NASHVILLE, Tenn. - <\/p>\n
A Red Cross volunteer from Middle Tennessee is headed to Washington to help out in the aftermath of a major mudslide. <\/p>\n
The devastating mudslide hit near Seattle in Oso, Washington last month killing more than two dozen people. <\/p>\n
Bert Copeland is a retired registered nurse and has been a volunteer with the Nashville American Red Cross for the past three years. <\/p>\n
\"My heart is telling me I got to go,\" he told News 2. <\/p>\n
Copeland said his role will be to help hundreds of American Red Cross volunteers who are assisting with relief efforts. <\/p>\n
\"My job is staff wellness being [both physical and emotional support],\" explained Copeland, adding, \"For the workers who go on something like this, it is very hard. I mean they are away from their normal meals, their normal housing, their normal everything and sometimes they just got to talk to somebody and I got kind of big shoulders so it works out good.\" <\/p>\n
Copeland said he has helped out during other natural disasters, including volunteering for five weeks in New York and New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. <\/p>\n
For more information on how you can volunteer with the American Red Cross, click here. <\/p>\n
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