By: Cassylee Mead We live in a world where people are fighting for their country overseas and also need to connect with their family back home. Meanwhile, a hurricane can strike and displace thousands of families, who now need a safe place to stay. At the same time, every two seconds, someone desperately needs blood. … Continue reading My First Encounter with Superheroes
“You feel like somebody is there with you”
Client recalls Red Cross help after a home fire By Annie Sorich For Rami Odeh of Federal Way, Wash., a typical Tuesday may involve relaxing with his family, a shift at the hospital or catching up on school work as he studies to become a respiratory therapist. April 5th was not a typical Tuesday. After … Continue reading “You feel like somebody is there with you”
Northwest Region Celebrates First Documented Life Saved from Campaign
By Gabriel Martinez, AmeriCorps serving the American Red Cross Northwest Region The Red Cross Home Fire Campaign is a national outreach effort launched in 2014 to install free, lifesaving smoke alarms in homes that need them throughout the United States. Red Crossers in the Northwest reached an ambitious regional goal of installing 4,000 alarms from July 2015 to … Continue reading Northwest Region Celebrates First Documented Life Saved from Campaign
Picking up Speed: Home Fire Campaign, Disaster Response and Preparedness
A day in the life of AmeriCorps member Abby Walthall at the Red Cross The Red Cross Home Fire Campaign is a national outreach effort launched in 2014 to install free, lifesaving smoke alarms in homes that need them throughout the United States. Red Crossers in the Northwest reached an ambitious regional goal of installing 4,000 alarms from … Continue reading Picking up Speed: Home Fire Campaign, Disaster Response and Preparedness
Sisters Bridge Seven Decades of Separation
By Kayla Ihrig, AmeriCorps serving the American Red Cross NW Region I first heard about Marta last September. By this time, her story was known by most of my colleagues as “The Ukraine Sisters.” She was at the heart of an unbelievable story of separation—72 years!—suddenly reunited with her sister on a Skype call from … Continue reading Sisters Bridge Seven Decades of Separation
“I won the battle!”
By Anna Kultin It is virtually impossible to find anyone who hasn’t heard of cancer. We still celebrate every person cured as a miracle and honor those people who have survived as courageous fighters. One of them is Red Crosser Nancy Watchie. “It was excruciating. I would go down the hall in my apartment and back, holding my sister’s arm, and that short walk made me immediately … Continue reading “I won the battle!”
A Great Time to Teach Kids About Disaster Preparedness
After a devastating storm, schoolkids were eager to learn how to better prepare for emergencies By Clara Dunn, AmeriCorps serving the American Red Cross NW Region By the time I’d joined the Washington Service Corps as a AmeriCorps Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, I was already a seasoned disaster responder. I’d spent two summers as a work-study in … Continue reading A Great Time to Teach Kids About Disaster Preparedness
Local RN Ventures Cross Country to Volunteer in South Carolina Floods
By Rebecca Boehm It was unlike anything she expected, it wasn't easy and it was an opportunity she'll never forget. Last October, heavy flooding devastated much of South Carolina. Red Cross volunteers deployed from all over the country, including one of our Northwest Region volunteers who experienced deployment for the first time. Candace Cooper, a … Continue reading Local RN Ventures Cross Country to Volunteer in South Carolina Floods
The Road to Recovery: A Look at Disaster Action Teams
By Gabriel Martinez, AmeriCorps Disaster Preparedness Coordinator Nationwide, the Red Cross responds to a home fire every eight minutes. The Red Cross works with community partners to provide relief to families affected. Interview with Amelia Iraheta, King County Disaster Programs Specialist Q: What’s your title and what do you do? A: I am the Disaster Program Specialist … Continue reading The Road to Recovery: A Look at Disaster Action Teams
Postcard from the Texas Floods
By Jacqueline Koch Mother Nature has not been kind to Texas. I have just returned from the Houston flood disaster, which was the result of just one in a long string of devastating storms going back to Spring of 2015. The devastation the flood waters left behind was overwhelming. Yet I was inspired by everyone's … Continue reading Postcard from the Texas Floods
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