Tag: volunteers

Imagine The Trauma Of Losing Everything…

This weekend, I received an update from our Disaster Action Teams that almost brought me to tears. It didn’t initially sound like an unusual situation — a house fire, one […]

How Are You Spending Your Day On?

We’ve all heard that MLK Day is should be a day on, not a day off. So how are you spending yours? Granted, it’s not actually ON MLK Day, but […]

The Red Cross Role In Inauguration Events

Did you know that the American Red Cross has been supporting presidential inaugurations since 1909? This year is no exception; the District of Columbia has again requested the help of […]

What Are Your Holiday Plans?

First, the good news. We’ve had lots of people step up to the plate and our emergency warming centers have had plenty of volunteers to help staff them every night […]

How Busy Are We?

If you’ve been wondering about the lack of new content on the blog, it’s because we’ve been busy. Really busy. Just how busy are we? Well, here’s a note from […]

Braving The Snow And Ice

Just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean the number of housefires goes down. In fact, with wood-burning fireplaces, festive candles and flammable holiday decorations, winter is actually our busiest season. […]

Bob Porter: Why I Help

So are we allowed to play favorites when it comes to volunteers? I mean, they are all FABULOUS, but we can especially adore a couple of them, right? Right? Okay, […]

“A New Spirit of Service”

So you watched the results last night, didn’t you? And the speeches? I did and, without getting political, I wanted to share the one thing that jumped out at me. […]

Volunteer Gives 7,000 Hours to Red Cross

Volunteers: If you totaled up how many hours of your life you’ve spent working on behalf of the Red Cross, what would you get? A couple hundred? A thousand? More? […]