A Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle assists survivors of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.In May 2005 the Overseas Club, which consists of women volunteers who served abroad during World War II and the Korean War as members of the Canadian Red Cross Corps, met for their last formal gathering. Between 1945 and 1947 a delegation of 58 Corps volunteers escorted nearly 45,000 war brides and their 21,000 children on their trans-Atlantic journey to Canada. This was the largest mass migration of women and children in Canadian history.
In August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the US Gulf Coast and forced the mandatory evacuation of the City of New Orleans. A state of emergency was declared in selected regions of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. After watching the devastation unfold on TV, Canadians responded generously. The Canadian Red Cross responded by sending volunteers to assist the American Red Cross in managing 270 shelters and delivering some 500,000 hot meals each day.
A Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle assists survivors of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.