James Jessee spent 20 years working for the Department of Energy in northern California. His primary customers were low-income families and the elderly. While there he worked his way up […]

Many years ago Margie Simmons suffered a devastating hemorrhage that nearly took her life. Like most people surviving a major trauma, this experience had a significant impact. As she says, […]

Vicki Weaver joined the American Red Cross in 1994, and is currently a volunteer in the Southwest Oregon chapter. She worked on a disaster assistance team (DAT) for six years, […]

Submitted by Stephanie Watson The weekend of May 29-31, I attended the third annual American Red Cross Cascades Disaster Academy. In all, 242 Red Crossers attended the event at the […]

Paulette (Polly) Alexander was born in Klamath Falls in southern Oregon, attended college in Portland and has spent her life in Oregon. She began volunteering with the American Red Cross […]

Darin Furry was born in San Francisco. He received a degree in Biology from U.C. Davis and then turned his talents to being a park ranger at Bonneville Dam. That […]

When gale force winds struck the coast of Oregon in 2007, they severely disrupted life in the communities of Wheeler, Nehalem and Manzanita. With Manzanita cut off from the rest […]

  John Parrish with SAF team Donna (left) and Linda (right). John Parrish has a history of service. He was career Air Force and now looks forward to providing a […]

John Vinje was born and spent his early years in North Dakota but is pretty much a native of Minnesota. He lived there 49 years and volunteered with the Red […]

Sue Thompson describes being a Red Cross volunteer as, “just a part of who I am.” She was exposed to the work of the Red Cross as a small child […]