View some of our most powerful moments in 2025, and help us continue our humanitarian work in the Northern New England Region in the new year.
View some of our most powerful moments in 2025, and help us continue our humanitarian work in the Northern New England Region in the new year.
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List of blood locations
List of blood locations
Blood Donation Center Locations
Blood Donation Center Locations
Blood Donation Center Locations
by Lafe Low - Red Cross communications volunteer
When disasters like hurricanes, floods and wildfires strike, American Red Crossvolunteers from around the country are among the first to respond. These RedCross teams bring support, compassion, and relief to communities and people thathave suffered damage and loss. There are Red Cross volunteers ready and willingto spend two to three weeks, whether in their home state or across the country,helping people with food, shelter, and logistical support.
When disaster strikes, the Red Cross provides safe shelter, food, relief supplies, financial assistance and comfort. The Red Cross responds to about 65,000 disasters a year in the United States.
Boots on the Ground
While the Red Cross provides extensive and ongoing training fornew and existing volunteers, there is no rigid training framework required tobe able to deploy to a disaster site. “There’s no set, ‘You have to do thisbefore you get deployed.’ At least that was my experience,” says Mary Morris. “Ijoined October of 2022. [Hurricane] Ian hit Florida in September, and in DecemberI was deployed.”
by Lafe Low, Red Cross communications volunteer
The renowned Rutland Sculpture Trail has a unique new entry. This new sculpture doesn’t commemorate a single famous person. Instead, this sculpture celebrates the 2013 Gift of Life Marathon blood drive, which broke the national record for most units of blood donated in a single day.
“2,350 pints of blood in a town of 15,000 people in one day—that record was set thirteen years ago, and we still hold that record,” says Steve Costello, who organized the record-breaking 2013 blood drive and continues to work with the American Red Cross. Steve is also a coordinator of the Rutland Sculpture Trail.“The sculpture trail is kind of an organic creature. How each piece comes to life is really an interesting story,” he says. “And one of the keys is to have a great story behind the sculpture.”
ByMarisa Pohl – Red Cross communications volunteer
“It’s important to always remember those who serve. That’s why we get tolive the way we live now.”
BrendaFoley is a U.S. Air Force veteran, who served in the military as a pediatricdoctor for 11 years, and now devotes her time to volunteering for the AmericanRed Cross.
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