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Disaster Preparedness when Living with a Disability
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Zach Mecham found that many local municipalities have disaster preparation plans and are challenged with...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Aug 31
- 2 min
45 Nebraska and Iowa Volunteers Support Red Cross Disaster Relief as Disasters Multiply
45 volunteers from the Nebraska-Iowa region of the American Red Cross are providing comfort and support in Florida, Hawaii and the...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Volunteers Train More Than 3,400 People in Hands-only CPR at Iowa State Fair
A small group of committed and trained Red Cross volunteers were under a tent in Farm Bureau Park teaching hands-only CPR to attendees of...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Recent Graduate and Family Grateful for Blood Donation
By Aerial Woods Meet Trey Anderson, a Midwesterner who is all too familiar with medical practices and procedures. At the early age of 4,...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Nice to Meet You: Chrissy Bristle
Chrissy Bristle is a disaster workforce engagement manager for our Red Cross region. She is committed to ensuring that we have...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jun 13
- 3 min
“Blood donations save lives. It saved my life. It saved my children’s lives.”
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Trish Robinson is one of the 100,000 Americans who have sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease distorts soft...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 16
- 2 min
Family to Host Community Blood and Toy Drive
By Chris Overman Five-year-old Adeline Lovell of Clear Lake and her family will “pay it forward” at an upcoming American Red Cross...
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NEIA Red Cross
- May 5
- 2 min
Nice to Meet You: Gina Troncone
Meet Gina. She is a disaster program manager for our region. Her kindness, compassion and dedication make her an asset to our region and...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Blood Donor's Life Saved By Blood Donations
By Chris Overman For over 50 years, come rain, shine, sleet or harvest, Steve Harms has been there to give when the bloodmobile arrives...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Gail Miller's 50 Years of Impacting Lives
By George McCrory and Gail Miller Gail Miller, a Dubuque resident, has seen many changes in over 50 years as a Red Cross volunteer....
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Blood Brothers at Iowa State
Gannon and Jack White are brothers, and the two of them share a lot. Both are marketing majors at Iowa State. They have similar eyes and...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Remembering the Tornadoes - One Year Later
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca March 5, 2022, was shaping up to be just like any other Saturday for Penny Merta, an Ankeny, Iowa, resident and...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Helping Your Hometown After a Disaster
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca For over ten years Pam Deichmann traveled all over her home state of Iowa and across the country to respond to...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Giving Blood is a Family Affair
The Jones’ family ties to blood donation with the American Red Cross run deep. Jeanne, a member of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Chapter...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Making Homes Safer for Those New to the U.S.
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Ester Paw grew up in refugee camps at the Thailand-Myanmar border before moving to the U.S. as a teen. She has...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
Making a Difference in Every Way - Michelle's Reasons for Serving
Michelle Harris is the board chair for the Omaha-Council Bluff Metro Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. She hopes that her...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Oct 27, 2022
- 3 min
My Hurricane Ian Deployment Story
By George McCrory, Red Cross Disaster Responder and Communications Volunteer From September 30 to October 13, I deployed to the Red Cross...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
Nice to Meet You: Lisa Gallentine
Have you ever wondered how blood drives and Red Cross blood collections operations work? Success is largely dependent on teams of people...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
At 91, Iowa Volunteer Always Answers the Call
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Virginia Shimpach of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is someone you can depend on. She shows up 15 minutes early to every...
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NEIA Red Cross
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Expect the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness Tips
By Samantha Edwards In 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declared September as National Preparedness Month to raise...
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