A Journey to the Summit

By Susan Poulter Photos by Susan and Don Poulter USS Yorktown was a highlight of the Red Cross Mission Summit in Charleston, SC. To reach the summit of a mountain sounds daunting…equally intimidating, is attending a Mission Summit for the American Red Cross as a new volunteer.  I wasn’t sure if I had the necessary […]

Volunteers Make Things Happen; Highlights for week of January 9, 2017

Volunteers respond to Denver Apartment Fire New Years Eve: 12/31/16 The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming responds to calls for assistance, on average, twice a day. Disaster knows no holiday, nor does it acknowledge a time of day. Volunteers respond 365 days a year, at all hours of the day or night. At […]

Volunteers Make Things Happen; Weekly Highlight for December 19, 2016

  The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming responds to calls for assistance, on average, twice a day. Just last week, December 12-18, there were just over 20 calls for emergency assistance to help with multiple types of disasters; including fires, floods and building collapses. Of the 64 people helped, at least 21 were […]

I Am The Red Cross in My Community

PHOTO: Red Cross Volunteer, Guy Forti, visits with a Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy while providing nourishment from the Mobile Feeding Vehicle. Halloween, 2016, was a busy day for members of the Castle Rock community. Red Cross responded to help support emergency personnel working the scene of an investigation, and set up an evacuation center for […]