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What it Means to be the Child of a Service Member

by Aidan Wright, American Red Cross Volunteer April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

When you ask military children where they’re from, they usually respond with clarifying questions like, “Oh, do you mean where I was born, where I was last stationed, where I …

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Home is Where the Military Sends You

by American Red Cross April 20, 2017June 15, 2017

By Dena Howard, Service to the Armed Forces Director, American Red Cross Iowa Region By the time I was born, my father had already served our country for 8 years …

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From the Archives – Victory Book Campaign

by Whitney Hopkins, Historical Programs and Collections Associate, American Red Cross November 5, 2013March 7, 2019

In November 1941, the American Red Cross, the United Service Organizations (USO) and the American Library Association (ALA) formed the Victory Book Campaign (originally named the National Defense Book Campaign). …

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Full Circle of Service

by Kristiana Almeida September 9, 2013

This post is from Red Cross Volunteer, Cheryl Searcy I’ve been with the American Red Cross for twenty-two years; I started in Blood Services and then moved to disaster response. …

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We’re not all bad news and blood

by Wendy Harman January 20, 2011

I continue to be surprised and usually amused by the different impressions that people have of the Red Cross.

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How I got here is a good story, what we do here is a better one

by Wendy Harman November 19, 2010

Dispatch from Balad: No matter the location, the Red Cross always seems to enlist the help of volunteers, Balad notwithstanding.

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