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6/15/08: IOWA FLOOD - Emergency Volunteers NeededVOLUNTEERS NEEDED WEEK OF JUNE 16 TO (POSSIBLY) WEEK OF JUNE 23, 2008KINSHIP CIRCLE is working with Iowa Dept. of Agriculture Veterinary Response Coordinator, Mark Shearer, and Iowa State
Veterinarian David Schmitt. We’ve been asked to coordinate out-of-state volunteers at counties where flooding has occurred or is
anticipated. Anyone who deploys must be able to move between staging areas.
TO VOLUNTEER: 1. RESPOND TO: kinshipcircle@accessus.net -OR- pawsitivedirections@yahoo.com (NOT BOTH) YOUR NAME:
PHONE NUMBER (cell you’ll have with you): FULL PHYSICAL ADDRESS: BRIEF, COUPLE SENTENCES RE: YOUR ANIMAL DISASTER AID EXPERIENCE: DATES YOU CAN BE IN IOWA NEXT WEEK: 2. YOU MUST CONTACT ON-GROUND ORGANIZER IN IOWA, LISTED BELOW, BEFORE SHOWING UP. ONLY CONTACT THEM WHEN YOUR ARRIVAL DATE IS FIRM. They can help you with directions to staging area.
3. PRINT OUT CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS IN THIS ALERT. Have them with you in Iowa and be prepared to “float” from site to site. They are fairly close and emergencies are expected
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1. VOLUNTEER NOW: Johnson County Fairgrounds
• Staging area for evacuated Iowa City Shelter animals + flood rescues/drop-offs
• Could need volunteers up to 3 WEEKS from today (6/15), depending upon floods. PHYSICAL ADDRESS: Johnson County Fairgrounds • 4265 Oakcrest Hill Road • Iowa City, Iowa 52246
VOLUNTEERS: • Indoor area to sleep + cooking facility at Johnson County Fairgrounds.
• Recommended bring sleeping bags or pads (they might get cots). • Can bring a tent, but not mandatory. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS AIRPORT: CONTACT MISHA GOODMAN to find alternate routes to road closures: 319-621-3274
COMING FROM NORTH From Cedar Rapids airport, get on Hwy 380 south 380 just south of I-80 turns into Hwy 218 Exit on Riverside Drive (rt) and will be traveling north Johnson County Fairgrounds is 1/4 mile on left side of road COMING FROM WEST Take I-80 to Hwy 218 Exit on Riverside Drive (rt) and will be traveling north Johnson County Fairgrounds is 1/4 mile on left side of road COMING FROM EAST I-80 between Iowa City and Tipton is washed over VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN BE IN IOWA WEEK OF JUNE 16: CONTACT MISHA GOODMAN + REPORT TO FAIRGROUNDS: 319-621-3274
DROP-OFF: Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds, BARN #1
Contact Misha Goodman, if you intend to deliver supplies: 319-621-3274 MAIL: Johnson County Agricultural Association 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road SE; Iowa City, IA 52246 MARK PACKAGE: Iowa City Animal Shelter, Misha Goodman SEND MONETARY DONATIONS TO: DONATE ONLINE OR BY MAIL: www.facf.org/support/
Friends of the Animal Center Foundation (Support group for Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center) PO Box 1345; Iowa City, Iowa 52244 ph: 319-887-6083; email: info@facf.org 2. VOLUNTEER: Washington, Iowa Staging Area GROUND CONTACT IS AMBER TALBOTT: 319-461-9708, 319-653-6713 • DO NOT CONTACT HER YET. Bring her phone numbers with you to Iowa.
• She is setting up a staging area at WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS • ANTICIPATED: Overflow of animals from Columbus Junction (18 miles east of Washington), where a levee broke. • ANTICIPATED: Animals from Oakville (44 miles east of Washington) and Fredonia. • Columbus Junction, Oakville and Fredonia have been evacuated. Latter two towns are only accessible by boat and under National Guard protection. We have conflicting reports that evacuees were ordered to release animals. WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS 30 MILES SOUTH OF IOWA CITY (#1 in this alert): • Be prepared to MOVE from staging area in Johnson County to Washington County Fairgrounds.
• Have a working cell phone with you. PHYSICAL ADDRESS FOR VOLUNTEERS WHEN/IF STAGING AREA IS OFFICIAL: PAWS & More Animal Shelter
1004 1/2 West Madison Street; Washington, Iowa 52353 DRIVING DIRECTIONS: www.pawsandmore.petfinder.com VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN BE IN IOWA WEEK OF JUNE 16: • CONTACT MISHA GOODMAN + REPORT TO JOHNSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS: 319-621-3274
• ON STANDBY TO MOVE TO WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS: AMBER TALBOTT, 319-461-9708
3. VOLUNTEER: Lee County Fairgrounds PRE-STAGING AREA IN DONNELLSON, IOWA — WHERE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST:
Hwy. 218, Lee County Fairgrounds
(North edge of Donnellson, Iowa, on Highway 218) City: Fort Madison, Iowa www.leecountyfairiowa.com 4. Possible Volunteers Needed Week Of June 23 KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, EQUINE CENTER: • Overflow staging area for CEDAR RAPIDS ANIMAL CONTROL
• UAN/EARS and HSUS are already here. DO NOT NEED VOLUNTEERS WEEK OF 6/17. • May need volunteers following WEEK OF JUNE 23. • I am in touch with head coordinator there and will keep you posted. PHYSICAL ADDRESS + ADDRESS FOR MONETARY DONATIONS: Kirkwood Foundation
C/O Friends Of Cedar Rapids Shelters 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW; Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406 www.iowaequestrian.com/directions From I-380, take Exit 13 and go East to Kirkwood Blvd. Then turn left and go North until 76th Ave. and turn right. 5. NEWS: Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter Evacuated
At this time, cats were brought by boat to a raised piece of road where trucks waited to take them the rest of the way through a
channel of water crossing the road. From there they were put in a stock trailer and transported to KCC who had offered their beef
cattle barn as a make-shift shelter.
Next came the small dogs. With 27 big dogs left to bring out, the fire department decided that the water crossing the road was too deep for animal control trucks to drive through safely. Hearts sank with the fear that animals would be left behind, but...CRFD and CRAS staff new it was time to get creative. The rest of the dogs were boated out through a neighboring farm field that was now part of the river. It was slow going even with 3 boats operating non-stop as the larger dogs had to be brought out virtually one by one so as not to cause an incident between two animals... 6. NEWS: Indiana Flood Dogs “Pour” Into Wisconsin     Indiana flood survivors arrive at Wisconsin Humane Society for baths, kisses and comfort. WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY - DOGS FROM FLOODED AREAS IN INDIANA: www.wihumane.org/news/default.aspx
Forty canine flood victims arrived this week at the Wisconsin Humane Society from areas in Indiana. Due to heavy storms, Indiana shelters have been inundated with victims displaced by the flooding. Some shelters are surrounded by flooded streets that have become impassable, as well. ADOPTIONS: Like all the dogs at WHS, the puppies will be vaccinated, microchipped and sterilized... As soon as they are ready, they will be featured on our adoptable dogs web page: www.wihumane.org/animals/dogs.aspx
7. NEWS: Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter Evacuated UPDATE - 6/14/08, INDIANA FLOODS: www.mchumanesoc.org — Monetary donations are needed for veterinary costs, medication, and grooming of animals that are displaced due to Indiana flooding.
DONATE TO MORGAN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: ONLINE: www.mchumanesoc.org
BY MAIL: Morgan County Humane Society • 690 West Mitchell Ave.; Martinsville, IN 46151
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