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| #MetroNYNRedCross opened a shelter after the 5-alarm fire on Cottage Avenue in Mount Vernon. |
Last Week in Review
- Yesterday, News12 and NY1 reported on the Red Cross helping 18 families after a 4-alarm fire on Sheridan Avenue in the Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx.
- Last Friday, News12 reported on the Red Cross helping 2 families after a fire on Brinsmade Avenue in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx.
- Our regional CEOs danced off to Taylor Swift’s Fate of Ophelia after Thanksgiving Day to encourage giving during the holiday season!
- Last Tuesday, Metro NY North CEO, Stephanie Dunn Ashley gave a shelter update from the Cottage Avenue 5-alarm fire in Mount Vernon.
- Young volunteers from NYC high schools joined our Service to the Armed Forces team to pack nearly 100 care kits for U.S. troops stationed at Camp Arifjan, a United States Army installation in Kuwait.
- Red Cross Pet Therapy Dog, King, stopped by West Point to meet with the cadets in between classes to help them unwind before the holidays.
- Looking back to December 2024: The Metro New York North Chapter Board welcomed The Grinch as a new Red Cross volunteer to help say THANK YOU to first responders across Greenwich, Conn.
- Assemblywoman Rebecca Kassay is helping to #endhomefires with this Sound the Alarm PSA.
- In early November, we honored extraordinary women who serve our country and our local communities like actress singer, Michelle DellaFave at the NYC Women’s Veterans Grove in Central Park.
- Dec 2: Back-to-Back Disasters in the Philippines - Family Reconnection Service from the American Red Cross. Join the American Red Cross and Assemblyman Steven Raga for an informative session to learn more about the Restoring Family Links program.
- Dec 13: Please help Cypress Hills National Cemetery by volunteering to lay wreaths this December to honor and remember our Veterans.*
