School Bells and Sickle Cell
In the days leading up to the first school bells sounding, I was busy buying back-to-school supplies, lunch items and organizing weekly schedules. However, there’s one additional step I take ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - September 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood advocate AJ Caira Torres crisis Latino Community sickle cell sickle cell disease Source Type: news
Red Cross Volunteer Travels to Georgia to Help with Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts
Originally published on redcross.org. American Red Cross disaster relief volunteer Pam Pampe has turned her experience surviving one of America’s worst hurricanes into a mission to help others —...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - September 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Disaster Volunteers Category 5 storm deployment Dorian florida Florida Keys georgia Hurricane Dorian north carolina Pam Pampe Red Cross volunteer south carolina Source Type: news
Personal Trauma Compels Blood Donor to Give Back
Orginally published on redcross.org. I never really understood the importance of donating blood until I was the one needing it. In 2010, a pulmonary embolism nearly cost me my life. ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood Volunteers Amy Erickson blood donation blood donor platelets Red Cross volunteer transfusion Source Type: news
In retirement, SAF volunteer Holsinger is proud to be ‘somebody who cares’ for veterans and service members
Originally published on the Red Cross Wisconsin Stories blog. Volunteers may not always have a background in the area where they dedicate their time and talent. But they’ve all got ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Military Support Madison Rich Holsinger SAF service members service to the armed forces veteran Wisconsin Source Type: news
First time Blood Donor Fights Fears to Become Lifesaving Hero
Originally published in Chadds Ford Live. When I was in high school, my sister and I would run home from the bus stop, throw our books down on the kitchen ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donation blood donor first time blood donation pennsylvania red blood cells Sally Denk Hoey w West Chester Source Type: news
Discovering an Unlikely Passion
Originally published on the Red Cross Northern California Coastal Region blog. Like many empty nesters, Pamela Ingram, 58, was at a crossroads a few years ago when her son left ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Red Cross Life Volunteers caseworker deploying deployment disaster action team Pamela Ingram Solano County’s 2019 Volunteer of the Year volunteering Source Type: news
Working at the Red Cross with Regional Philanthropy Officer Jeff Redfield
Jeff Redfield learned about the importance of smoke alarms early on after a fire started in his childhood home. Little did he know he’d later work for an organization that ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Red Cross Life Careers home fire campaign Jeff Redfield jobs ohio Pride Regional Philanthropy Officer Source Type: news
How This Blood Donor Won Tickets to See New Kids on the Block
Leslie Desmond has never won a sweepstakes so you can imagine her surprise when she listened to a voicemail left by the American Red Cross this summer. After her most ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 13, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donation blood donor Leslie Desmond Missing Types New Kids on the Block Red Cross blood sweepstakes Source Type: news
Red Cross Awarded Outstanding Employer Support Certificate from the Navy Reserve
In late June, the American Red Cross was honored to accept an Outstanding Employer Support Certificate from the Navy Reserve at a ceremony in San Diego, California. At the ceremony, ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Military Support Hero Care App koby langley military service Mind-body workshops Navy Reserves Outstanding Employer Support service to the armed forces veterans Source Type: news
One Year after the Lombok Earthquakes: Sydney Reflects on Her Deployment
Last year, Sydney Morton deployed to Lombok, Indonesia, after a series of devastating earthquakes struck the area. This week, we spoke with Sydney to hear how her perspective has changed ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - August 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: International earthquakes indonesia Indonesian Red Cross lombok Source Type: news
My Daughter ’s Need for Emergency Blood Products Inspired Me to Help
After serving people in need every day as a firefighter for 35 years, I wasn’t accustomed to receiving help. So, I couldn’t be more grateful to the blood donors that ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - July 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donation blood donor blood drive blood transfusions hosting blood drives pregnancy red cross Source Type: news
Donating Blood with Tattoos: Can I Really Do Both?
Back in 2011, I got my first tattoo. A small piece on the outside of my right ankle that represents my relationship with my anxiety disorder, the love that I ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - July 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood appointment blood donation blood donor donating blood national tattoo day RapidPass Source Type: news
#MissingTypes: Helping Patients in Need
Did you know only three out of 100 people in the U.S. give blood? Yet each day, kids battling cancer, accident victims being raced into emergency rooms, and new moms ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - July 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donations Blood donors MissingTypes you are the missing type Source Type: news
Meet Eric Williams: Red Crosser and Pride Advocate
This Pride Month, we’re celebrating our staff and volunteers who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. Each and every day they work to carry out our humanitarian mission in ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - June 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Red Cross Life diversity Eric Williams LGBTQ Pride Month Source Type: news
I am Alive because of Donated Blood
Originally published on redcross.org. June 11, marked the start of the second annual Red Cross Missing Types Campaign – to get the word out about the need for life-saving blood. ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - June 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donation blood donor georgia Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Missing Types red blood cells redcrossblood.org Stephanie Lai Source Type: news
