By Mark Walker Photos by Michael Steed WENATCHEE – Just look up. That’s all nearly 200 Red Crossers gathered here had to do earlier this month to underscore that disaster can occur anytime, anywhere. On the second day of the American Red Cross’s Northwest Disaster Institute – with volunteers and staffers fully engaged in … Continue reading Class in Session
What You Can Do to Prevent Wildfires
By Gordon Williams One Sunday in late June, a man lit a fire to burn some debris near Yakima WA. The man — not publicly identified — knew the dangers of setting an open fire in wildfire season, so he checked several times to make sure the fire had been extinguished. Even so, according to … Continue reading What You Can Do to Prevent Wildfires
We’re Recruiting! AmeriCorps Service to Armed Forces Positions
The Red Cross is seeking enthusiastic individuals to serve as Service to Armed Forces (SAF) Program Facilitators at 2 Washington State Military Installations from October 16, 2018 - August 31, 2018. Positions will focus on recruiting and engaging veterans as volunteers; supporting local veterans services; supporting the Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve in the … Continue reading We’re Recruiting! AmeriCorps Service to Armed Forces Positions
Keep Safe from the Growing Threat of Wildfires
By Gordon Williams The warning from Hilary Franz, Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, could hardly be more blunt: The state’s wildfire season is starting earlier and lasting longer and there are more fires now west of the Cascades. So how do you defend your home and family from the worsening threat of wildfire? How can … Continue reading Keep Safe from the Growing Threat of Wildfires
Special Delivery: Driving Blood to Seattle Hospitals
By Betsy Robertson Bob Tykulsker has been a Red Cross volunteer since December of 1997. It’s one of two ways the retired software developer now spends what used to be his “work” hours. The other is as a fill-in bus driver for the Mercer Island school district. When his Red Cross supervisor noticed a Commercial … Continue reading Special Delivery: Driving Blood to Seattle Hospitals
Why Dawnmarie Cooper Volunteers
By Dale Steinke Dawnmarie Cooper has always enjoyed helping people through volunteering. Joining the Red Cross has become yet another way for her to support the South Seattle community she has lived in for 30 years. Last fall, shortly after she retired from a career as a Washington State employee, she started taking a wide … Continue reading Why Dawnmarie Cooper Volunteers
Prepare for More and More Widespread Wildfires
By Gordon Williams Edited by Nancy Waddell Hilary Franz, Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands, sees the outlook for wildfires in the state changing — and not in a good way. “The wildfire season in Washington is starting earlier in the year and going longer,” says Franz, who heads the Department of Natural Resources. And while … Continue reading Prepare for More and More Widespread Wildfires
Why I Volunteer: Juan Silva
A pre-planned visit to see family and friends in Puerto Rico in 2017 put me on the island in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria. There was so much work to be done and so many people to help. I needed to find an organization that would allow me to contribute to the recovery of a … Continue reading Why I Volunteer: Juan Silva
We love our Red Cross HAMS
Patty and Ken and Ellen are part of a growing contingent of the Island County Amateur Radio Club members on South Whidbey. They also happen to be Red Cross volunteers. On Saturday, June 23, they joined Amateur Radio operators from throughout Island County for a national Field Day event from South Whidbey Community Park. Field Day is the year’s single largest, … Continue reading We love our Red Cross HAMS
Saying Farewell to Snohomish County’s Chuck Morrison
By Gordon Williams - Red Cross volunteer, Bremerton, WA Edited by Colin Downey When Chuck Morrison took over as executive director of the Snohomish County chapter of the American Red Cross 14 ½ years ago, he had some work to do. The chapter, based in Everett, WA - one of the seven chapters that … Continue reading Saying Farewell to Snohomish County’s Chuck Morrison
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