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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 72 min read
Supporting the health of communities for Red Cross Month
March became Red Cross Month over 80 years ago with a proclamation from President Franklin Roosevelt. Every American president has...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 232 min read
Navy Veteran Becomes Red Cross Volunteer
By Aerial Woods Yvonne Lambertson is a proud veteran of 12 years active-duty service in the U.S. Navy, who medically retired in 1997. Her...
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NEIA Red Cross
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Nebraska-Iowa Red Cross recognizes 68 volunteers
The Nebraska-Iowa American Red Cross region presented awards to 68 volunteers and partner organizations during its annual volunteer...
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NEIA Red Cross
Oct 20, 20242 min read
Nebraska-Iowa Red Crossers provide hope as hurricane recovery continues
Over the past few weeks, residents of Southeastern states have been coping with the devastation left by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane...
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NEIA Red Cross
Oct 4, 20242 min read
Nebraska and Iowa Volunteers answer call to help
It’s been a week since Hurricane Helene made landfall, and the American Red Cross is working 24/7 with dozens of partners to get help to...
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NEIA Red Cross
Sep 26, 20242 min read
When disaster hits close to home, new volunteers step up
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca On April 26, Melissa Chambers was sent home early from work to prepare for bad weather. When the tornado sirens...
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NEIA Red Cross
Jul 2, 20241 min read
Caring for pets in a Red Cross shelter
By Janet Flanagan and Peter Teahen Red Cross Pet Liaison Melissa McGill knows that if disaster strikes, it isn’t just people who need...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 31, 20242 min read
“Above and beyond the call of duty”
Randall Hair, a Greenfield, Iowa resident for decades, had just returned home from the hospital for a fractured ankle when an EF4 tornado...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 27, 20243 min read
A Safe, Comfortable Place to Stay After the Greenfield Tornado
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca Where do you go if your home and your relatives’ homes were destroyed by an EF4 tornado, and you were just...
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NEIA Red Cross
May 2, 20242 min read
From the Field: 4 Days After April 2024 Tornadoes
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca At 8 a.m. on Monday, April 29, Stu Coulson picked up his rental car in Waterloo, Iowa, to drive over six hours...
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NEIA Red Cross
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Volunteers, thank you!
Volunteers are the heart of the American Red Cross. They have raised their hands to help others, and they do it with compassion. Our...
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NEIA Red Cross
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Volunteers Sound the Alarm in Cedar Rapids
Last weekend, over 100 Red Cross volunteers installed 316 free smoke alarms in the Taylor and Czech Village neighborhoods of Cedar Rapids...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 15, 20242 min read
A Legacy Worth Leaving: Wanda's Experience as a Red Crosser
By Chris Overman Wanda Samson’s commitment to helping others originates through her experiences growing up on a farm and in the schools,...
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NEIA Red Cross
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Volunteer Travels to the Ends of the Earth to Tell the Stories of Those Impacted by Disasters
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca “I’m a storyteller. When I’m deployed, I tell the stories of families who are impacted by national disasters,”...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Join the Red Cross Month Celebration
This week, the American Red Cross Nebraska-Iowa Region is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor local...
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NEIA Red Cross
Feb 16, 20244 min read
Nice to Meet You: Erica Mascarello
Erica Mascarello is part of our talented volunteer services team. She devotes her time to ensuring our volunteers feel engaged and...
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NEIA Red Cross
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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NEIA Red Cross
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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NEIA Red Cross
Nov 15, 20222 min read
45 Years of Helping to Save Lives
The first time Kathy Iske attended a blood drive was in 1977. It was the first blood drive hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary 216 in...
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NEIA Red Cross
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Stellar Volunteers Honored
Volunteers are the lifeblood of the American Red Cross, making up 90% of our workforce. The work of the Red Cross would not be possible...
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