Wednesday, March 24, 2010

"Red Cross enabled me to sprint into action and not panic."

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I have been a camp director for Our Kids Day Camp in Sullivan County, NY, for the past 14 years. We take our CPR renewal each year and altho...
Monday, March 22, 2010

"Students were deeply touched by the Red Cross."

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I participated in a Red Cross outreach event at Queens College. This event gave me an opportunity to explain to students about the services ...
Friday, March 19, 2010

“It’s the little things you don’t think about that are crucial to moving forward."

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Luis Avila knows all about responding to emergencies—for nine years he worked for the American Red Cross in Greater New York. Starting as a ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

“I never knew Red Cross helped at emergencies this small.”

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Charmaine Berry was at work when a fire broke out on her street in Jamaica, Queens, and spread to her home. Her daughter, Tenisha, called to...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

“We called him John Doe.”

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Marie-Ange Tribié was not a Red Cross volunteer before the earthquake in Haiti. But when she learned from her nephew-in-law in Miami that th...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

“We became their mothers, brothers, sisters, counselors.”

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As soon as Sherri Casting heard about the earthquake in Haiti, she wanted to volunteer immediately. She learned via a friend’s Facebook page...
Monday, March 15, 2010

“The Red Cross has done a good job in Haiti and in New York.”

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When the earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jean Cherizer Franguel, his wife, and their 14-month-old daughter escaped unharmed from their...