Santa Claus is an Auxiliarist and he\'s going to work for FEMA
Auxiliarist Santa Claus, yes his name is legally Santa Claus, of Flotilla 11-01 of the Eleventh Auxiliary Coast Guard District in North Lake Tahoe, NV, has answered FEMA\'s request of the Auxiliary and will become a FEMA Disaster Assistant.
Contact: Aux. Wayne Spivak
Chief - External Communications
Public Affairs Department
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
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516-353-9155
Media@auxpa.org
Santa Claus is an Auxiliarist and he's going to work for FEMA
/24-7PressRelease/ - BELLMORE, NY, September 25, 2005 - Auxiliarist Santa Claus, yes his name is legally Santa Claus, of Flotilla 11-01 of the Eleventh Auxiliary Coast Guard District in North Lake Tahoe, NV, has answered FEMA's request of the Auxiliary and will become a FEMA Disaster Assistant.
Auxiliarist Claus from North Lake Tahoe, NV has been a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary for just under six months. "FEMA has requested CG Auxiliary members volunteer to act as paid Disaster Assistance employees", said Claus.
Claus has a remarkable background, as a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) of Washoe County Sheriff, NV and the Citizens Homeland Security Council Member, Washoe County Sheriff, NV.
Previous affiliations run the gamut of emergency services, including a stint as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Police Commissioner, New York City (NYPD).
Auxiliarist Claus is also an ordained Priest in the United Catholic Church. Asked what he really wanted to do, while working for FEMA, he answered, "Hope I'm able to comfort some of the orphaned, abandoned, separated, and injured children too."
Auxiliarist Santa Claus is just one of many Auxiliarists nationwide that have volunteered to either work directly for the Coast Guard as Auxiliarists (Auxiliarists are volunteers and are not paid) or to work for FEMA as a paid Disaster Assistance Employee.
Last year, in response to the multiple hurricanes that hit Florida, FEMA requested the Coast Guard Auxiliary put a call out to its members to also serve as Disaster Assistance Employees.
Santa Claus is just one of over 32,000 men and women who bring a diversity of experience to the Coast Guard, and this nation that is just priceless. Each Auxiliarist donates not only their time, but their money, and in some cases their boats, their aircraft and their radios; all to be a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Picture available at http://www.auxpa.org/releases/community/Santa2.jpg
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is composed of uniformed, non-military volunteer's who assist the Coast Guard in all of its varied missions, except for military and direct law enforcement. These men and women can be found on the nation's waterways, in the air, in classrooms and on the dock, performing Maritime Domain Awareness patrols, safety patrols, vessel safety checks and public education.
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary was founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and re-designated as the Auxiliary in 1941. Its 31,000 members donate millions of hours annually in support of Coast Guard missions.
The release is available at: http://www.auxpa.org/releases/community/092305.html
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Wayne Spivak
US Coast Guard Auxiliary
Chief, External Communications
2711 Bellmore Avenue
Bellmore, NY
USA 117104319
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