Each week we will highlight some important updates and information you might be interested in knowing! For instance, did you know, between November 28 and December 11, YOU helped 52 people including 15 children? It’s true. We had requests for emergency relief due to flooding, fire, and a building collapse in the past two weeks […]
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 […]
More Colorado and Wyoming Assets Deploying for Hurricane Matthew Relief Emergency Response Vehicles Rolling out on Monday Red Cross workers going door-to-door for Hurricane Matthew Relief. Photo by American Red Cross Denver, Sunday, October 09, 2016 – As Hurricane Matthew continued its path of destruction up the southeast coast, the American Red Cross expanded […]
Workers will bring help to those avoiding disaster as Hurricane Matthew hits Southeast U.S. Denver, Thursday, October 6, 2016 – The American Red Cross of Colorado & Wyoming is sending disaster volunteers to Florida to aide in the evacuation efforts in preparation for Hurricane Matthew. A Red Cross volunteer comforts a child (stock photo/ American […]
Colorado and Wyoming Volunteers Continue to Support Hurricane Matthew Relief Update:Oct, 13, 2016 As of Thursday morning, October 13, the Colorado and Wyoming Red Cross has sent more than 30 volunteers to support the relief efforts for Hurricane Matthew. In addition, three emergency response vehicles (ERV) were sent. Most of the Colorado and Wyoming volunteers […]
More Colorado and Wyoming Assets Deploying for Hurricane Matthew Relief Emergency Response Vehicles Rolling out on Monday Denver, Sunday, October 09, 2016 – As Hurricane Matthew continued its path of destruction up the southeast coast, the American Red Cross expanded its massive sheltering effort to span five states. More than 13,400 people in North Carolina, […]
By Bill Fortune At the American Red Cross we are driven by our mission statement that says, “The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.” Donors and volunteers listen to CEO Gino Greco at the Clara Barton Society […]
By Bill Fortune So, what did you do over the Labor Day weekend? Camping, travel, site seeing, or maybe just stayed home and spent time with family. Any number of possibilities come to mind for what some call the “last weekend of summer.” Colorado volunteers Volunteers Suzanne Faerber and Ken Harnett serving food in Louisiana. Photo […]
By Bill Fortune Hail piled up in the Colorado Springs area. Photo by American Red Cross Strong storms brought mountains of hail and buckets of rain to the Colorado Springs area. Roads were closed, homes flooded and streams threatened to overflow. Hail was 4 to 5 feet deep in some places and rainfall of more […]
By Bill Fortune Sandra’s story from the Louisiana floods It’s been a week after historic flooding in Louisiana devastated tens of thousands of lives, and the work of the Red Cross is just beginning. Red Cross workers are providing shelter, food and comfort right now, and will continue to be there in the weeks and […]