When mission calls, Stephanie Carter answers
By Peter de Paolo - Red Cross volunteer writer “I’ve been waiting to do this for 19 years, and now, here I am. I’m able to deploy whenever there’s a need.” For Maine-based American Red Cross volunteer, Stephanie Carter, the second half of 2024 has been very busy. Starting in June, with a deployment to New Mexico to aid victims of the wildfires that raged through that state, she went onto assignments in Vermont (flooding), Louisiana (hurricane), Southern California (fires), and finally, Asheville, North Carolina, where she helped coordinate staff services in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Even after returning home from her last two deployments, she worked virtually for several days to tend to paperwork related to those events. She readily admits, “After all that, I needed a break.” Taking a break these days means spending time at her cabin in the Maine woods, tending to her animals and renovating a mobile home in Augusta. Three years ago, she and her husband bought their place sight ...
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