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Red Cross Offers Cooking Safety Tips and First Aid for Choking Steps
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Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program Members Recognized for Financial Support
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Today the American Red
Cross reached the halfway mark in its efforts to raise $100 million through
its Campaign for Disaster Relief, which was launched in September to
replenish the organization's Disaster Relief Fund.
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The American Red Cross today announced a new course, Coping With Deployments: Psychological First Aid for Military Families, is now available.
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In response to the devastating effects of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav on impacted communities in Texas and Louisiana, BP announced that the BP Foundation will donate $8 million to community organization
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Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced it is making a commitment of $3 million to support recovery efforts in the communities affected by hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike.
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As mandatory evacuations are issued in the Gulf Coast states, the American Red Cross is starting to receive evacuees in shelters throughout the Gulf Coast.
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As Tropical Storm Fay continues to threaten the Florida Keys and western Florida, the Red Cross has pre-positioned both people and supplies throughout the state. Florida has more than 5,000 Red Cross volunteers, nearly 30 feeding trucks, a strong warehouse system and a large stock of cots, blankets and other supplies. Members of the Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program help provide the funding to enable the Red Cross to prepare before disaster strikes.
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The American Red Cross is still working in more than 30 earthquake-affected communities in Peru.
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Hurricane season is in full swing, with Tropical Storm Edouard churning in the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Dolly having just left.
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Tuesday, Residents in California affected by today’s earthquake are urged to register themselves and their loved ones on the Safe and Well website, to let family and friends around the country know of their status.
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The American Red Cross
is launching a new campaign for canines that will help pet owners keep their furry friends safe during the hottest days of summer.
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More nurses in the Lincoln, Nebraska, area will soon be getting involved in the mission of the American Red Cross. That is because Lincoln's Cornhusker Chapter today received the first-ever Susan Hassmiller Nursing Award.
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UNICEF South Africa has joined forces with the cities of Johannesburg, Ekhuruleni, and Tshwane, areas hardest hit by the violence, to provide emergency relief supplies to meet immediate needs of vulnerable women and children.
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The American Red Cross is prepared to release funds and supplies, estimated at $100,000, to help the people of Myanmar who were affected by Cyclone Nargis, a deadly storm that made landfall on May 2.
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On World Malaria Day, the American Red Cross is joining with its partners to raise awareness and encourage a robust global response to this deadly disease.
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Survivors of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma who are still suffering emotionally from the effects of the storms will have extra time to get needed professional treatment.
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The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), are airlifting relief commodities in response to severe flooding that has caused a humanitarian crisis in Ecuador.
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The American Red Cross recently launched its new national public service advertising (PSA) campaign called Change a Life, which includes print, television, radio, online, out-of-home components in both English and Spanish.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be a day on, not a day off, for many volunteers from the American Red Cross and HOPE worldwide.
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