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# Community briefs
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/community-briefs-20050617/
- Published: 2005-06-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:15:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The local Red Cross chapter has many volunteer and professional disaster specialists on hand to assist in emergencies. Your local chapter is a part of the nationwide American Red Cross disaster relief system with extensive resources available to provide assistance even after a major earthquake.

The local American Red Cross aid that should be typically up and running shortly after an earthquake occurs are shelters, communication bulletin boards, food service — in conjunction with shelter operations — and mental health counseling. Supplies are usually available for clean-up and light repairs as well as other services.

For more information, call (310) 394-3773, or at www.redcrossofsanta-monica.org, for information on any of the chapter’s services, or to volunteer. A SMASHing good carnival

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 17, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)