This week, the Mount Rainier Chapter Service to the Armed Forces department (SAF) hosted a Holiday Mail for Heroes card sorting event. Huge thank you to the wonderful volunteers who helped sort through the cards. SAF exceeded their original goal of 2,000 cards this year. The national Holiday Mail for Heroes mailbox will be open … Continue reading Local Volunteers Sort Holiday Cards for Heroes
Daylight Savings Time
A friendly preparedness reminder to check your smoke detectors and disaster supply kits, including your water supply! Try to do this every 6 months when Daylight Savings comes around. Although soda bottles are recommended, bleached and washed milk bottles such as the ones shown can be a great way to store your emergency supply of … Continue reading Daylight Savings Time
Hurricane Sandy update
As the effects of Hurricane Sandy continue to be uncovered, our chapters have deployed 38 volunteers regionally to assist in relief efforts. More will be deployed in the coming days. We want to wish all of our volunteers the best of luck with their deployment! At this time, we are not taking spontaneous volunteers. A … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy update
American Red Cross NW Region 