When you build a house, there are places where you combine several separate beams instead of one long beam, because it’s stronger that way. The strength of their synergy is greater than the strength of their individual parts. The Red Cross applies that principle every day in Colorado: our volunteers work to build partnerships with […]
By Connor Donaldson Saturday, June 20, was World Refugee Day. Local Red Cross staff participated in activities and simulations in both Greeley and Colorado Springs. Each day, millions of people around the globe scrape out an existence as refugees, internally displaced persons, and asylum seekers. To help raise awareness for World Refugee Day, the Global […]
by Patricia Billinger One morning during the height of international sanctions against Iraq in the ‘90s, Enas Alsharea overheard her father lamenting to her mother: “I am suffering that I can’t get oranges for my children. I am suffering because I want to be able to give my children everything.” Alsharea, who was a young […]
By Jana Mathieson May and June 2015 have been so rainy that most people are worried more about flooding than wildfires. However, all this moisture also feeds the growth of potential fuels for fires later this summer. On Saturday, June 13, 2015, members of Behind The Red and other Mile High Chapter Red Cross volunteers […]
By Patricia Billinger On Friday night, my husband and I came home from work to discover nearly an inch of water covering our entire basement floor. My cat’s empty dish floated towards the basement door. We weren’t alone. Due to heavy rain throughout May and into June, many homes in Colorado have experienced flooding. From […]
by Jennifer Marsh The Vietnam War was a time of great divisions in the United States, and it is only now that some of these divisions are beginning to heal. When veterans returned home, they often did not find a warm welcome, or gratitude, even though most households had sent someone to the conflict. One […]
By Jennifer Marsh Look out — there are some prepared kids in town! On Saturday, June 6, 35 children and their families gathered at the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Carson to learn from Red Cross volunteers and personnel about how to be prepared for an emergency through The Pillowcase Project. This presentation teaches children […]
Stories and Photos by Bill Fortune/American Red Cross Jessica Frye(second from left) and her volunteers at the Red Cross shelter in Lusk, WY The American Red Cross Colorado and Wyoming Region has been responding to the devastating flood that hit Niobrara County Wyoming. We thought you would like to see how people in that county […]
On Tuesday, June 2, nearly 300 people gathered to support the Red Cross and to honor local heroes and volunteers at the “Celebrating Community Heroes” event in Loveland. See photos from the event on our flickr page. Meet our heroes: Betty Kaan: Everyday Hero Betty Kaan was honored as a 7News 7Everyday Hero recently for […]
Story & Video by Patricia BillingerWhen armed men stormed one 9-year-old’s home town in Sudan, she fled for her life — losing contact with her family. Years later, after living in refugee camps and eventually making it safely to resettle in the United States, this girl — now a young woman — turned to the […]