American Red Cross

Man Saves Woman From Burning Car, Dedicates Award To Son Who Died In Auto Accident

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Ricki Ann Thiele, California, Car Accident, Emily Cox, Heroes, Chris Cox, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Suicide, American Red Cross, Petaluma, Danny Cox, Video, Impact News

When Chris Cox jumped out of his car and over a fence at the sight of a burning car, he saved the life of 43-year-old Ricki Ann Thiele who was unconsc...

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When Government Competes With Aid Organizations In Relief Efforts

Paul Clolery | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: The NonProfit Times, American Red Cross, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Paul Clolery, Daniel Inouye, Salvation Army, Impact News

Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) has introduced S. 2202, the Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act. The bottom line is that tax dollars apparently are not enough and the federal government wants to be able to fundraise outside the scope of its actual authority.

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Immigrant Cop Saves Baby From Burning Building, Wins Red Cross Award

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Guadalupe Ramirez Cervantes, American Red Cross, Video, Cop Saves Baby From Building, Jose Acevedo, Slidepollajax, Latino Voices News

Milwaukee Police Officer Guadalupe Ramirez-Cervantes was on patrol for stolen cars in early October of last year when he smelled smoke. That nigh...

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Vietnam Vet With Prosthetic Legs Fights House Fire Before Crew Arrives (VIDEO)

Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Ramona High School, John Marshall, Firefighter Heroes, Video, California, House Fire, Heroes, Patrick Gonzalez, American Red Cross, Vietnam Veteran, Ramona, Impact News

When a fire started in his Ramona, Calif., garage, Vietnam veteran Patrick Gonzalez didn't hesitate to take on the flames himself. And he wasn't d...

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SLIDESHOW: 10 First Ladies And Their Charitable Causes

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, Michelle Obama, Charity, First Ladies Charity, American Red Cross, Michelle Obama Charity, Joining Forces, Michelle Obama Joining Forces, Slidepollajax, Impact News

As Michelle Obama marks the one-year anniversary of her co-founding of Joining Forces, a national organization whose mission is to help military famil...

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Ending Homelessness, One Garment at a Time

The Technician | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, Awareness, Fashion, Homelessness, Homeless Veterans, Youth Homelessness, College News

Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross will have to move over for a new company. Its name: KNo Clothing. Their mission: to end homelessness through fashion.

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Texas Tornadoes: How You Can Help

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: United Way Texas, Disaster Relief, Texas Tornadoes, Volunteering, How You Can Help, United Way, American Red Cross, Tornadoes, Slidepollajax, Matthew 25 Ministries, Salvation Army, Video, Impact News

The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen tornadoes touched down Tuesday in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, the Associated Press reports. ...

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Volunteer 'Disaster Junkies' Bring Experience, Knowledge, To Tornado Relief Efforts

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Nashville, Alabama Tornadoes, Disaster Relief, California, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, American Red Cross, Hurricane Katrina, Tornadoes, David Elliot, James McGowan, Video, Impact News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Taking a break from laying sod in a tornado-torn neighborhood, volunteer David Elliott cocked his head to the left. He was tr...

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Charity Founder Loses Everything In Apartment Fire

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Chicago Fire, Video, Donate, Charity, House Fire, Mona Purdy, Chicago, American Red Cross, Guatemala, Fire, Share Your Soles, Impact News

As the founder of Share Your Soles, a nonprofit that delivers shoes to impoverished children in third world countries, Mona Purdy has committed her li...

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Somali MIlitant Group Permanently Bans Red Cross Famine Aid

AP | By KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: American Red Cross Somalia, Al-Shabab, Video, Somalia Famine, U.N., Africa Famine, American Red Cross, Somalia, Africa Famine Aid, Impact News

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoile...

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Red Cross Responds To Documentary's Charges Of Haiti Aid Failure

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Red Cross Haiti, Michele Mitchell Haiti, American Red Cross Haiti Relief, Red Cross Haiti Donations, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Donations, Haiti: Where Did the Money Go, Pbs Haiti Documentary, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Documentary, American Red Cross, Michele Mitchell, Impact News

As filmmaker Michele Mitchell prepares to screen her new documentary film, "Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?," on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, the Am...

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2 Years Later: How To Help In Haiti

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Haiti Earthquake, Care, International Rescue Committee, Haiti, American Red Cross, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Progress, Mercy Corps, Unicef, Sean Penn, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, Oxfam International, J/P HRO, Impact, Impact News

Two years after the devastating 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, lives and buildings are still far from restored. Although $4.6 billion has been c...

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INFOGRAPHIC: 2 Years Later, Where Did All The Aid Money For Haiti Go?

