Story by Melissa Stewart, American Red Cross Every eight minutes, the American Red Cross responds to a disaster. The vast majority of those disasters are home fires. The chances of escaping a home fire increase dramatically with functional smoke alarms and an evacuation plan. The American Red Cross launched the Home Fire Campaign in October […]
The American Red Cross of Colorado will be hard at work making homes safer in Greeley and Pueblo West. In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service, January 21, 2019, Red Cross volunteers, local fire departments and community volunteers will be making homes safer by installing free smoke alarms in the communities […]
Story and photos by Beth Bernhardt, American Red Cross The Flu is back and all of us need to be better about washing our hands to avoid spreading germs. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in this flu season, we have had nearly 1,200 people hospitalized and 1 child fatality. The […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming, January 7, 2019 – The end of 2018 was indicative of the entire year with multiple opportunities to help families recover from disasters. Our amazing disaster volunteers provided direct support to 222 people during December. In addition, many of our volunteers spent their holidays away from home helping […]
As 2019 begins, many of us are taking the time to self-reflect. We’re thinking about all of the experiences we had in 2018, all of the things we learned and what we’d like to change for the new year. Some of us will vow to “hit the gym more often” or “eat healthy” or just […]
Story by Kate Walters Local Red Cross volunteers from Colorado & Wyoming have recently traveled to Northern California to help in the aftermath of The Camp Fire, They have, or will, spend their holidays away from their families while they help others. The Red Cross focus of the humanitarian effort in California shifts toward recovery […]
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 – The month of November continued to see our disaster responders deployed across an 8,000-mile disaster area. From the east coast hurricane relief, across the country to the California wildfires and then across the ocean to Saipan in the Northern Marinas Islands. We deployed 30 responders to the California Wildfires, 6 to […]
It started out sunny and cool as volunteers gathered at the City Hall Chambers building in Rocky Ford on the first day of December. Red Cross volunteers arrived in Red Cross trucks to join the Rocky Ford Fire Department and close to 30 community volunteers. The goal, to make homes safer by installing free smoke […]
Story by Kate Walters and Photos by Carol Lowell/ American Red Cross “We felt very alone during those long nights on the property. We didn’t know that there were volunteers out there who would want to be there for us.” – Doreen and Mike Preuit On Thursday, October 18, Doreen and Mike Preuit were on […]
UPDATE- Monday, November 26, 2018 – Support continues for the wildfires in California. Some of the volunteers that deployed early in the disaster are returning home while others are beginning to deploy. Nearly 30 Colorado and Wyoming Region disaster responders have been deployed to the California wildfires. Thirteen people from our region remain deployed. Thankfully, […]
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