Last week, the Red Cross joined forces with iHeartRadio and What’s Trending to kick off our annual Giving Day with an online, celebrity-packed concert. The TUBEATHON was a live streamed …
Month: April 2016
Houston Residents Face Disaster Fatigue After Second Flood in a Year
Lindsay Ellard and her family had just moved back into their house after flood waters had destroyed her home in May of 2015, many of their belongings were still in …
If We Each #Help1Family: Red Cross Giving Day
It’s almost here! April 21 is Giving Day, a 24-hour fundraising campaign supporting the work of the Red Cross as we help people each and every day in need of emergency …
Life in Tanzania Refugee Camps
Refugee camps are realities hard to describe, especially to people who have never been to one. I just spent nearly a month in two of them—the Nyarugusu and Mtendeli refugee …
5 Reasons to Stop, Collaborate and Listen About Fire Safety
The Red Cross responds to nearly 66,000 disasters a year and the vast majority of those are home fires. That’s why we launched our Home Fire Campaign in October, 2014 …
Quiz: What Kind of Giver Are You?
We’re just one week away – Giving Day is April 21! We hope you are as excited as we are to raise awareness for our critical mission and to raise funds to …
From the Archives – Volunteer Extraordinaire, Mabel Boardman
National Volunteer Week is April 10 to 16, 2016. From the Archives salutes Mabel Thorpe Boardman, dedicated volunteer and architect of the modern Red Cross who gave 40 years of her …
Red Cross Reconnects Sisters Separated for 72 Years
Story by Krista Schilling, American Red Cross Regional International Services Program Manager, Seattle, Washington Marta Kruk Lysnewycz was born in Hai, in the Chernigovskaya region of Ukraine in 1926. After surviving Stalin’s …