By Mark Walker, volunteer Beverly Walker, second from the right, stands with her Service to the Armed Forces teammates. After a 25-year career as a Red Cross worker guiding services to the armed forces and their families, Bev Walker went from paid staffer to volunteer extraordinaire. Walker, 71, still puts in several hours each week … Continue reading Service to Armed Forces Lead Casework Volunteer
How Sue and Frank Kent keep the Tacoma Office Up and Running
By Gordon Williams Sue and Frank Kent are Facilities Volunteers supporting our South Puget Sound Chapter Not every Red Cross volunteer ends up deployed to some far-off disaster scene. The Red Cross is a complex organization with facilities to care for and stocks of supplies to count. Volunteers are needed to do all the caring … Continue reading How Sue and Frank Kent keep the Tacoma Office Up and Running
Volunteering from Washington to Mexico and back again
NW Region Volunteers stand with fellow Red Crossers in Cihuatlán, Mexico By Emily Thornton They wanted to get away from it all, as they have for the last four years on their trip to San Patricio, Mexico — but found themselves in the familiar position of helping people in need. American Red Cross volunteers Terry … Continue reading Volunteering from Washington to Mexico and back again
Yaleidy Torres is Pacific Division SAF Volunteer of the Quarter
Yaleidy Torres Congratulations to Yaleidy Torres who has been named as Volunteer of the Quarter (October to December 2018) for Service to the Armed Forces Pacific Division. As the Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) Lead on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Yaleidy has mentored and guided countless volunteers. Yaleidy recruits and assigns volunteers to meet the needs … Continue reading Yaleidy Torres is Pacific Division SAF Volunteer of the Quarter
Why these High Schoolers took a class on the Red Cross
The mini-term class visited the Red Cross building in Tacoma, WA, January 2019 By Gordon Williams On a regular school day, students at three innovative sister high schools in Tacoma might attend classes in graphic design or songwriting or maybe zoology. But for three-and-a-half weeks this January, 44 students from the three schools--Tacoma School of … Continue reading Why these High Schoolers took a class on the Red Cross
Lacey Shoemaker: volunteer turned employee and back again
By Emily Thornton, Red Cross volunteer Lacey Shoemaker will take 11 years of Red Cross experience to a new role with Wisconsin Emergency Management. She answered the phone in the middle of the night on Sept. 23, 2016, and thus began a deployment of American Red Cross workers to the Cascade Mall shooting. “As soon … Continue reading Lacey Shoemaker: volunteer turned employee and back again
After years of military service, Red Cross volunteer Daniel Stalling keeps on giving
By Mark Walker Daniel Stalling is no stranger to service. The Olympia resident spent well over a decade in the U.S. Army, rising through the ranks from infantryman to lieutenant colonel and serving a Middle East deployment during the Iraq War. The veteran hasn’t stopped serving, these days taking on a variety of missions as a … Continue reading After years of military service, Red Cross volunteer Daniel Stalling keeps on giving
Why I Volunteer: Lauren Glushik
I first joined the Red Cross when I was living in Montana. I was looking for a way to get to know the area better and contribute to the community. My profession is in oil spill response and incident management, and I wanted to leverage my emergency response skills to contribute on a service level. … Continue reading Why I Volunteer: Lauren Glushik
Local volunteer sees Red Cross impact at home and abroad
By Gordon Williams If you were asked to list everything the Red Cross does you might jot down responding to disasters, teaching first aid and preparedness and collecting blood. And you would be right, of course. But the Red Cross is a global organization, active in 190 nations, with societies in other countries that have their own special … Continue reading Local volunteer sees Red Cross impact at home and abroad
Seattle Red Cross office has purrfect volunteer
By MARK WALKER He might be the purrrrfect volunteer. He showed up on his own, he’s decidedly self-directed and he comes back day- after-day. And sure, there may be disasters and blood drives and the like to manage, but nobody starts work at the American Red Cross Northwest regional headquarters without getting by Otto first. … Continue reading Seattle Red Cross office has purrfect volunteer
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