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    Nice to Meet You: Marion McDermott
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Brooke Mehaffey
    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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    Helping Keep the Armed Services Healthy by Supporting Omaha’s Busiest Pharmacies
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Amanda Wehnes
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Connie Treat
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Steph Novacek
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Briana DeSadier
    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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    2021 Sound the Alarm "Day of Action"
    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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    How to Talk to Kids About Fire Safety
    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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    5 Surprising Fire Safety Tips from a Longtime Fire Chief
    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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    Who is Your Hero?
    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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    Board member shares intimate take on Black history
    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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    Learning the Lessons of History Through Service: A Conversation with James B. Boles
    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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    Clara Barton’s Words Preserved for the Digital Age to Increase Accessibility
    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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    Nice to Meet You: Mycaela Crouse
    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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    Disaster Brings Couple Together
    cydneyanderson
    • Mar 2, 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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    Meet Ken Noltie
    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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    'True Kansas Girl' takes on New Role with Red Cross
    Cydney Anderson
    • Sep 12, 2019
    • 5 min

    'True Kansas Girl' takes on New Role with Red Cross

    "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our...
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    Red Cross Honors Boys Town Police Chief For Saving a Life
    cydneyanderson
    • May 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Red Cross Honors Boys Town Police Chief For Saving a Life

    written by an American Red Cross Volunteer On February 12, 2019, Village of Boys Town Police Chief William Clark called on his training...
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