Change of duty...

Hello all!

So, as of 5pm yesterday (when the 2-1-1 call center here in Columbus closes and the calls get routed up to Indianapolis), Tracy and I have been at the disposal of the Volunteer Action Center. We've been answering calls (our specialty) from people calling looking either to volunteer or from people in the flood affected areas looking for people to help them with the damage. Then we match people looking for help with the people looking to help.

Then last night we were charged with a project... find 200-250 to meet at the high school... this morning at 9am... for an orientation session then going out canvassing door to door in the flood affected areas to see who needs help and what their needs are, to make sure nobody falls through the cracks just because they haven't come across our number to call in to request help themselves. As of 9pm last night we had reached about 90 people... plus some local churches were sending groups of their own there... so hopefully we'll reach the number we need.

And now we're back in this morning at 7am... waiting on coffee and donuts... ready for the next wave of people to come in, now that it's Saturday and people won't have to request work off to come help. I hope we find something for everyone looking for work to do... it's so kind and generous of these people to give of their time and energy to come help!! I know it's pretty much impossible to match absolutely everyone to a volunteer post... some skill sets needed and time availabilities just make that impossible... but we're going to do our best to utilize as many of these wonderful people as we can. We wouldn't be able to do this without our amazing volunteers.

Oh, and I know all of you were very worried about this... but I did catch Battlestar last night. It was a really good one... very exciting. When I get back I may have to rewatch it... but until then, who is the fifth? What role will they play? And now we have to wait until the second half of the season. I hate when they do that. Sigh.

~Theresa