Story and Photo By Thea Skinner, American Red Cross Tragedy struck again September 11, forever imprinted in the minds of Sabrina Fiorella and Dan Zuckerman. The couple awoke abruptly at 4:30 a.m. to a fire inside the residence on 4th street in Colorado Springs. The fire at the neighbor’s mobile home next door, […]
By Bill Fortune If we all had the choice most of us would prefer to never have to go through a tragedy like losing a loved one. Every day someone in America experiences a home fire and in many cases the fire results in a fatality that could have been avoided if the home […]
by Cari Roberts Everyone has a story. Sometimes we just need to be given a safe place to tell it. In partnership with the Library of Congress, the Red Cross is working to collect as many stories as possible for the Veterans History Project and connect with veterans across Colorado and Wyoming to record their […]
By Bill Fortune/American Red Cross Being away from home is never easy regardless of the time of year or the reason for separation. It’s hard to stay in touch and even harder to respond to a crisis. That’s why the American Red Cross provides emergency communications support to our nation’s military. That’s why Marine PFC […]
By Bill Fortune “If you don’t serve your community you really are not part of that community.” A single sentence that expresses why someone would give 48 years of service to America. Deborah (Debby) MacSwain has been a part of the American Red Cross, or, the Red Cross has been a part of Debby MacSwain, […]
By Jennifer Marsh So how did you spend your weekend? Most of us might say we ran errands, did some home improvement, went for a hike, run or ride, had a date or attended a school event. Or, just maybe, we might admit that we took a nap. Colorado Red Cross had a busy weekend […]
Tom Pardee (L) receives the Lifetime Service Award from SVP Koby Langley at the Evans Army Community Hospital in Colorado Springs. Photo by Joe Coleman/American Red Cross Story by Bill Fortune Red Cross volunteers don’t do what they do for the glory. They rarely seek out recognition and prefer to go through their volunteer hours […]
By Bill Fortune and Patricia Billinger When disaster strikes, we all want to help. Local governments, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and individuals all rally to help those in need. The American Red Cross is among those who answer the call to help. Volunteers in Calistoga, CA go through boxes of items donated to California wildfire relief. […]
Updated September 22, 2015 – The American Red Cross of Colorado will sponsor a one-day, large scale, Home Fire Campaign event Friday, September 25, 2015. This event will cover six Colorado counties and involve nearly six hundred works, including over 400 cadets from the United States Air Force Academy. The workers will go door-to-door in several […]
On Sept. 9, 2013, rain began falling in a historic downpour that would ultimately result in flooding across more than a third of Colorado’s counties. Boulder County received a year’s worth of rainfall in a matter of days. The Red Cross sprang into action immediately and, despite the challenges of flooded roadways and damaged infrastructure, […]