Chapter Blogs

Hi — The Tri-County Red Cross in New Jersey’s entire website is a series of blogs. 🙂

Is there a Nashville or Murfreesboro, TN blog? Looking for info on possible assistance with replacing damaged or destroyed car windows as mine was on Good Friday tornado. Thank You

I am very concerned about ARC’s lack of sensitivity to the DEAF people in emergency preparedness, especially with ETON Corp’s ARC Emergency Product Line, not meeting the accessibility issues of Deaf People – why? because they cannot hear the RADIO audios!!! Why cannot ARC develop such emergency product lines to meet all of people, including Deaf and Hard of Hearing, also those people whose hearing are diminished by age.

Is there a Mid-Rio Grande Chapter blog? I am the DAT Captain for Socorro, NM. I would like to she our chapter blog with my team if there is one.

My son, was wounded in Iraq, 10-30-09 he didn’t have anything- but the red cross & the wonded worries project supplied him with clothing , uniform’s– everything…. even a calling card… it must have been a nitemare, for Jason— but thank’s to all the kindness & love, of the the Red Cross & the Wounded Worrie’s project, you made My son– felt like a humane being again…

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! from the bottom of my heart…..

Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU & GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!

The San Luis Obispo County Chapter has a blog.
It’s pretty rad, so add us to the list!

How wonderful that so many people are responding regarding the Haiti earthquake. While the generosity of the public is appreciated, the best way to help is to send monetary donations in one of three different ways:

1) Send a text. Type HAITI (all in caps) and send to 90999. This service which is sponsored by the U.S. State Department, will automatically be charged to your cell phone bill.

2) Call 1-800-733-2767 for the American Red Cross International Response Fund to donate.

3) Mail a check to: American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington D.C. 20013.

Due to the chaos, the Red Cross will not accept volunteers to travel to Haiti. If more people are needed, they will make an announcement. Until then, donate your time to your local Red Cross Chapter i.e., answering phone calls, or you can donate blood to replenish our national supply, should the need for international help for blood ever arises.

Thank your for your support!

in these moments do not know what pain is higher in my soul, that to see the left in ruins and who or shower of them, or that of not having food, water, aids and equipment with which to rebuild that small country Haiti

T-shirt to support earthquake relief effort in Haiti . I want to donate 40% from each sale to the red cross and i also have some item on ebay and 40% of each sale is also being donated
i need help getting the word out. The more i can sale the more i can give.

I live in the UK and it seems that people have forgotten about Haiti but are more concerned about celibrities lives. I know that people and the media in France still report about Haiti. What is it like in the States where the haitian community is quite important? Are the American Red Cross still receiving donations?

Imagine being in an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale. Take a moment to consider being in a hotel room 5,000+ miles from home in a country where English isn’t widely spoken. That was the situation that my wife and I found ourselves in earlier this month in Vina del Mar, Chile.

The first quake hit just after 3:30 in the morning, shaking us awake with a ‘surround-sound’ rumbling. The small hotel we were staying had 5 other rooms, all the others being on the floor above us.

As we opened the door to our room, we met several of the other guests coming down the stairs, and heading for the front door to the safety of an open lawn.

The earth kept shaking for another 30 seconds as we stood under the bright full moon after we had exited the hotel. The 90 second quake was the horrifying both because of the intensity and the duration.

All electrical power was out, but fortunately for us was restored less than 6 hours later. During that period, aftershocks shook several more times, but only 2 others lasted long enough for us to evacuate the hotel again.

Just after 9:00 am, we walked from our hotel to an overlook approximately 100 feet above the sea. We noticed that waves had brought debris high up onto the shoreline, but that the water had receded what turned out to be abnormally far down. However, in a very short time, large waves were once again coming in very high up on the beach. Police and emergency vehicles were using their loudspeakers to urge people to avoid going onto the beach.

No damage was noted in the area of the beach that was approximately 250 miles north of Concepcion, Chile (where the biggest damage from the earthquake and tsunami that followed 45 minutes after the initial quake) was experienced.

For the next 4 days, my wife and I explored areas north of Vina del Mar, avoiding traveling to the south where road travel and communications were still not fully restored to normal. Very little signs of damage were apparent as we traveled through small towns and on side roads from Vina del Mar to Los Andes, and then up a winding series of switchbacks to Portillo on the Argentine border.

On the 5th day after the earthquake, we returned to Santiago from Los Andes. We had to detour off the modern highway at several points as we approached Santiago as either overpass road or pedestrian bridges were lying on the main roadway. The large capital city was returning to normal, but numerous security ribbons were posted prohibiting approaching too near damaged buildings. Our hotel had structural damage that the hotel had papered over. Numerous churches were damaged, and most of the auto dealers with glass windows were damaged, but the underground metro and bus service appeared normal.