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Jake Johnston, The Center for Economic Policy Research, Video, Interaction, Haiti Earthquake, Sam Worthington, Haiti Recovery, Haiti Donations, Haiti, American Red Cross, Oxfam, Impact News

Thursday marks the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake that killed 316,000 people, but experts say it could be at least another 10 years before...

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SLIDESHOW: Honoring Super Blood Donors For National Blood Donor Month

Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Paul Olsen, Canine Blood Donation, Video, Blood Shortage, American Red Cross, Dean Willis, Ralph "Rocco" Russo, National Blood Donor Month, Donate Blood, Impact News

Getting stuck with an IV may not seem appealing when you're already braving dropping temperatures and winter's sniffles, but this is precisely the tim...

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Where Did Money Raised For Haiti Go?

The Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Haiti Charity, Habitat for Humanity International, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Pan-American-Development-Foundation, American Red Cross, Port-Au-Prince, International Medical Corps, Relief International, Impact News

International aid charities have spent about two-thirds of the money they raised after the deadly earthquake that rattled Haiti nearly two years ago. ...

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Large Charities See Increase In Holiday Donations

www.usatoday.com | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Holidays, Holiday Giving, Charity, Charitable Donations 2011, Holiday Donations, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, American Red Cross, Commissioner William Roberts, Salvation Army, Charitable Donations, Impact News

Many large charities are seeing an increase in donations this holiday season as some Americans, beginning to enjoy economic improvement, remain consci...

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Charities Working To Return Donations From $1 Million 'Anonymous' Hacking Scandal

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: George Friedman, Anonymous, Care, Anonymous Hack Scam, Melanie Pipkin, Anonymous Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking, American Red Cross, Stratfor, Video, Impact News

Some of the charities that benefitted from a recent $1 million hacking scam are working to return the misappropriated funds, Philanthropy.com reports....

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A Record Year of Disaster and Recovery

Gail McGovern | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: American Red Cross, Natural Disasters, Volunteering, Impact News

2011 will be remembered as a year of relentless disasters that cost thousands of lives and destroyed whole communities from as far away as Japan to as close to home as Joplin, Missouri, the heartland of America.

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A New Kind of New Year's Resolution

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Ryan Seacrest, Resolution 12, New Year's Resolutions, Michael Sullivan, University of Pennsylvania, St. Teresa of Avila, American Red Cross, Rev. James Martin, Eboo Patel, Amy Gutmann, Justin Reilly, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Impact News

Why not bring in the new year by not only having fun, but also making a difference in the lives of others?

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Why Charities Are Ditching Heartbreaking Images For Holiday Campaigns

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Holiday Charity Campaigns, Video, Peggy Dyer, Peta, Give Something That Means Something, Aspca, American Red Cross, Colleen O'Brien. Pets, Holiday Charity, Impact News

Charities know that donors are growing weary from images of starving children and chickens getting their heads chopped off at slaughtering houses. So,...

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A Doubly Challenging Year For The American Red Cross

AP | By DAVID CRARY and MARGERY BECK | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Natural Disasters, Disaster Relief, Job Cuts, Blood Banks, HIV/AIDS Support Program, American Red Cross, Panhandle Group, Star-Herald, Business News

-- For the American Red Cross, it has been a doubly challenging year. While coping with a relentless series of natural disasters, the organization h...

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Americans Cut Back On Holiday Gifts, But Not Charity

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Holiday Giving, American Red Cross, Holidays, Charitable Giving, Charity, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Impact News

Though Americans are cutting back on holiday travel and party planning, they're not slashing the amount they donate to charity between Thanksgiving an...

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America's Top Fundraising Charities

The Chronicle of Philanthrop | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, American Red Cross, Charitable Giving, The Salvation Army, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Slidepollajax, Philanthropy-400, Video, Impact News

The Chronicle of Philanthropy released its Philanthropy 400, an annual compilation of charities that collect the most in private support each year. Fu...

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The 'Best' Disaster Training

Rev. Earl E. Johnson | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: American Red Cross, Clinical Pastoral Education, Disaster Spiritual Care, Chaplain, Religion and Recovery, Disaster Training, Christianity, Religion News

CPE is described as helping the patient find meaning in their illness or injury, and process the feelings that, in itself, becomes therapeutic.

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Providing Disaster Relief With The American Red Cross, 10 Years After 9/11

Rev. Earl E. Johnson | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Decade After 9/11 - Religion, American Red Cross 9/11, 9/11 Chaplain Reflection, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, American Red Cross, Emergency Response Chaplaincy, September 11 Anniversary, September 11th, Ground Zero Chaplain, Religion News

What has emerged in my experience is that those who have training and experience with the chronically ill also make good disaster spiritual care providers, without exception.

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