Pfeiffer_001 September 12, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Raymond McGee, age 13, is staying with his family in a shelter after evacuating from his hometown on the coast. Soon after arriving at the shelter, Raymond offered to help the Red Cross volunteers serve food, bring in boxes of supplies and do anything else he could to help out.
P013 September 12, 2008 --- San Antonio, TX. Raymond McGee, age 13, helps the Red Cross volunteers serve lunch at the shelter where he is staying.
P011 September 12, 2008 --- San Antonio, TX. Red Cross worker Margaret Sanner helps serve lunch to the over 500 evacuees waiting out Hurricane Ike in shelter number 3
P008-- September 12, 2008 --- San Antonio, TX. Red Cross volunteer Maxine Ingram serves lunch in the shelter cafeteria.
007 September 12, 2008 --- San Antonio, TX. Frank Hernandez and his daugher Karley, 11 months, left their town, a likely target of Hurricane Ike, and are staying in a shelter
P006 September 12, 2008. San Antonio, Texas. Red Cross volunteer Gary Briske from Hudson, Wisconsin, helps unload a truck of food supplies.
Beaumont917_003. September 17, 2008. Silsbee, Texas -- The Red Cross sets up a mobile feeding station (Spirit of America) in a large empty parking lot in this small town 30 minutes north of Beaumont. AmeriCorps and Red Cross volunteers distribute heater meals and freshly made sandwiches.Here, AmeriCorps volunteer Keegan Gibson of Carlisle, Penn., helps unload heater meals from a trailer. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_005. September 17, 2008. Silsbee, Texas -- Red Cross volunteer Juanita Pardue hands some heater meals to a client driving up in her car. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_013. September 17, 2008. Silsbee, Texas -- Angela Medlock of Lubbock, Texas, cooks up a vat of jambalaya in the Spirit of America mobile kitchen. Behind her in the green T-shirt is AmeriCorps volunteer Brandy Carpenter. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_014. September 17, 2008. Beaumont, Texas – The Red Cross sets up a mobile kitchen at the Westgate Baptist Church with help from the Southern Baptists. Red Cross ERV drivers picked up hot meals from the kitchen and distributed them to local neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Ike. In this photo, Red Cross volunteer Elizabeth Rossi works with the Southern Baptists to make a large batch of chili. Behind her are Red Cross volunteer Pam Smith (in green hat) and Southern Baptist volunteer Louise Adams. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_021. September 17, 2008. Beaumont, Texas – The Red Cross sets up a mobile kitchen at the Westgate Baptist Church with help from the Southern Baptists. Red Cross ERV drivers picked up hot meals from the kitchen and distributed them to local neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Ike. This is a portrait of ERV driver Anne Soeder. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_025. September 17, 2008. Beaumont, Texas. Red Cross volunteers clean up their ERV after serving over 500 dinners. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_027. September 17, 2008. AmeriCorps volunteer Keegan Gibson and Red Cross volunteer David West (white T-shirt) make sandwiches behind the Spirit of America trailer in Silsbee, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_029. September 17, 2008. Beaumont, Texas. Portrait of Red Cross volunteer and ERV driver Mary Reed-Baugh. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_033. September 17, 2008. Red Cross volunteers Jason Riggs, Corina Hamlin (in Red Cross vest) and Alisia Alexander load up an ERV for dinner. In the background with yellow T-shirt is Arnie Schering from the Southern Baptist Convention.
Beaumont917_035. September 17, 2008. An ERV parked at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Beaumont, Texas, delivering dinner. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_038. September 17, 2008. A Red Cross volunteer hands dinner out to Rita Smiley. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_041. September 17, 2008. Red Cross volunteer Corina Hamlin hands out dinner to Rita Smiley (black baseball cap and turquoise shirt). Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_047. September 17, 2008. Red Cross volunteer Corina Hamlin delivers dinner from her ERV to residents of Beaumont, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Beaumont917_048. September 17, 2008. Red Cross volunteer Corina Hamlin hands out dinner to some of the Texas National Guard troops who helped them serve dinner and provided security for their ERV. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Sanantonio_day2_001. September 13, 2008. Sharon Schulz, a Red Cross volunteer from the San Antonio chapter, has been volunteering for the Red Cross for 18 years. She is talking to Maria Manriquez, who is holding her baby Luis, age 3 months. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Sanantonio_day2_003. September 13, 2008. Sharon Schulz, a Red Cross volunteer from the San Antonio chapter, has been volunteering for the Red Cross for 18 years. She is talking to Maria Manriquez, who is holding her baby Luis, age 3 months. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Sanantonio_day2_006. September 13, 2008. Fernando Baltazar and his extended family left Houston on the morning of September 12 and made their way, for nine long hours, to the shelter at Building 1536 at Port San Antonio (formerly Kelly Air Force Base). Baltazar is with his daughter Estefanie, age 3, while Eriberta Cecilio holds Jocelyn Marco, age 2 months. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross.
