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Nice to Meet You: Katie Tellus
Meet Katie. She is passionate about blood donor recruitment and proud of the impact her work has on her community. Learn more about her role, how she spends her time and what fuels her commitment to her work. Katie (center) with her husband and son. Q: Could you explain what your title means and take us through your workday, or what projects you work on? A: As the donor recruitment supervisor for the Omaha donor recruitment team, I serve as both a creative and operational re
NEIA Red Cross
Nov 133 min read
Nice to Meet You: Rebecca McCarty
Meet Rebecca. She is a vital member of our biomedical services team. Her work ensures that enough blood drives are scheduled to maintain a healthy blood supply. She is also a busy mom and passionate advocate for volunteering in her community. Q: Could you explain what your title means and take us through your workday, or what projects you work on? A: I am the Iowa East strategic business planner, which means that I am in charge of planning and booking our drives on the calen
NEIA Red Cross
Oct 224 min read
Making Dad Proud
June is a difficult month for Micki Young and her family. In June of 2020, her dad, John Bunts, died from cancer. After his death, Young...
NEIA Red Cross
Aug 212 min read
Thank You for Being a Piece of the Healing: Thea Troendle’s Story
By Lubna Albadawi Thea Troendle still remembers the five quiet minutes her newborn daughter laid on her chest. Five minutes of joy. Of...
NEIA Red Cross
Aug 13 min read
“It Makes My Heart Happy”: How Pam Jones Gives Back to Her Community—One Unit at a Time
By Lubna Albadawi Pam Jones is the kind of person who makes you feel welcome the moment you meet her. She lives in Red Oak, Iowa, where...
NEIA Red Cross
Jun 43 min read
Kennedy Elskamp’s Memory Continues to Save Lives
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Carter Elskamp turned 16, a time when most teens are excited about getting their driver’s license, he was...
NEIA Red Cross
Apr 302 min read
Supporting the health of communities for Red Cross Month
March became Red Cross Month over 80 years ago with a proclamation from President Franklin Roosevelt. Every American president has...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 72 min read
Donated Blood Saves This Young Mom After Delivery
By Janet Flanagan Imagine planning for your first-born baby, attending classes, reading books, and going into delivery expecting a...
NEIA Red Cross
Jan 234 min read
A special Blood Donor Month
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca This blood donor month has special meaning for Trevor Oestmann. After almost a decade of employment at the Red...
NEIA Red Cross
Jan 163 min read
Empowering Everleigh
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Five-year-old Everleigh Huskey loves sparkly high heels, a troll with bright pink hair and says her favorite...
NEIA Red Cross
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Eternally grateful for donated blood
By Janet Flanagan Tom Hildebrand is “eternally grateful” for people who donate blood. He’s alive today because of them and will soon mark...
NEIA Red Cross
Aug 22, 20243 min read
Nice to Meet You: Nicole Miller
The American Red Cross collects 40 percent of the nation's blood supply. This means that volunteers across the country need to roll up...
NEIA Red Cross
Jun 20, 20242 min read
A Legacy Worth Leaving: Wanda's Experience as a Red Crosser
By Chris Overman Wanda Samson’s commitment to helping others originates through her experiences growing up on a farm and in the schools,...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Fremont (NE) High School student wins Red Cross scholarship
By Ellen Heddendorf Katie Proskovec of Fremont, Nebraska, helped save lives by hosting an American Red Cross blood drive and earned a...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Volunteer Travels to the Ends of the Earth to Tell the Stories of Those Impacted by Disasters
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca “I’m a storyteller. When I’m deployed, I tell the stories of families who are impacted by national disasters,”...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Join the Red Cross Month Celebration
This week, the American Red Cross Nebraska-Iowa Region is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor local...
NEIA Red Cross
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Don't wait. Donate.
As snow and freezing temperatures blanket the Midwest, the Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage. The nation faces the...
NEIA Red Cross
Jan 13, 20241 min read
Student Leaders Save Lives, Earn Scholarships
Wyatt Ludemann, of Tecumseh, Nebraska, and Paxton Mitties, of North Bend, Nebraska helped save lives by hosting American Red Cross blood...
NEIA Red Cross
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Blood Donations Help 8-year-old Aubrey Kick Cancer
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Aubrey Greiner of Glenwood, Iowa, is 8 and passionate about sports. She started soccer at just 3, moving onto...
NEIA Red Cross
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Quilt Commemorates 96 Gallons of Blood Donated
On a balmy autumn day, Doug Dewaele drove the 45 minutes from rural Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska, to give blood, as he’d done for years....
NEIA Red Cross
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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