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MRC Update From the Program Office: October 5, 2005

Dear MRC leaders, volunteers, and others interested in the MRC program,

Please see the new "stories" page we have just included on the MRC Web site: http://medicalreservecorps.gov/Response/Hurricane/VolunteerStories.

Many MRC volunteers will find that they are just starting to process their experiences, and that part of that process is to tell their stories. For many of our volunteers, immersing themselves in the lives of those they served was an educational and transforming experience. We would like to share many stories from MRC volunteers about the connections they made while participating in the Hurricane Response efforts as Medical Reserve Corps volunteers.

If you, or other MRC members, have volunteered in response to the devastating Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, whether through national deployment or in your local area, the MRC Program Office would like to know about your experiences and share them with others. Through the practice of sharing information, we can better understand the role that MRC units and volunteers are playing in relief efforts across the country, learn lessons through each others' experiences, and promote the power of what one person, or one MRC, who donates their skill and time can achieve when reaching out to help those in need.

To tell your story, please e-mail MRCcontact@hhs.gov with your name, the MRC unit of which you are a member, contact information, an account of the activities you participated in as an MRC volunteer, and any pictures of the events that you have. We are interested in stories about local activities (i.e., evacuee assistance, preparedness drills, and backfill for hospitals and clinics), as well as those from volunteers who deployed to assist in the affected areas.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Rob

CDR Rob Tosatto
Director, Medical Reserve Corps Program
Office of the Surgeon General

Last Updated on 8/14/2006