Louisiana Flooding: Volunteers Unite to Help Flood Victims

Louisiana Flooding: Volunteers Unite to Help Flood Victims and show love and compassion to strangers in Louisiana and neighboring communities.

The generosity and all the selfless acts of kindness have restored my faith in humanity.

Rescue mission and picture by Josh Patterson (Cajun Navy)

Over the past few days, I have witnessed the power of social media. I have seen social media used to get information back and forth to save people from the raging floodwaters, and how one Facebook posts can turn into hundreds of individuals bringing water, food, and other necessities to shelters for evacuees.

The people of Louisiana always come together when a disaster threatens their community.

The proof of this can be seen plastered all over social media and television, showing all the heroic men and women that are selflessly volunteering their time and placing themselves in dangerous floodwaters to save people they have never met.

The only thing these brave heroes want in return is the peace of mind knowing they saved someone.

Picture via Deborah Burst – The Celtic Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The government is looking for organizations that can send large groups to volunteer by the masses.  http://www.volunteerlouisiana.gove 

There’s one group in particular that I follow that has placed their lives on hold to save thousands of stranded people from the deadly flood waters, that group calls themselves “The Cajun Navy.”

These brave people have banded together using their personal boats and money. When members of this group heard about people needing rescuing, they didn’t think twice about jumping into their vehicles with their boats in tow traveling for many miles and waiting countless hours to get approval to launch into the murky waters.

Picture by Clifford Fanguy Jr. (Cajun Navy)

I would personally like to say “thank you” to everyone that has been rescuing people from the floodwaters and all the individuals that have been coordinating rescue missions, volunteering at evacuee shelters, collecting donations, donating items or money, feeding people, and those that have been praying for Louisiana!

Please continue to pray for Louisiana and the families that have lost loved ones. Also for the first responders and all the individuals going out on rescue missions.

There are people still needing rescuing from the floodwaters, and some areas, water is still rising.

I am confident with all the abundance of help the great people of Southeast Louisiana are receiving; they will pull out of this catastrophic stronger than ever!!

If you would like to help the flood victims of Louisiana, you can text LAFLOODS to 90999 Red Cross will automatically deduct $10.

Stay safe!

Kim – Proud to call Louisiana my home!

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