Volunteer hot line overwhelmed: needs to pull the plug
Published: September 9, 2005
The city of Greenville says it is temporarily suspending its Hurricane Katrina volunteer hot line.
In a press release, officials said more than 8,000 calls have come in since Tuesday, overwhelming any chance of returning the calls.
“We will temporarily suspend our call for volunteers to allow us time to accurately assess the needs of our guests at the Palmetto Expo Center and to effectively apply the appropriate resources to meet those needs,” the release said.
“We will also focus our efforts on returning all of the messages we received and will continue to compile and sort our now extensive database of volunteers and human resources,” it said.
Donations will still be accepted at County Square through Friday at 5 p.m., and after Friday, people can drop off donations at any Greenville County BI-LO store.
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