Updated
Updated · WMUR Manchester · Jul 9
Peter Basiliere Heads 3-Week Red Cross Food Mission in Typhoon-Hit Guam
Updated
Updated · WMUR Manchester · Jul 9

Peter Basiliere Heads 3-Week Red Cross Food Mission in Typhoon-Hit Guam

1 articles · Updated · WMUR Manchester · Jul 9

Summary

  • Peter Basiliere of Milford, New Hampshire, is traveling to Guam to serve as a Red Cross feeding supervisor for three weeks after a super typhoon struck the island.
  • In that role, Basiliere will oversee teams providing meals in shelters and delivering food through neighborhoods as the Red Cross expands relief operations.
  • The aid effort also includes damage assessments, shelter support and outreach to communities hit by one of the strongest storms ever to strike the region.
  • Basiliere has volunteered with the Red Cross for four years, joining a broader recovery push as Guam moves from emergency response toward sustained relief.

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