Editorial note: Please contact your local American Red Cross office regarding local participation. Check out our blog for pre and post event video and photos at http://newredcrossblog.org/ The American Red Cross is proud to be the Green Bay Packers Honored Charity at the August 6, 2011 Packers Family Night practice. Volunteers and staff from around [...]
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Editor’s note: On July 21 and 22, American Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern traveled to Port-au-Prince, her fifth visit to Haiti since last year’s devastating earthquake. Here are some observations from the trip. Every time I make a trip to Haiti, it looks a little bit better. On this visit, I’ve sensed a real feeling [...]
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American author Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) in 1918, dressed in the uniform of an ambulance driver for the International Red Cross during World War I, where he was stationed on the Italian front. On July 8 he was seriously wounded by mortar fire. Despite his wounds, Hemingway carried an Italian soldier to safety, for which he received [...]
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Geneva/Nairobi (ICRC) – The nutritional state of children under five years of age in central and southern Somalia is a cause for great alarm. Levels of malnutrition have reached a new peak and are currently the highest in the world, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today. In some parts of Somalia, [...]
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A dangerous heat wave is covering a large part of the country, from North Dakota to Texas and is expected to move eastward as the week goes on. The American Red Cross encourages people to take steps to safely endure the soaring temps. With a heat index making it feel as hot as 110 degrees [...]
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Eighth grader Bailey Pauze wanted to raise funding for the local Red Cross because the Disaster Action Team of Red Cross volunteers had helped her family due to a house fire. She said the Red Cross gave her a comfort care kit that had a toothbrush, toothpaste and other personal care items. The Red Cross [...]
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The Red Cross has issued an appeal for blood donors of all types due to a critical blood shortage across our nation. In May and June, donations were at the lowest level the Red Cross has seen in this timeframe in over a dozen years, while demand for blood products remained steady. Because of that, [...]
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Written by Doug Schneider Green Bay Press Gazette DE PERE — Victor “Vic” De Cleene retired from public office in De Pere in the mid-1990s, but he continued to serve his community for more than a decade as a Red Cross bus driver, Meals on Wheels volunteer and secretary of the De Pere Men’s Club, among [...]
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