By Cassie Schoon Jackie Mukandekezi In a way, Geras Shoukulu and Jackie Mukandekezi are always expecting. Over the past five years, the couple has welcomed eight unaccompanied refugee minors into their home. And each time a new refugee child arrives, Jackie says, it’s like bringing home a new baby. “It’s like bringing in a newborn […]
By Kimberly Blanco Paramedic Kristin Genova In the early hours of the morning on July 29, 2015, Kristin Genova was driving home after a long shift with the Denver Paramedics Division when she noticed flames. Kristin immediately pulled her car to a stop in a safe location and called 911. After hanging up the phone, […]
By Paula Deegan Red Cross Heroes events have several goals: celebrating local heroes, honoring first responders, and, of course, raising funds to help the Red Cross alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies. Our events also aim to connect people to the Red Cross mission and to each other. Though we’ve never set out […]
By Patricia Billinger When a million people descend on one city park to celebrate their team winning the Super Bowl, emergency agencies go into overdrive preparing for any eventuality that could compromise public safety. But what about the fans? As I made my way to Civic Center Park on Feb. 9, 2016, to join a […]
By Patricia Billinger The oft-repeated mantra going into Super Bowl 50 was that in a show-down between a No. 1 offense and a No. 1 defense, the defense usually wins. And here we are in Denver, celebrating Super Bowl champs. Red Cross volunteers stand ready to provide first aid and other emergency assistance at the […]
by Cari Roberts Physicians Assistant Victor Palomares volunteers with his whole heart. He deploys overseas to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Colorado National Guard. Each time he volunteers to do so, he makes life changing professional sacrifices. He has closed his medical practice here in Colorado to serve his country as a flight surgeon, leading […]
By Linda Julich Students follow along in their workbooks at The Pillowcase Project at Widefield School District. Photo by Bill Fortune, Red Cross It was a great opportunity for the American Red Cross to reach out to children in our community as volunteers visited two schools in the Widefield School District during January. Teams from the […]
by Cassie Schoon In 2010, Jeremy Scahill, an investigative reporter, and Richard Rowley, a director, arrived in Afghanistan with a handful of grant money and a desire to document the war that had been raging in the region for nearly a decade. In two years, Rowley and Scahill captured footage that exposed the darkest sides […]
by Janet Koelling On a sunny summer day in Lakewood, four everyday people proved that every second matters, and that ordinary people can become heroes during those seconds. The story began on July 25, at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood. After water skiing on the lake, a park visitor returned to the dock. When […]