Sanantonio_day2_007. September 13, 2008. Fernando Baltazar holds daughter Estefanie, age 3. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Sanantonio_day2_008. September 13, 2008. Fernando Baltazar is exhausted after a long day of travel from Houston to escape Hurricane Ike. Behind him is Guadelupe Marco, age 8, giving a bottle to her little sister Jocelyn, age 2 months. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_040. September 16, 2008. Red Cross damage assessment volunteer Mike Rohler of Brookstone, Indiana, talks with homeowner Jason Montegut as he tours a Hurricane Ike- ravaged neighborhood in Clear Lake Shores, Texas. With him is Red Cross volunteer Pat Van Houte of Pasadena, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_044. September 16, 2008. Red Cross damage assessment volunteer Mike Rohler of Brookstone, Indiana, tours a Hurricane Ike- ravaged neighborhood in Clear Lake Shores, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_054. September 16, 2008. Red Cross volunteer Fernando Martinez tours hurricane-ravaged Galveston, Texas. He is talking with resident Johnny Morales, age 73, who is standing in front of his neighbor’s house. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_059. September 16, 2008. Galveston resident Frederika Kotin lost her home to a fire caused by Hurricane Ike. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_059a . September 16, 2008. Galveston resident Frederika Kotin is distraught over the loss of her home, which burned down in a fire caused by Hurricane Ike. Kotin gets a hug from Red Cross worker Margaret Sanner (of Salem, OR). In the background is Kotin’s friend Ariana O’Neill. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Drenner_062. September 16, 2008. Photo of Red Cross volunteer Fernando Martinez. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_002. September 18, 2008. Baytown, Texas. A mobile kitchen jointly run by the Red Cross and Southern Baptist Convention is set up in a strip mall parking lot. Clients received meals in a drive-through setup while ERVs went into surrounding neighborhoods. Red Cross volunteer Jeff O’Reilly works at the feeding kitchen with other Red Cross and South Baptist volunteers. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_004. September 18, 2008. Baytown, Texas. Red Cross volunteer Sue Proper hands a meal to Marielda Elerma. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_005. September 18, 2008. Baytown,Texas. Red Cross volunteer Elizabeth Pleasants hands a meal to Mia Gonzales of Baytown. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_007. September 18, 2008. Baytown, Texas. Sue Proper waves to Garrett McLane, age 2, at a drive-through feeding station. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_008. September 18, 2008. Baytown, Texas. Portrait of ERV driver Max Oliver of Portland, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_048. September 18, 2008. ERV driver Max Oliver loads his ERV in preparation for the next day’s route. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_011. September 18, 2008. Scenes from an ERV route through a devastated area of Baytown, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_012. September 18, 2008. Scenes from an ERV route through a devastated area of Baytown, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_015. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington hands a meal to Robert Ford. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_016. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington hands a treat to Kaleb Blackburn, age 4. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytwon_020. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington hands a treat to Louis Muñoz, age 9. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_021. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington, a Red Cross volunteer, with Ruth Conners, a Southern Baptist volunteer. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_027. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington hands a meal to Cornelio Cortez (black t-shirt) and Jenna Calderon, age 10. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_036. September 18, 2008. A damaged house in Baytown, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_038. September 18, 2008. ERV crew member Ernesto Carrington rights an American flag he saw hanging low along his route. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_040. September 18, 2008. ERV driver Max Oliver drives through a neighborhood in Baytown, Texas ravaged by Hurricane Ike. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_041. September 18, 2008. Scene from ERV route in Baytown, Texas. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_045. September 18, 2008. ERV driver Max Oliver loads his ERV in preparation for the next day’s route. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
Baytown_047. September 18, 2008. ERV driver Max Oliver loads his ERV in preparation for the next day’s route. Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross
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