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April standing with the Lemus family outside of a Red Cross shelter in Nebraska.
Disaster

A Disaster in My Own Backyard: Deploying to the Nebraska Floods Response

by April Oppliger, American Red Cross Employee and Volunteer April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

When disasters happen, the American Red Cross is there to bring help and hope. This March, it was the people of my home state of Nebraska who needed the Red …

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Claudia Martinez sitting on a cot with her son wrapped in a blanket.
Disaster

Hurricane Florence: Your Top Questions Answered

by American Red Cross September 18, 2018October 5, 2018

Since Hurricane Florence made landfall off the coast of North Carolina on Friday, September 14, we have seen an outpouring of generosity and support from all over the country. Thousands …

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Deborah hugging Red Cross volunteer in the shelter
Disaster

Red Cross Throws 50th Birthday Party for Shelter Resident

by Cuthbert Langley March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

This originally appeared on the Red Cross Kentucky Region Blog. Photos by Kristen Perdue.  When you walk into the Community Baptist Church in Henderson County, you’ll find seven people sitting in …

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Disaster

Surviving Disaster for the Second Time

by Jordan Scott March 29, 2016

Written by Stefanie Arcangelo, American Red Cross for Texas Gulf Coast Blog At 1:45 a.m. on March 10, 2016, Stacey Kellum and her family were watching the creek, fed by …

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Disaster

On the Ground Perspective: Lone Star Response

by Jordan Scott May 29, 2015May 30, 2015

Post by Richard Reed, Senior Vice President, Disaster Cycle Services They say everything is bigger in Texas. They aren’t kidding. I’m writing to you from here in the Lone Star …

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Helping in Canada

by Kristiana Almeida July 3, 2013

Story by American Red Cross volunteer, Vicki White Eichstaedt It is eerily quiet in High River today. No people, no cars, no movement. I joined a group of Red Cross …

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Red Cross Reaches Flood Survivors in Vietnam with Ox Carts

by Gloria Huang October 20, 2010October 20, 2010

Vietnam has been inundated by two major storms in recent weeks. With more than 100 dead and a half million people affected, the American Red Cross has committed $30,000 to …

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Blood, Development, International

What We’re Reading

by Wendy Harman October 20, 2010October 20, 2010

Gail McGovern on CNBC, social media affects reaction to Typhoon Megi, Red Cross relief efforts in Vietnam involve ox carts.

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International

Red Cross Contributes Additional $200,000 to Support Mexico Flood Relief

by Gloria Huang October 18, 2010October 18, 2010

While it hasn’t received a lot of media coverage in the US, the 2010 hurricane season has been unusually hard on Mexico. Record rain levels and two major storms in recent weeks have flooded Mexico’s southern states, affecting an estimated 500,000 people.

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Disaster, Health & Safety

Happy National Coffee Day

by Wendy Harman September 29, 2010September 8, 2016

Happy National Coffee Day! We’re gonna need a little extra energy and preparedness to get through this week’s deluge:

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