RedCrossNW Service to the Armed Forces

JBLM: Red Cross returns to former home to help troops and families

Written by Mark Walker Photography by Ray Lapine DUPONT – Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s Col. Nicole Lucas was impressed. The JBLM commander had just gotten her first glimpses of the Red Cross’s expansive new home housing the organization’s wide array of Services to the Armed Forces (SAF). “To me the Red Cross really represents everything that’s … Continue reading JBLM: Red Cross returns to former home to help troops and families

RedCrossNW Disaster Services, Volunteers

Honoring Victims, Survivors & Responders of the Amtrak Derailment

By Colin Downey On the final day of January inside the Washington State Senate Chamber in Olympia, members of the American Red Cross stood side-by-side survivors and first responders of the Amtrak train derailment in Dupont. An official Resolution (SR-8696) was read aloud. Survivors and those who did not survive were honored and remembered. Good Samaritans who acted bravely … Continue reading Honoring Victims, Survivors & Responders of the Amtrak Derailment