The American Red Cross Iowa Region has Chapter offices in Des Moines, Dubuque and Sioux City and three Blood Donation Centers. We serve 2.8 million people across Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Every day, ordinary people make extraordinary contributions by putting their needs aside to help others in our community. The American Red Cross is honored to salute these unsung heroes.
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By Beth Roy There are those people who, when faced with adversity, make the decision to do what they can to help others. Jamie Blum, an American Red Cross blood donor ambassador volunteer, is one of those people. Gary and Jamie Blum In 2020, Blum’s husband, Gary, battled COVID-19 and succumbed to it. While she and her family grieved, she recognized that they may be able to help others. Her husband had received transfusions during his illness. Blum knew those transfusions were only available...
Meet Dacian, a thoughtful and dedicated community disaster program manager. He explains his role and how his life experiences help him navigate community preparedness and disaster response. Q: Could you explain what your title means and take us through your workday, or what projects you work on? A: I serve as a community disaster program manager with the American Red Cross, where my role focuses on helping communities prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies such as home fires...
By Lubna Albadawi Weysan Dun has spent much of his life answering a simple call: to serve. Long before he became a Red Cross volunteer leader in Omaha, he was a young boy in northeast Missouri watching television shows about the FBI and imagining a future built around public service. “I always wanted to be of service to the community in some way,” Dun says. Weysan Dun That desire led him first to the U.S. Army, where he served four and a half years as a military intelligence officer and...
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When a disaster strikes, like destructive winds from a spring tornado or a nighttime house fire, the immediate needs are obvious: food, clothing and a safe place to sleep. But the long road to getting back to normal requires a different kind of ongoing support. It is the mission of the Nebraska-Iowa Red Cross Client Care Team, an integrated group of staff and volunteers, to ensure that when a family loses everything, they aren’t alone as they rebuild. Shanie Bockmann...
Meet Tim. He is a member of the Nebraska-Iowa region's Disaster Cycle Services staff. He is dedicated to ensuring that our volunteers are prepared to respond to a wide range of disaster scenarios. Q: Could you explain what your title means and take us through your workday, or what projects you work on? A: As a disaster workforce engagement specialist, I focus on building, supporting and sustaining a strong volunteer workforce that’s ready to respond to disasters. On a typical day, I track...
