into Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles, and the ERVs bring the meals to those in the hardest-hit
neighborhoods. Damage assessment teams were on the ground to analyze the significant structural damage
to homes within days after the storm. The routes were provided through a partnership with the parish
offices of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. The significant structural damage will be the
basis of the emergency financial assistance. Client casework started just days ago, and volunteers are
visiting with individual families through outreach.

The Red Cross has also established several fixed-feeding sites where individuals can pick up a hot meal.
As power is restored to neighborhoods, these sites may close to assist others in most need.

Fixed feeding sites open:

Maringouin Town Hall
77510 Landry Drive
Maringouin
Last meal will be served Friday, September 12 at Noon

Old Church’s Chicken Parking Lot
Corner of Highland & East Harding
Baton Rouge
Meals start Friday, September 12, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Mount Salem Baptist Church
1100 St. Vincent Street
Donaldsonville
Meals served only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (September 12 – 14), from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Intersection of Plank Road and Railroad Crossing
North Baton Rouge
Meals served twice a day, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. each day

Martin Luther King Center
4000 Gus Young Avenue
Baton Rouge
Meals served twice a day, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. each day

Grocery Store/Town Hall
Hwy. 42
French Settlement
Evening meal only: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

City Hall
18115 Willow Street
Grosse Tete
Meals served twice a day, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. each day

St. Joan of Arc
39315 Hwy. 75
Bayou Pigeon
Meals served twice a day, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. each day

About the American Red Cross:
You can help the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters like the
Hurricanes of 2008, by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. This Fund
enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of disasters. The
American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster
please do so at the time of your donation by either contacting 1-800-HELP NOW or mailing your
donation, with the designation, to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.

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