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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....
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Sep 27, 20232 min read
Nice to Meet You: Jessica Gutierrez
Meet Jessica Gutierrez. In her role as the community engagement and partnership manager, she provides vital outreach and education to the...
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Sep 25, 20232 min read
Red Cross of Eastern Iowa Announces Bill Heitman as New Executive Director
The American Red Cross of Eastern Iowa chapter is pleased to announce Bill Heitman as its new executive director. Until recently, Heitman...
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Sep 19, 20234 min read
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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Aug 31, 20232 min read
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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Aug 25, 20232 min read
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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Jul 27, 20232 min read
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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Jun 22, 20232 min read
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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Jun 13, 20233 min read
“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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May 16, 20232 min read
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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May 5, 20232 min read
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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Apr 27, 20232 min read
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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Mar 23, 20233 min read
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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Mar 11, 20232 min read
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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Mar 6, 20232 min read
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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Mar 5, 20232 min read
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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Feb 27, 20232 min read
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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Jan 16, 20233 min read
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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Dec 2, 20222 min read
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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Oct 27, 20223 min read
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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