Red Cross Announces Hero Awards for 2019 Pueblo Hometown Heroes Dinner 2 Pueblo, CO, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 — Everyday in our community ordinary people perform extraordinary acts of compassion, community service and heroism. The American Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado celebrates those heroes at the annual Pueblo Hometown Heroes dinner that will be held […]
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 […]
Story by Bill Fortune and Andrea Carlson When you have been with the Red Cross for 50 plus years you have seen it all and, in many cases, done it all. That has been the case with Jackie Norris, a volunteer for the Red Cross Mile High Area, in Colorado. That is, until Sunday. Then […]
Not all who serve our country wear a uniform… Deckers, Colorado, July 30-31, 2018 – Story by Kate Walters, photos by Walter Palmer & Kate Walters/American Red Cross Volunteers At first glance, Camp Corral looks just like any other fun-in-the-sun summer camp. That’s because it is just that. Like most summer camps, this is a […]
Story by: Roger Enix The Red Cross shelter in Blanca-Fort Garland hosted a couple with a true love story today (July 4th), undeterred by the Spring Fire. Steven Williams, his family, and his girlfriend – Brittney Brewer – were visiting Colorado from Tennessee when bad luck and bad timing interrupted Steven’s careful planning. While camping […]
Story and video by Rick Padden, American Red Cross One of the great things about being a Red Cross disaster responder is the huge circle of friends that you develop over the years. Often you can disconnect with someone and then later, often years later, meet up with that person at a disaster response operation. […]
July 8, 2018 Article submitted by Rick Padden For Red Cross volunteer Rochelle Obechina, disaster relief is far more than providing a roof, bottled water, cots, blankets, and scrambled eggs. According to her, there are basic human needs, and then there is the need for humanity. “We may be displaced, but community hasn’t gone away,” she said. […]
Story by Rick Padden/American Red Cross A harrowing situation involving fireworks on the grandest of scales ended happily for a group of 26 scouts from Garden City, Kansas early Tuesday morning, as they escaped the Spring Fire in Southern Colorado and found safe haven at a Red Cross shelter in Walsenburg. It will be a […]
Wednesday, May 30 – Colorado Springs – By Kate Walters – Three volunteers from The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming Region are part of the team in Santa Fe, Texas, as they wrap up the powerful support services that have been offered there. On May 18, a student at Santa Fe High School […]
President Donald Trump has proclaimed March as Red Cross Month across the country, a tradition begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. All of our presidents since that time have designated March as Red Cross Month to recognize how the American Red Cross helps people across the country and around the world. “Since Clara […]