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Month: April 2016

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Campaign for Disaster Relief, Fun

Hats Off to Celebrity-Packed TUBEATHON Concert

by Greta Gustafson April 29, 2016September 8, 2016

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 …

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Houston Residents Face Disaster Fatigue After Second Flood in a Year

by American Red Cross April 26, 2016April 27, 2016

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 …

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Campaign for Disaster Relief

If We Each #Help1Family: Red Cross Giving Day

by American Red Cross April 20, 2016February 23, 2017

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 …

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International

Life in Tanzania Refugee Camps

by Niki Clark April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

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 …

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Home Fire

5 Reasons to Stop, Collaborate and Listen About Fire Safety

by American Red Cross April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

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 …

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Quiz: What Kind of Giver Are You?

by American Red Cross April 13, 2016

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 …

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History, Leadership, Volunteers

From the Archives – Volunteer Extraordinaire, Mabel Boardman

by Nicholas Lemesh April 11, 2016September 8, 2016

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 …

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International

Red Cross Reconnects Sisters Separated for 72 Years

by Niki Clark April 8, 2016April 8, 2016

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 …

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