The American Red Cross, Santa Barbara County Chapter is sending seven disaster volunteers to help with the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Effort in American Samoa.
At 2 p.m. Wednesday, the volunteers attended a briefing at Red Cross headquarters in Santa Barbara.
The volunteers being deployed are:
» Blanche Tobin of Santa Barbara
» Lani Gilbert of the Santa Ynez Valley
» Karyn Boenker of Santa Barbara
» Ken Warkentin of the Santa Ynez Valley
» David Ross of Santa Barbara
» Robin Houde of Santa Barbara
» Erick Sklar of Santa Barbara
— Marjorie Wass is a publicist.