A Perfect Match for Fran

By Rick Padden, American Red Cross Public Affairs Name: Fran Culler Location: Loveland GAP: DHS/Disaster Health Services Length of service: 3 years Deployments: 1 One of Fran Culler’s goals when she retired was to become a volunteer, but she’s had this little problem of “un-retiring,” over and over. A registered nurse with a half-century of […]

Congrats! Jessica Schwindt!

Congratulations! Red Cross of Northern Colorado volunteer, Jessica Schwindt, for her recent graduation from Colorado State University. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jessica missed out on a graduation ceremony. Members of her NOCO Red Cross family did a noisy drive-by congratulatory event at her home in Evans, Colorado, along with two fire trucks from the […]

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

By Rick Padden, American Red Cross Public Affairs Name: Dr. Carolyna Smiley-Màrquez Location: Longmont GAP: Disaster mental health provider Length of service: 4 years Dr. Carolyna Smiley-Màrquez has been an American Red Cross disaster mental health volunteer since 2016, and brings a truly unique skill-set to the task of helping clients in the field. Her resume reads like […]

Connection.

by Amanda Waddell, American Red Cross When our world goes a little, or a lot, sideways, and we’re thrown into a reality that requires isolation and distance, what are people and communities doing to find that ever-important sense of connection? They’re volunteering. Throughout the COVID 19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people have found themselves […]

Come Hell or High Water

By Rick Padden, American Red Cross Public Affairs Name: Steve Manshel Location: Loveland GAP (Group/Activity/Position): Community Volunteer Leader/Ambassador Length of service: 16 years The American Red Cross may not have an official job designation for “Entertainers,” but it certainly knows how to take advantage of their skills – something that has paid huge dividends for […]

5 Daily Mental Health Tips to Stay Healthy at Home

Every day is a good day to take care of your mental health. And now, with … well, all this going on, it’s even more important to focus on your emotional wellbeing. Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, it can be easy to let stress, anxiety and exhaustion overcome you. But you can take steps to ward off […]

A Nose for Saving the Day

By Mary Jo Blackwood, American Red Cross  On Saturday February 22, 2020, the Northern Colorado chapter of the American Red Cross was conducting a home fire campaign in the Hill N Park neighborhood in Greeley. When a team approached one house, they smelled gas coming from the residence. The front door had a padlock on […]

Unique Opportunity to Fulfill our Mission

By Catie Ballenger, American Red Cross During times of disaster, the American Red Cross provides safe shelter, food, emergency relief supplies, emotional support, health services and recovery assistance. Providing food, drinks and snacks to those affected by disaster events ranging from single-family home fires to more complex events such as floods, wildfires and catastrophic incidents […]