Preliminary reports from Haiti is that the American Red Cross office in Haiti has been destroyed and 9 mobile staff members are unaccounted for.  American Red Cross teams are mobilizing in Dominican Republic and Haiti to aid in the relief effort. The American Red Cross has designated 1 million dollars in funds from their International Disaster  Relief Fund.  The International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crecent is appealing for an intial 5 million dollars in disaster relief funds for Haiti.

Anacortes - The American Red Cross has deployed 6 more disaster managers to Haiti to support the 15 managers on the ground already. The Red Cross Disaster supply warehouses in Panama have been engaged in sending materials to the region.  The Red Cross pledged $200,000 immediatly after the earthquake and has now raised that to 1 million dollars in relief.

Sometime over the weekend three Red Cross Vehicles were vandalized leaving the Red Cross with no response vehicles. 

The Anacortes/San Juan Islands Red Cross responds to a structure fire in Anacortes on Monday, Mar. 2. Three adults and one child were left homeless after an electrical fire filled there house with smoke and damged all the contents of the house.