The American Red Cross is looking for people to make a meaningful difference in our Northwest community!
AmeriCorps is a great opportunity to serve your community, build professional skills and develop your network in a positive setting.
Applications are now being accepted for 9 AmeriCorps positions: (descriptions below) 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
