ROTARY UPDATE: Disaster Aid director shares mission with Rotary Club. Larry Agee, the executive director of Disaster Aid USA, gave a presentation to members of the Leesville Rotary Club that detailed his organization’s mission and outlined some of their successes. Agee described DAI as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity staffed with volunteers from around the world. He has, himself, only just returned from the Philippines where he and a group of volunteers offered aid to those most terribly affected by Typhoon Haiyan. Recently, he said, Disaster Aid has launched a domestic assistance program, providing help during the aftermath Moore, Oklahoma’s devastating tornados, logistics assistance during Hurricane Sandy, and, closer to home, aid with water filtration during Hurricane Isaac in Houma and Thibodaux. Agee explained that the Disaster Aid Response Teams, called DARTs, contained volunteers possessing a wide array of skill sets who were assigned to groups specializing in areas such as chainsaw operation and debris removal, rescue divers, fire and rescue personnel, water filtration, emergency medical personnel, operational logistics, and other important duties critical to handling the aftermath of a variety of different disasters. - News - Leesville Daily Leader - Leesville, LA - Leesville, LA

Disaster Aid director shares mission with Rotary Club - News - Leesville Daily Leader - Leesville, LA - Leesville, LA: "gee added that DAUSA was planning to host a volunteer training session in coming months in the Lake Charles area, the details of which are still being hammered out.
To learn more about this remarkable organization of volunteers and its many affiliates worldwide, visit www.disasteraidusa.com and www.disasteraidinternational.com."



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