Tampa, Florida – For Peter Warchal, this is only his second assignment as a Disaster Mental Health volunteer for the American Red Cross but the Reading, PA native is happy to be called upon for service.

Peter is a licensed professional counselor and spent the last 35 years as a high school guidance counselor. He always tried to instill community involvement and volunteering with his students. But it was more than just speaking the words, Peter wanted to be a role model. So when his daughter married a member of the military special forces, he and his wife, Judy, were drawn to the American Red Cross Service to Armed Forces program. It was that interest that led the both of them to put their professional training to help disaster victims .