Local volunteers started packing food and other supplies Wednesday morning for their trip. One volunteer is making the trip with her husband, and says her job is to provide comfort and a sense of security.

"They are traumatized, they don't know what to do next, and if you can give them a kind word and tell them you're there to help them you make them feel good and it also makes you feel good,” said volunteer Judy Malpass.

To learn more about contributing to the Red Cross relief effort, call 800-Red-Cross.