We just had to chime in... sorry this is in the form of a story...
In 2006 we went to help rebuild in the Gulf of Mississippi after
Katrina. We had only a dream of an EVC back then. We travelled from NY
with a 35 person team, 5 different vehicles, including a 12 seat
passenger van that belonged to a friend. That friend and I and our
youngest children spent our time serving the construction teams onsite
meals, snacks.
When we returned we found out that this is a typical Red Cross
function, they take re-done ambulances, retro-fitted with cooking gear
named 'emergency response vehicles' or ERV's and deliver meals and
water to disaster sites. SOOOOO, we decided if we ever bought a cool
EVC (which we did, everything about it is cool, but the fridge)we
would name it the mini-emergency response vehicle or the MERV -
everyone we know, including our kids, only knows the VW party wagon as
one thing... a MERV!
