Roger Lowe, senior vice president of communications for the American Red Cross, participated in Red Cross efforts to prepare military families for emergencies earlier this month in Grafenwoehr, Germany. This was one of six family emergency preparedness events the Red Cross is doing this year with military families.
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From WWI era photographs to cutting edge SMS alert projects; from fire tornadoes to Swedish folk music, here’s what we’re checking out online today.
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.
Jalen Visits Red Cross SAF Call Center
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to visit the Red Cross SAF Call Center. SAF stands for “Service to the Armed Forces,” and the SAF Call Center is a place where the soldiers and their families can call the Red Cross for various kinds of assistance
Impressions from Afghanistan
Below is a collection of photos and blurbs written by Sybilla Green Dorros, an Assistant Station Manager Reserve with Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces. Sybilla was recently deployed to Afghanistan, at the Red Cross station in Bagram Air Field. She works to bring some comfort to the service members and also connect soldiers with their families during emergencies.
Radio: Service to Armed Forces explained
Service to Armed Forces explained.
Happy 5th Birthday YouTube
YouTube is celebrating their 5th birthday today. For us at the American Red Cross the site has served as a quick and effective way for us to speak with you in times of emergency, to teach you CPR, to make you laugh (hopefully), to ask you to volunteer, to inspire you to give blood, and to explain our service to armed forces program.
Red Cross Provides Support to Warrior Games
Nearly 200 wounded members of the armed forces gathered beneath the Olympic Rings at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs yesterday to usher in the inaugural Warrior Games – a Paralympic competition amongst members of all branches of the U.S. military.