The Red Cross wants you to enjoy a fun and safe summer in New Jersey. From water safety and extreme heat safety to preparing for tornadoes and flooding, we've got you covered. Visit this page often!
Just One Day of Your Life Can Change Someone Else's Forever
Home fires claim seven lives every day, but having working smoke alarms can cut the risk of death by half. That’s why we're rallying volunteers to install free smoke alarms on April 28th and April 29th.
Join us for a rewarding day at a Sound the Alarm event near you!
The need for blood is constant and your contribution is important for a healthy and reliable blood supply. You will feel good knowing you've helped change a life. Schedule an appointment at one of our locations.
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Central New Jersey Red Cross Blood, Platelet and Plasma Donation Center
As children are heading back to the classroom, the American Red Cross offers these safety tips and reminders you can follow to help make sure your student is safe. If your student is younger or going to school for the first time, teach them: If your child walks to school, teach them to: If your […]
by Holly Pavlika, Red Cross Volunteer There are many reasons people get involved with the American Red Cross. For Charlie Wortman, who has been the Chairman of Board for Northern New Jersey not once but twice, and is now is a member of the board of directors, it all comes down to giving back to […]
By Volunteer Holly Pavlika I hear many stories about why people are compelled to give blood. The motivation can come from a personal situation where blood was needed, or in the case of one donor at the recent blood drive in Sparta, it was the cookies. Mark Trapp jokes that it’s the wife’s order to […]
by Holly Pavlika Did you know that 95 percent of American Red Cross disaster relief responders are volunteers? It’s true and The Red Cross responds to a disaster every eight minutes. When house fires, natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires and high wind events occur, the Red Cross is there. And the Red Cross […]
by Holly Pavlika American Red Cross Volunteer Harald Snik is the Logistics Warehouse Lead in Fairfield, but he recently shared that his volunteer journey started six years ago with blood drives. “It was an interesting time and I was struck by the level of humanity and compassion people had,” said Harald. “There were so many […]
