George Evans, the American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming Regional Warehouse Supervisor, has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross since 2017. Before his service with the Red Cross, George served our country. Linda Yoskowitz, Colorado and Wyoming Regional Logistics Lead has worked closely with George for several years. “George is a wonderful […]
By Catie Ballenger, Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming Public Affairs Lynda Monsey, a former Nurse Practitioner at Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center and American Red Cross of Colorado volunteer extraordinaire, is retiring from the Red Cross. As the Mile-High Chapter Health Services team lead, she was responsible for coordinating, supervising and mentoring Health Services […]
by Mary Jo Blackwood, Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming Public Affairs Every month we should be celebrating both our volunteers and our military. Nice when we can do both! Lieutenant Colonel Deanna M. Tuley was born on an air force base and grew up in a military family. Her father, Everett, retired as a […]
By Aiden Greco, American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming Public Affairs At the American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming, we want you to always be prepared. With summer quickly approaching, that means the heat is also coming. From June through September, the average temperature in the two states ranges from the mid 80s […]
By Mary Jo Blackwood, American Red Cross of Colorado, Public Affaitrs The American Red Cross is in the business of preparing for, preventing and responding to disasters. The preparedness speaks to our long history of training, to give people the resiliency and knowledge to prepare themselves and others for any emergencies that may arise. The […]
By Mary Jo Blackwood, American Red Cross of Colorado, Public Affaitrs As we discussed previously, the current pandemic has affected all aspects of Red Cross operations and service delivery, but because of our long established ability to pivot when confronted with barriers, Red Cross operations and services have continued. With the high visibility of disaster […]
By Mary Jo Blackwood, American Red Cross of Colorado, Public Affaitrs The American Red Cross is in the business of preparing for, preventing and responding to disasters. On our 140th year anniversary, while we could not prevent the onset of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic, the nature of our business has served us well in responding […]
May is National Wildfire Awareness Month and the American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming is urging everyone to plan now for dangerous wildfires and potential power outages. Last wildfire season the Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming provided 38,100 meals, 39,000 overnight stays and 3,009 disaster health contacts to wildfire evacuees. “After back-to-back years […]
By Jessica Hillenbrand, American Red Cross of Colorado, Public Affairs May is Mental Health Awareness month. When people think of the American Red Cross, they often don’t know that we offer mental health services to those affected by disaster and that we have a fantastic workforce serving as Disaster Mental Health volunteers. As defined by […]
By Jessica Hillenbrand, American Red Cross of Colorado, Public Affairs This May and every May, we celebrate National Nurses Month! Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has never been a more critical time to honor our Nation’s nurses, especially the nurses who serve with the American Red Cross! Clara Barton, the founder of the […]