The American Red Cross branch in Rochester, N.Y. is reaching out to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to recruit more volunteers, reported 13WHAM. Right now the Red Cross has about 30 such volunteers, but officials want to recruit 20 more. Deaf volunteer Pam Hatch goes out to fires and floods and has helped in Louisiana, working with all hearing people and using an UbiDuo portable wireless device to help communicate. Volunteer Kathy Dollinger-Meyer, also deaf, joined for the challenge. “I wanted to do something different, not just the deaf,” she said. “I wanted to do something in the community.” source
