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Nice to Meet You: Rachelle Lipker
Rachelle Lipker has been a member of the Red Cross for over 20 years. She began as a volunteer, and she is now an executive director. Her...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Top 5 Preparedness Tips for People With Disabilities
By Emily Holley, Communications Manager, Nebraska-Iowa Red Cross Today is National Disability Independence Day. It’s a day to celebrate...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 26
- 3 min
10 Disaster Deployments in Less Than Two Years: Yvonne Lambterson's Story
By George McCrory In her one-and-a-half years with the Red Cross, Yvonne Lambertson has responded to 10 disasters near and far from her...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 18
- 2 min
Nice to Meet You: Marion McDermott
Fires, tornados, floods, our disaster program managers have seen it all. These kind, genuine Red Crossers make sure that those affected...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jan 6
- 4 min
Nice to Meet You: Brooke Mehaffey
Brooke Mehaffey is Chief Operating Officer for our Nebraska-Iowa Red Cross region. Her team works behind the scenes to ensure that...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Helping Keep the Armed Services Healthy by Supporting Omaha’s Busiest Pharmacies
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Just 10 miles south of downtown Omaha is the host base for the largest wing of the United States Air Force....
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NEIA Red Cross
- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Amanda Wehnes
Amanda Wehnes is a biomed account manager, which means she plays a critcal role in blood collection in the North Platte, Nebraska area....
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NEIA Red Cross
- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Connie Treat
For several decades, Connie Treat has been an American Red Cross collection specialist, comforting blood donors and helping to regularly...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Steph Novacek
Steph Novacek is the executive director of the Southeast Nebraska Chapter of the American Red Cross. Our Red Cross region relies on her...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Briana DeSadier
Briana DeSadier is frequently a "go-to" person in our region. She works tirelessly to support the staff and volunteers throughout...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
2021 Sound the Alarm "Day of Action"
On May 8, 2021, American Red Cross volunteers visited with commuity members in Perry, Iowa and Columbus, Nebraska, to Sound the Alarm...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 7, 2021
- 3 min
How to Talk to Kids About Fire Safety
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Brian Eiteman’s firefighter grandfather walked into his third-grade classroom to teach fire safety, Brian...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
5 Surprising Fire Safety Tips from a Longtime Fire Chief
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Dan Miller has been fighting fires since he was 16 when he joined the Fire Cadets in his hometown of Yutan,...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 26, 2021
- 5 min
Who is Your Hero?
We all have people in our lives who we consider heroes. As we approach the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area Chapter Heroes in the...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
Board member shares intimate take on Black history
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca, American Red Cross Volunteer After watching Hurricane Katrina tear through the Gulf Coast, causing 1,800...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Learning the Lessons of History Through Service: A Conversation with James B. Boles
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca, American Red Cross Volunteer “The Red Cross is the best of us. Each person who I have met there is...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Clara Barton’s Words Preserved for the Digital Age to Increase Accessibility
What if you could meet and learn from your long-dead hero from their writings? Tawnta Staten, a grant writer for the American Red Cross...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
Nice to Meet You: Mycaela Crouse
Today, we start a new series called “Nice to Meet You” in which we will introduce you to staff members from the Nebraska-Iowa Region of...
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cydneyanderson
- Mar 1, 2020
- 3 min
Disaster Brings Couple Together
Leonard and Shari knew they needed to help other people, and in recent years, they have started putting forth the effort of doing just that.
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cydneyanderson
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
Meet Ken Noltie
A person who can dedicate 100% of their time to helping veterans is someone you definitely want to know. Meet Ken Noltie!
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