The display for the month of March at the Amador County Library in Jackson features the work of the county's American Red Cross workers and urges interested Amadorians to join the volunteer cadre.

For more than a hundred years, county residents have served their neighbors through American Red Cross programs. The library display highlights current Disaster Assistance Team members responding to single house fires and opening shelters during larger disasters. The Red Cross helps victims of house fires by providing emergency funds for food, clothing and up to three days' lodging. In the past couple of years, volunteers set up temporary centers for evacuees of flooding of the Cosumnes River and at Pine Grove for people displaced by the Electra Fire in Mokelumne River Canyon. This year's priority is to train a pool of volunteers who can be on stand-by to staff shelters in the event of a large wildfire or other major disaster. Red Cross also conducts emergency preparedness campaigns and coordinates activities with fire departments and law enforcement. The local team supports the sheriff's department's Search and Rescue Team. Local vendors are contacted for donations of food and supplies, and various facilities are surveyed for use as shelters.

"Volunteering with the Red Cross is a gratifying way to answer President Obama's call for Americans to serve their community," said Red Cross county official Sherman Reinius. "Whether you enjoy serving on the front lines, or prefer working behind the scenes, we can use your help. We hope this display will prompt people to call and join this valuable effort."

Anyone interested in learning more about becoming an American Red Cross volunteer should call Reinius at 295-2116.

The exhibit will be on display throughout March at the library, 530 Sutter St., Jackson. Red Cross volunteers will be on hand Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. to provide information.