The following Red Cross volunteers are heading to Joplin tomorrow, May 26th.

· Buzz Cunningham of Metamora is heading to Joplin to work in Disaster Public Affairs.

· Leah Laxton of East Peoria is heading to Joplin to work as a Client Casework supervisor. Leah has been very busy this spring. She deployed to Texas for the wildfire response in April and then transferred directly from Texas to Alabama for the tornado response.

· Karen Huber of Peoria is heading to Joplin to work in Client Casework. Karen has also been quite busy this spring. She deployed to Mississippi for tornado relief in late April.

Buzz, Leah and Karen will join one other local volunteer:

· Milo Streitmatter of Toulon who is in Joplin, MO. Milo is working as a Logistics chief.