By Jessica Murison Imagine telling your husband that you were going to visit family, unaware that as you leave your home that day that it would be the last time you would see or hear from your husband for several years. What is unimaginable for most of us is reality for some refugees. And it […]
By Bill Fortune and Patricia Billinger When disaster strikes, we all want to help. Local governments, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and individuals all rally to help those in need. The American Red Cross is among those who answer the call to help. Volunteers in Calistoga, CA go through boxes of items donated to California wildfire relief. […]
By Bill Fortune and Elisa DiTrolio/American Red Cross Home fires never strike when you’re ready. They are notorious for happening in the middle of the night…when people are most vulnerable and least prepared. Members of the Baptist Church post helpful information for Country Club Villa residents on the wall of the Red Cross shelter Friday, Sep. 18, 2015 […]
Updated September 22, 2015 – The American Red Cross of Colorado will sponsor a one-day, large scale, Home Fire Campaign event Friday, September 25, 2015. This event will cover six Colorado counties and involve nearly six hundred works, including over 400 cadets from the United States Air Force Academy. The workers will go door-to-door in several […]
Red Cross workers going door-to-door in Montrose, CO The American Red Cross of Western Colorado reached a milestone for the Home Fire Campaign Saturday, September 12, 2015, when they installed their 1000th smoke alarm. Teams spread out across Northbrook Villas in Montrose, CO. as part of the Red Cross Home Fire Campaign to test smoke […]
Tehran, as viewed from the Modares Expressway (wikimedia commons) As an undergraduate, Jonathan Pinckney began what would become a years-long endeavor to better understand the complex history of nonviolent revolution and rebellion in countries around the world, including in Iran. While studying abroad in Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt, Pinckney, this month’s International Services Lunch and Learn […]
A scene from 1964’s Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please check our website, redcross.org/colorado to find out when it will return. More than a half-century after its original theatrical release, the absurdity and razor-sharp satire of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, or: How […]