Red Cross Assists Goose Creek Couple Displaced by Fire

GOOSE CREEK, S.C.–Just after dawn Saturday morning, disaster-trained American Red Cross volunteers were on the scene of a residential fire on Stephanie Drive in Goose Creek, to which to which the Goose Creek Fire Department had responded.

The Red Cross provided financial assistance for food and clothing, along with comfort kits, containing personal hygiene items, and referrals to partner organizations to help with the victims’ long-term recovery.

In South Carolina, the American Red Cross, on average, responds to a disaster every four hours. Because of volunteers and financial assistance from the community, the Red Cross was able to help more than 7,100 individuals affected by disasters, the majority of those being home fires, in South Carolina last year.

To help neighbors affected by disasters become a Red Cross volunteer or make a financial contribution to the Red Cross by calling (843) 764-2323 or visiting www.redcross.org/SC.