Evacuteer.org raises $8,300 at benefit and hosts successful summit

NEW ORLEANS-

On Thursday June 17, 2010 evacuteer.org raised $8,300 at its Hello Hurricane Season benefit presented by AT&T. City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, AT&T Regional Director Leo Marsh and evacuteer.org executive director Robert X. Fogarty spoke about the improvement in emergency preparedness and the need to invest in social innovation organizations like evacuteer.org.

On Saturday June 19, 2010 evacuteer.org hosted its first ever “Hello, Hurricane Season Summit,” which brought together all of the organization’s 25 partner organizations and independent evacuteers. The keynote panel included Deputy Mayor Colonel Jerry Sneed, Chief of Fire Charles Parent, Superintendent of Police Ronal Serpas, and special operations director for EMS, Jacob Oberman.