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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Celebrating 100 Years of Service by Continuing to Serve

As wildfires continue to rage in Texas and Oklahoma and thousands are picking up the pieces after one of the nation’s worst tornado outbreaks in recent history, the American Red Cross-Dallas Area Chapter is providing help and hope, as it has done for the last 100 years. Help us celebrate 100 years of service by donating to help disaster victims recover. Financial donations are needed so that families across the nation can lean on the Red Cross for support.

In Texas alone, nearly 150 Red Cross volunteers are on the ground at wildfires making sure families and firefighters have food and water. In hard-hit Oklahoma and North Carolina, Red Cross teams are providing mobile feeding, clean-up supplies and a lot of mental health support for the grieving. Right here in our area, the Red Cross was needed this week because an apartment fire that displaced 72 residents.

Today, the Dallas Area Chapter turns 100 years old. We’re celebrating by doing what we’ve always done – providing help and hope to victims of disaster. Celebrate with us by making a donation! Click on www.redcross.org, text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Happy Birthday to Us!!


On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton and a group of friends held the first meeting of the American Red Cross society in Washington, D.C.
So today, the American Red Cross turns 129. Don't we look good for our age?!

A Bit of Our History
Before Clara Barton began the American Red Cross, she helped nurse soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War. She brought them food and other supplies. Later she helped the families of missing soldiers find out what happened to them. When Clara went to Europe on vacation in 1869, she found out about a new international organization called the Red Cross that helped wounded and sick soldiers in times of war. Because of her experiences during the Civil War, Clara was determined to bring the Red Cross idea back to America.
Thank you Clara Barton for your vision!