During the evening, we noticed the Red Cross advertising on the tv for volunteers to assist with preparing emergency household necessity packages that included drinking water for families in heavily affected regions 7 and 8 of Chile, AND to assist with tracing activities related to missing persons.

The next morning, I visited the Chilean Red Cross main office, and met with a series of officials who graciously briefed me about the emergency actions and needs for assistance. I continue to receive email updates from several new friends who are Chilean Red Cross volunteers.

The Federation announced a $6.4 million dollar appeal (recently raised to $12.9 million USD) globally while I was in the office. It was really great to see the founding principles of the international Red Cross movement were working well in Chile. Over the next 2 days, prior to our departure, we were able to witness numerous volunteer actions, and the people of Chile responding well to support the Chilean Red Cross.

The road infrastructure was heavily damaged along the coast between Concepcion and Constitution. However, a convoy of almost 100 trucks filled with emergency supplies reached the most heavily affected area surrounding Concepcion on the same day as my visit to the Chilean Red Cross main office.

With earthquakes continuing to occur, it seems to me that while the international Red Cross movement wouldn’t normally assist with reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure, it may be possible to assist with psychological trauma associated with the disaster as well as with preparing for emergencies in the future.

The Granite Chapter in New Hampshire now has a blog! Please add us, we are at
http://www.nhredcross.blogspot.com

My name is Harrison , and I am a new American’s member for my local Red Cross chapter. we noticed the Red Cross advertising on the tv for volunteers to assist with preparing emergency household necessity packages that included drinking water for families in heavily affected regions 7 and 8 of Chile, AND to assist with tracing activities related to missing persons.Currently, we do not have a blog, twitter-feed, flick, but I would really like to start this. I feel as if this would be very beneficial in recruiting new members, and also get individuals more involved with their local community.

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Good day. Thanks for this blog site for the Red Cross. I often see corporate sites of the movement rather than interactive blogs. I hope sometime soon you can offer online courses on Disaster Management, Water and Sanitation, and other courses which may not need actual physical skills to be present like the CPR and First.

Greetings! The Grand Canyon Chapter loves this blog! Wanted to let you know we recently started one as well and are pretty excited about it. Please include us in your wonderful blogging list and visit!

redcrossgcc.blogspot.com

My brother recommended I might like this blog. He was totally right. This post truly made my day. You cann’t imagine simply how much time I had spent for this information! Thanks!

No one gives the red cross the credit they deserve, thank you guys for always coming to Americas rescue

I give blood to American Red Cross as often as I can. They are always so nice when I go in. What a great group of individuals.

Check out the Columbia Region’s blog -http://crredcross.wordpress.com/

Hello Red Cross!

I personally want to thank you, your supporters, and volunteers! About a month ago my brother, his wife, and 3 daughters were in a house fire. It was an electrical fire and they lost everything.(They were okay thank goodness!) You and your donators(including me :D) donated a significant amount to help get them back on their feet! I cant tell you how much I appreciate this. It has lifted a huge burden off of their shoulders and now they are getting settled in at a apartment. Thanks again!

-Steve

Thanks for putting together this list of blogs. It is very helpful to be able to connect to the local activities of the Red Cross.

My brother Mark was injured in Afghanistan in late 2009 during his work with the Marines. I’ve always been impressed with the Red Cross, but the way they treated Mark after his injury (he lost a leg) nearly brought tears to my eyes.

Thank you very much for putting this list together. It’s a great resource for people like me and Mark.

Red Cross is a very important organization. Helping the needy is something beautiful. Thank you for all!

We often find ourselves supporting the red cross and all of the wonderful things that they get up to. We also take a lot of our clothes to the local charity shops, infact I took almost 10 black bags filled with a lot of trendy clothes that just dont fit.

I also love the staff that work at our local Red Cross Charity Store. This is one of the reasons why we setup our santas grotto because we see how you can help put a smile on people’s faces. It’s what we aim to do with our Grotto in London.

Many thanks and best of luck.

Your Truly,

Marc

We want to express gratitude for the Northern Minnesota Chapter of the Red Cross and their excellent commitment to help with urgent needs.

I just wanted to let everyone know out there that red cross isn’t what they put them selves out there to be me and my husband were renting a house that burned down to the ground me,my husband and our beautiful 3 kids lost everything in the fire and we’re left with nothing…this was during the holidays as well 2 of our kids had to go stay with grandma and the other child of ours went and stayed with auntie due to the cold weather season while me and my husband stayed in a tent at a local state park…not mention the hurt and separation anxiety they caused to my children that were only 3 ,4 and not even 6 months of age at the time…

Please respond after you have read my earlier message because I need the answers, latest 1-2 weeks.

Yours Truly
Zack Steven