Notre Dame Red Cross Club

tl;dr: "Sound the Alarm" postponed due to Hurricanes Harvey & Irma. Stay tuned for updates in the near future.

Hello to all the men, women, and children following the Notre Dame Red Cross Club page,

We thought it would be wise to let all know that the “Sound the Alarm” home fire campaign that was scheduled for Sept. 23 to Oct. 15th has been postponed. The unprecedented call for volunteers and financial support for the relief efforts in Texas and the expected massive response we will have for the disaster relief efforts due to Hurricane Irma have caused this postponement most likely until Spring of 2018.

The American Red Cross has recently deployed nearly 4,000 volunteers, close to 100 from Indiana, to Texas, and it expects to deploy at least that many to those directly affected by the path of Irma.

Since we do not want to stretch ourselves too thin with our trained volunteers out of the state for several weeks at a time, we are working with local fire departments in St. Joseph County to determine if they want to adopt a new strategy for our home fire campaign locally. We will let everyone know once a new plan-of-attack is decided on for the "South the Alarm" campaign. Until then, we appreciate your patience as well as your continued support for those affected by Harvey and Irma.