While the 2003 Hurricane Season was relatively quite for us here in the Capital Area Chapter, we did recruit and deploy 29 of our Disaster Services Volunteers to various tropical event Disaster Relief Operations throughout the United States.

As we have since 1996 the Disaster Services Office held its End of Hurricane Season Cookout at 5:00PM on the first Saturday of December at the Chapter House in Tallahassee.

Document	Format
A Fanfare To A Common American Red Cross Disaster Services Volunteer	PDF

	Cooks John Hess (left) and Jack Pelham (right) begin preparing the evenings meal at 2:00PM on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon.
	Yes it is COOKING!
	Disaster Services Volunteers begin to gather in the Chapter House parking.
	The meal is almost ready.
	Jack Pelham begins to serve dinner to the one of the 73 Disaster Services Volunteers and their family members who attended the cookout.
	Come and get it!
	The "End Of Hurricane Season Cake" ready to be eaten.
	The Ryders - Son and Father - help themselves.
	Because of the very cold windy day and evening it was decided that everyone should eat inside the Chapter House instead of the parking lot. To accomplish this Disaster Services Volunteers and their families used every space in the Chapter House to eat.
	Wall To Wall.
	Cheek To Cheek!
	Jean McCarter helps serve slices of the "End Of Hurricane Season Cake".
	Good Food!
	Great Fellowship!
	More Cake!
	And Lots Of Happy People!
	Everyone gathers for the presentation of A Fanfare To A Common American Red Cross Disaster Services Volunteer.
	Cort Edwards recites The Night Before Christmas - American Red Cross Stile.
	All that is left is to clean-up the mess.