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Visit the American Red Cross:As part of a worldwide movement that offers neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, the American Red Cross distinguishes itself by also aiding victims of devastating natural disasters. Over the years, the organization has expanded its services, always with the aim of preventing and relieving suffering....
DisasterThe Eastern Texas Panhanlde Red Cross has prepared this information to encourage you to take precautions to help keep you safe and speed your recovery after a disaster.
VolunteerVOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The American Red Cross has a variety of volunteer opportunities. These opportunities are available at many times of the day, for different durations as well as on many different subject matters. Please contact Vanessia at 800 297-2270 to volunteer in your community.
►Disaster is our largest service. In 2009 we responded to 51 fires and 3 tornados. We touched 151 lives and provided $33,492 in financial assistance.
►Disaster Services includes training, planning and preparedness
•Train:
-Volunteers respond as part of the Red Cross
-Public to know what to do in event of disaster
•Plan:
-Our response to an event
-Encourage public to make plan
•Preparedness
-Make sure we have equipment and supplies to respond
-Work with local officials to be prepared
-Educate public on preparedness
1-800-297-2270
The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors - across the street, across the country, and across the world. - in emergencies. Each year, in communites large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new - the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. Through over 700 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communites and world. Some four million people give blood—the gift of life—through the Red Cross, making it the largest supplier of blood and blood products in the United States. And the Red Cross helps thousands of U.S. service members separated from their families by military duty stay connected. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global network of 186 national societies, the Red Cross helps restore hope and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people.
Organization Led By VolunteersThe American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
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