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Volunteer Determined to Help Pet Owner Find Housing After Fire
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca On the evening of August 26, 2023, a blaze broke out at an apartment complex in West Omaha, Nebraska. A small...
NEIA Red Cross
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Thanking Veterans for their Service and Sacrifice Through Volunteering
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Every Wednesday, the scent of fresh-baked cookies wafts through the Omaha Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center...
NEIA Red Cross
Dec 21, 20232 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
Nice to Meet You: Emily Holley
Emily Holley is the regional communications manager for Nebraska and Iowa. She is passionate about great coffee and can often be found a...
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Nov 2, 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
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...
NEIA Red Cross
Sep 27, 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Sep 25, 20232 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Sep 19, 20234 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Aug 31, 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Aug 25, 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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Jul 27, 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Jun 22, 20232 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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Jun 13, 20233 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 16, 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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May 5, 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Apr 27, 20232 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....
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 23, 20233 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 11, 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...
NEIA Red Cross
Mar 6, 20232 min read
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