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Pulled In. Pulled Through: How Blood Donation Came Full Circle for Chris Domeyer
By Lubna Albadawi Chris Domeyer remembers the sound of the auger. The grinding metal.The pull of his glove.The moment he knew. “I knew if I made it out of that truck alive,” he says quietly, “it was going to be without a leg.” On November 17, 2005, Domeyer, of Manchester, Iowa, was working for the Iowa Department of Transportation. A snowstorm had rolled through overnight, and like many winter mornings, he had been called in early to plow. He decided to wash his new truck ins
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18 hours ago3 min read
A Caring Pair
Tim Lewis became a Red Cross volunteer first. His wife, Marilyn, soon joined him. “We do most things together. She wanted to do it with me,” Tim Lewis explained. “I thought it would be a good thing for us to do together as a couple.” After working in law enforcement and emergency management for 40 years, Tim Lewis came to the Red Cross as a volunteer already well-versed in the mission. He spent his professional life responding to weather crises and home fires. He also planned
NEIA Red Cross
6 days ago3 min read
Red Cross Volunteer Empowers Others, Teaches International Humanitarian Law
By Janet Flanagan “Even war has rules.” That’s what Laura Calese tells her Red Cross class. Wait. What? Why is a Red Cross volunteer talking about the rules of war? Isn’t the Red Cross all about blood donations, CPR, fire safety, first aid and disaster response? The answer is “Yes.” And the Red Cross is also involved in another service, that of promoting International Humanitarian Law. It came about after 1859, when a Swiss businessman, Henry Dunant, witnessed hor
NEIA Red Cross
Feb 63 min read
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