Santa with Vincent Herra-Rue (age 3) and Red Cross Volunteer Thea Wasche, at Santa’s Workshop with Colorado National Guard . Photo by Lorin Schroeder/American Red Cross In mid-December the thoughts of many children are focused on Santa and presents. The children of Colorado National Guard families are no different and those thoughts were amplified Dec. […]
First, we want to say THANK YOU. Thank you for caring about your fellow Coloradans, for supporting local nonprofits that help your neighbors, and specifically for supporting the Red Cross in Colorado! You are part of the reason Colorado is such a great place to live. Colorado ranks high on many quality-of-life lists. With our […]
Casework Volunteer Peggy McCown(L) provides food and clothing vouchers to Walter Booth after fire took his home in Pueblo, CO. It was a chilly night in Pueblo Nov. 23, 2014, when Walter Booth stepped out of his mobile home and saw flames coming out the back. Neighbors called 911 while Booth tried to rescue his […]
By Andrea Stone/American Red Cross Forgotten for more than 30 years, it was a piece of Red Cross histoy wrapped in the pages of history. Painting by Glen Ault completed in 1943-44 to supportRed Cross blood drives during WWII. Photo byAndrea Stone/American Red Cross When 84-year-old Rosemary Ault was doing her spring cleaning, she found […]
Have you ever heard of a “three dog night”? No, not the musical group from the 70s but stories from surviving extreme cold. Back in the day during extreme cold people would allow their dogs to sleep in bed with them and the colder it got the more dogs they needed. A really, really cold […]
By Kathleen Rowland, Media Relations Volunteer On Saturday morning, October 18, the Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross participated in a neighborhood evacuation exercise held at Russell Middle School in Colorado Springs. The cool, bright morning began early for volunteers setting up the mock shelter. Around 9 a.m., after receiving notification to begin […]
In September, the Red Cross joined other agencies across the country in promoting National Preparedness Month. This year, in honor of 100 years of saving lives in Colorado, we promoted preparedness under the theme of “Save a Life September.” Highlights of Red Cross National Preparedness Month efforts included the Rocky Mountain Business Preparedness Academy in […]
America’s PrepareAthon! is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to prepare for emergencies through drills, group discussions, and exercises. National PrepareAthon! Day is September 30 and it is designed to prompt us all to take the actions to prepare for these six specific hazards: Earthquake Flood Hurricane Tornado Wildfire Winter Storm So what can […]
A warm Saturday morning and Pueblo volunteers got an early start in their effort to canvas neighborhoods on the southeast side. The canvassing is part of an effort to provide free smoke alarms in areas that have had a history of fatalities caused by home fires. The Pueblo volunteers partnered with volunteers from Loaf’N Jug […]
Brinley Broomfield (L) and her mom, Sally Broomfield at the Pikes Peak Chapter. Photo by Bill Fortune By Sally Broomfield See that beautiful girl on the left? That’s my daughter. (Yes, I am biased). Her name is Brinley, she is 16 years old, and she just earned Volunteer of the Month at the Pikes Peak […]