Like many others today, we have been watching the rescue of the Chilean miners with bated breath, hopeful for a safe and smooth operation. Meanwhile, our Chilean Red Cross counterparts have been providing much-needed support for the miners and their families these last few months.
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This Sunday will be 10/10/10- a day like any other, but also an occasion to celebrate the sheer amount of activity that happens in one day on earth. The American Red Cross is participating in this video project, in which submissions are taken from across the globe in an attempt to document just how much people’s actions can have an impact in just one day.
Home Fires and You
Did you know…. that the American Red Cross responds to more than 63,000 fires each year? that 65% of home fire deaths happen in homes with no smoke alarms or with smoke alarms that don’t work? that last year, fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined?
Alyssa Milano on Fire Safety
The American Red Cross helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. As a proud member of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet, and as someone who has personally been affected by a home fire, I’d like to encourage everyone to check out these Red Cross Fire Prevention Safety Tips in recognition of October as National Fire Prevention month.
Tornado Safety vs. Flood Safety
Flood, flash flood, and even some tornado warnings have been issued in the last 24 hours for areas ranging from the Carolinas to New England. When you have multiple weather …
Celebrity Support: Get A Red Cross Pin
Red Cross celebrity cabinet member LL Cool J was spotted yesterday on the Lopez Tonight show wearing a Red Cross pin. He was promoting NCIS: LOS ANGELES (Tuesday night at …
Herriman Residents Have an Exercise in Preparedness
Jana Sweeny, Disaster Officer for the American Red Cross, spent time in the Red Cross shelter for residents of Herriman who had to evacuate. Here is her story of one family who took the necessary precautions to be prepared. What would you bring in the event of an evacuation? Are you prepared?
Humanitarian Chic: Red Cross Fashion
As Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week wraps up this week in New York City, we’re taking a look at the evolution of American Red Cross style over the last century.
For My Birthday, I Got a Hurricane
This is a post written by Jackie Mitchell, Director of Marketing and Communications at the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. Jackie was deployed to Cape Cod in advance of …
A War Wound
This account is written by Felecia Chavez, a Red Cross worker currently in Afghanistan.
A week ago Friday found me on the other side of our health care system here in Afghanistan. After thinking that I had a really bad case of food poisoning and hours of unbearable pain my co-worker drove me to the Emergency Room here on Bagram.