by Kate Walters, Red Cross Public Affairs Volunteer Red Cross volunteers and El Paso County staff have created hundreds of mask-making kits, each one containing the raw materials needed to construct 24 homemade masks. They are working to create enough kits to make 6,000 masks. Red Cross volunteers, Pam and Bob Munson, along with Bob […]
by Robert Thomas, Regional GIS Lead/DA/GO Volunteer I started volunteering with the Red Cross after getting involved with the Woodland CERT program in Northern California in 2005. That program partnered with the local Red Cross chapter to give the CERT members an outlet for additional preparedness training. I soon went through the American Red Cross […]
Last year, in the wake of historic flooding along the Arkansas River, American Red Cross volunteer and retired EMT and firefighter Rod Cadman approached a woman who stood weeping on her front lawn. The woman had just lost her home and everything in it, and Cadman was there to offer her what he could; in this case, fresh […]
By Andrea Carlson, American Red Cross Emergencies do not stop even amid our current health crisis. The Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming has not changed its mission to people who live in our communities; it has, however, changed how we do our mission. Every day, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers continue to meet the […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming Continues to Respond to Communities Amid Health Crisis Emergencies do not stop even amid our current health crisis. The Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming has not changed its mission to people who live in our communities, it has however changed how we do our mission. Every day, despite […]
By Amanda Waddell, American Red Cross Volunteer Choosing to use certain words and phrasing can make all the difference in our society and our state of mind. And when a new global incident begins to arise, new terminology arises along with it. Already within this novel virus, COVID-19, phrases and wording that most of us […]
By Catie Ballenger, American Red Cross Just seven days into the calendar year, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake sent powerful shock waves across the island of Puerto Rico, knocking out power and badly damaging thousands of structures. After weeks of a terrifying series of seismic events not seen on the island since 1918, the island remains shaken—both seismically […]
Written by Catie Ballenger, American Red Cross Today, the American Red Cross stood up to fill the gap public health agencies and health care facilities have started to feel. After hearing about the growing concerns and shortages of medical supplies across Colorado, the American Red Cross of Colorado gave 7,000 N95 masks to the Colorado […]
By Amanda Waddell, American Red Cross Volunteer There’s no denying it. We are all experiencing a dramatic shift in our lives right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has found the majority of us in very different circumstances than we were in just a few weeks ago. Whether that is a change in work environment, loss of […]
Every day, volunteers continue to meet the needs of individuals and families who have suffered from disasters. In the month of February, 143 people were provided support and care from American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming. The majority of calls were for home fire support. In addition to disaster response, the American Red Cross continuously works to educate our […]