American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming, March 8, 2018 – Daylight Saving Time is this weekend and the American Red Cross reminds everyone to TEST the batteries in their smoke alarms as they TURN their clocks ahead an hour. “It’s important for everyone to make sure their household is ready,” said Mike Masto, Regional Disaster Officer in Colorado and Wyoming. “A disaster like […]
Denver, Thursday, March 1, 2018 – Updated – The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming now has 12 volunteers deployed to current disasters. The most recent are Rhita Strong who is deploying to Pago Pago in American Samoa in response to Tropical Cyclone Gita. Dana Goldsmith and Della Wilson will be serving in Indiana where they […]
George Sullivan, Regional Preparedness & Response Manager for Colorado and Wyoming, unexpectedly passed away on the morning of February 14, 2018. George brought his vast experience to the Red Cross in 2008 first as a volunteer and then as a program coordinator in 2010 to launch dedicated preparedness programs for the chapter. He has served […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming, January 8, 2018 – On Average, Red Cross volunteers are responding to home fires two to three time each day in the two-state region. Nearly all of those calls for help come after a home fire. “We’re deeply saddened for those who have been impacted by disaster, such […]
You may have been hearing about the “Give Something that Means Something” campaign for the last couple of months. While that looks different for everyone, we thought we would take a minute to share with you what it looked like to one of our youngest donors. Shortly after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Mackenzie, a young […]
Denver, Thursday, December 7, 2017 – The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming is sending disaster workers to help with the wildfires currently in California. View from Space. Courtesy USFS Suzanne Isenhower, deploying to support logistics. Isenhower is currently a volunteer with the Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado and lives in Buena Vista, CO. This will […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming, December 5, 2017 – Disaster knows no holiday. In fact, we find around the holidays to be one of the more common times for disaster to strike. In the month of November our volunteers responded to multiple calls for assistance from disasters such as floods, fires and collapsed […]
American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming, November 6, 2017 — Every day, volunteers continue to meet the needs of individuals and families who have suffered from disaster. In the past 5 weeks, 166 people needed our assistance. In addition to the response, we are also helping people prepare. Did you know that if […]
The Red Cross is on the ground, part of a large team of agencies and organizations responding to provide help to communities turned upside-down. In the last eight weeks, the American Red Cross has launched wide-ranging relief efforts to help people devastated by three historic, back-to-back hurricanes—Harvey, Irma, and Maria. We have supported the community […]
Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as Puerto Rico. The Red Cross has been on the ground since the very beginning providing food, water, medical and other immediate needs. Nearly 720 Red Cross disaster workers have supported the relief efforts and it is expected to be a long recovery for […]