TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) Relief from Debby is on the way to Florida, all the way from the Glass City. A local Red Cross volunteer is gearing up to head out and help.

The Red Cross is deploying more than200 volunteers from around the country to help people ravished by tropical storm Debby. Frances Amison is the only person from Toledo heading down to help.

Amison will spend two weeks in Tampa serving as a staff services volunteer. She will find shelter, transportation, and make sure the needs of other volunteers areaddressed.

Tropical storm Debby has been pounding Florida for the past four days. Officials from the Red Cross said they are proud to send one of their own to give comfort and support during such a tough time.

“I’m very proud in the sense, that we’re always able to send people from Toledo, Ohio, and northwest Ohio to do these things.But, by the same token, this is what we do. We continuously send volunteers out throughout the nation in response and doing things like this. We’ve responded for a long, long time, and we will continue to respond,” said Gary Loboschefski with the American Red Cross.

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