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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
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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
Be a Winter Warrior
As winter settles in, so do the challenges to collecting blood. The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage as requests from hospitals exceed the available supply of blood, drawing down the blood supply by about 35 percent over the past month. Individuals are urgently needed to give blood or platelets now so patients don’t face delays in lifesaving care. But there is good news: You can help change that. Now through February, the Red Cross is calling on compassi
NEIA Red Cross
Jan 162 min read
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