By Gordon Williams The goal of the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign is to reduce deaths from fire by installing smoke alarms in homes and apartments that need them. Since the Red Cross obviously can’t install smoke alarms in every U.S. home, how does it determine where they should go? The answer comes from Samantha … Continue reading Why Samantha Harrison Volunteers
Why Nicole Imbriaco Volunteers
By Gordon Williams When Nicole Imbriaco and her mother, Marci, leave their Sammamish, WA home for an evening out, they are more likely to drive to a house that is on fire than to a movie or a mall. Marci Imbriaco has been responding to home fires and other disasters for the past seven years … Continue reading Why Nicole Imbriaco Volunteers
UW student nurses teach emergency preparedness, boost their skills
By Dale Steinke Edited by Nancy Waddell Nine students from the University of Washington School of Nursing spent this fall in their community health nursing clinical rotation helping Snohomish County kids and adults be more prepared for emergencies. In the process, they built up critical knowledge they’ll need once they become nurses. “When students only … Continue reading UW student nurses teach emergency preparedness, boost their skills
What Drives Red Cross Volunteers to Help those in Need
EDITORS NOTE: In celebration of "March is Red Cross Month" 2019, we are re-sharing a story that helps to explain the most important aspect of our organization, our volunteers. Why do they do it? What makes them give? One answer: AGENCY. Read on for more... By Gordon Williams Whether it’s aiding the victims of some … Continue reading What Drives Red Cross Volunteers to Help those in Need
Learn Vital Safety Lessons from these Red Cross APPS
By Gordon Williams Edited by Nancy Waddell Would you like your kids to become savvier and safer in the water? There’s an online Red Cross application that can help teach youngsters to swim and track their progress while they learn. There’s another Red Cross app aimed at assisting members of the military and their families, … Continue reading Learn Vital Safety Lessons from these Red Cross APPS
Why I Volunteer: Valerie Jacobs
I began volunteering with the American Red Cross in 2012 when my AmeriCorps team did a Hunger Drive. I had always heard of it, but now had an opportunity to get to know what the Red Cross was really all about. I started doing administrative odds & ends, and I got to ride in an … Continue reading Why I Volunteer: Valerie Jacobs
Young Philanthropist Works to Help Hurricane Victims
By Amy McCray When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Albert Lam wanted to help those in need. He thought about how he could be supportive and came up with an idea: to set up a fund and sell pencils monogrammed with the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund name to raise money. He asked his parents, Hao and Lisa … Continue reading Young Philanthropist Works to Help Hurricane Victims
Make Fire Prevention Week a Week of Fire Safety Lessons
By Gordon Williams Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14 this year, and Lisa Braxton of the National Fire Protection Association thinks it is a great time for parents to drill kids--young kids especially--in the lessons of fire safety. Braxton, in the Public Education Division of the NFPA, lays out a five-night set of fire safety … Continue reading Make Fire Prevention Week a Week of Fire Safety Lessons
Help for Honing your Earthquake Survival Skills
By Gordon Williams The Great Washington ShakeOut--the moment each year when we’re supposed to practice our earthquake survival skills--comes this year at 10:19 a.m. on Thursday, October 19. Keeping your drop, cover and hold-on skills up to speed is a pretty compelling notion in a region where earthquakes are all too common. As the state … Continue reading Help for Honing your Earthquake Survival Skills
A 3,000-Mile Journey to Help the Victims of Irma
By Gordon Williams It was 9:30 on a Monday night--barely 48 hours after Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida--when the phone rang in the Everson, WA home of Dale and Audrey Snapper. Everson is only a few miles from Bellingham--headquarters of the Northwest Washington chapter of the American Red Cross. Would the Snappers be willing to drive … Continue reading A 3,000-Mile Journey to Help the Victims of Irma
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