Disaster Assistance Information Update from American Red Cross

Teams of Red Cross volunteers will distribute clean-up kits and other items in American Red Cross trucks on routes covering the areas of need. Volunteers in trucks will distribute items on certain days in these specified routes. These routes replace the fixed distribution sites that were established in the area.

The mobile distribution routes will cover the following areas:
Inner City New Orleans
Lakeview
New Orleans East
Upper 9th Ward
Lower 9th Ward
Plaquemines Parish
St. Bernard Parish

The route boundaries by day of distribution are as follows:

Region 1 -Tuesday
Northern boundry – Florida Ave.
Western boundry - the Orleans/Jefferson Parish line
Southern boundry – St. Charles Ave.
Eastern boundry – S. Carrollton to Claibourne down to Jefferson

Region 2 – Wednesday
Northern boundry – Florida Ave.
Western boundry - S. Carrollton Ave.
Southern boundry - S. Claibourne Ave.
Eastern boundry - Broad Ave. to I-10 to S. Claiborne Ave.

Region 3 – Thursday
Northern boundry – Gentilly Blvd/Chef Mentour
Western boundry - Broad Ave. to I-10 to S. Claibourne Ave. down to Louisiana Ave.
Southern boundry – St. Charles Ave.
Eastern boundry - Inner Harbor Canal down to Florida Ave. to Franklin/Almonaster to St. Claude/N. Rampart to I-10 to Magazine

Region 4 – Friday
Northern boundry – Lake Ponchartrain
Western boundry - the Orleans /Jefferson Parish line
Southern boundry - Florida Ave. to Gentilly Blvd/Chef Mentour
Eastern boundry - Inner Harbor Canal

Region 5 – Saturday
Northern boundry – Lake Ponchartrain
Western boundry - Jourdan Road
Southern boundry – Intracoastal Waterway
Eastern boundry - Paris Road
(includes Vietnamese Community)

Region 6 – Sunday
Northern boundry – Florida Ave.
Western boundry - Franklin/Almonaster Ave.
Southern boundry – Mississippi River
Eastern boundry - Paris Road and
Plaquemines Parish