by Patricia Billinger If you get to chatting with Red Cross workers – whether employed or volunteer – one thing quickly becomes clear: this is a very special organization with a mission that inspires passion and loyalty. The people who put in long hours under high stress conditions do it for the gratification of serving […]
By Patricia Billinger Weddings are typically a time for celebration, reuniting with family and giving gifts. When Rattana Phon got married in January, her mother flew in for the weekend. There in spirit and memory for the ceremony – but long missing in person – was Rattana’s maternal grandfather. “She knew the day he disappeared: […]
Erin and MeLisa Mounsey know disaster up close and first-hand – from Erin’s personal experience losing his home to a fire and receiving help from the Red Cross over a decade ago, to their current role helping others impacted by disasters in their community. Erin heads up the Northern Colorado Chapter of the American Red […]
by Diane Donovan, guest writer Irene Clifford Oja, 95, has led a very interesting life. She was born a twin, but unfortunately her twin brother passed away shortly after birth. Irene has always felt that she wanted to live her life for both herself and her twin, and that is why she decided to get […]
Through Valentine’s Day, we are sharing love stories as people take the #RedCrossMyHeart pledge and support the Red Cross in honor of the ones they love. Today’s love story made many of us here at the Red Cross go “awwww” and giggle at the sweet banter and endearing kiss of a couple we know best […]
Through Valentine’s Day, we are sharing love stories as people take the #RedCrossMyHeart pledge and support the Red Cross in honor of the ones they love. You might recognize today’s couple, Cole and Robin Finegan. Cole was named “Lawyer of the Decade” and “Lawyer of the Year” for 2013 by Law Week Colorado, and was […]
by: Jessica Murison/Red Cross volunteer While the world stood together last week, Tuesday, January 27, to remember the persons lost and those who survived Auschwitz during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Red Cross was busy tracing leads for an inquiry we received from a woman in Denver. Although each case is unique – there […]
People tend to feel one of two ways about Valentine’s Day: You either revel in the romance, inhale the aromas of chocolate and roses, and look forward to being spoiled by loved ones…or you resent the confines of forced expression, wrinkle your nose at the cloying smell of a corporate holiday, and perhaps even plan […]
by Warren Roh, Volunteer Photographer/Storyteller Most of us have heard of the Geneva Convention. These two words seem to be spoken at least once during every war movie seen in theaters or on TV. I am a U.S. Navy combat veteran. So, when I was asked to attend and photograph the Born on the Battlefield […]
by Jessica Murison, Red Cross Volunteer Today marks a significant day in history, wherein detainees were liberated from Auschwitz, the deadliest concentration camp during World War II. It is estimated that over 1.1 million people died in the camp between 1940 and 1945. Many of the persons who survived Auschwitz have gathered at the site […]