Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference in the community? Do you want to gain new skills and experiences? Are you passionate about empowering people to prepare for and recover from disasters and emergencies? The American Red Cross Northwest Region is seeking enthusiastic individuals to serve as full-time AmeriCorps Team members from October 16, 2017 through August 31, 2018 in the following positions: Continue reading
By: Dale Steinke
Edited by: Betsy Robertson
Photos by: Tina Piaskowski
Using the power of music to heal veterans, a group of Gonzaga seniors are getting unique career experience through a 10-week Red Cross student nursing program. Continue reading
By Alyssa Christensen
On March 23, 2017 Darrion Fletcher graduated from the American Red Cross Dental Assistant Program on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), making him the first transitioning service member to complete the program at JBLM. Continue reading
The American Red Cross is currently accepting applications for our 2017-2018 AmeriCorps team throughout the Northwest Region! AmeriCorps is a great opportunity to serve your community, build professional skills and develop your network in a positive setting. Continue reading
By Anna Kultin
Photo by Eric Braddy
You can see the transformation: in their animated faces, their awareness of their surroundings, and even in their body language. They are smiling, tapping their feet and bobbing their heads to the music, eyes half-closed. These veterans are being healed by a personalized music soundtrack, effectively a musical therapy being delivered via their headphones. Continue reading
For volunteers in Bremerton, WA, this Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service will be remembered as a day they helped prepare their neighbors to survive a home fire. They installed 41 smoke alarms in 17 homes at the Country Lane Mobile Home Park. Continue reading
By Diane Toomey
Edited by Nancy Waddell, photo by Nancy Thai
