American Red Cross Arizona and New Mexico

Courtney Slanaker is a native of Tucson and it shows. She knows her way around southern Arizona and the best hometown restaurants for miles around. She is as comfortable on a horse as she is driving her truck. She sees people she knows everywhere she goes, and stops for a hug and catching up onContinue reading "Courtney Slanaker Leads the Tucson and Southern Arizona Red Cross ….and She Can Also Drive a Forklift! "

By Communications Volunteer Trudy Thompson Shumaker Pamela White’s three-year-old daughter, Victoria, was sick—very, very sick—with stage 4 cancer that had ravaged her little body. The little one needed extensive surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, medications and blood transfusions.   Victoria needed more than a dozen blood transfusions throughout her treatment. “I never really thought about where the bloodContinue reading "Blood Donors are her Heroes "

 By Communications Volunteer Trudy Thompson-Shumaker  She’s a Certified Public Accountant, a wife and mom, a retired career woman, and a 43-year Red Cross volunteer. The Central Phoenix resident is also an official candidate for the Presidency of the International Federation of the Red Cross.  “I think it’s time for an American and a woman to lead the IFRC,” said Kate Forbes, current Chairman of theContinue reading "From Phoenix to Ethiopia and Many Points in Between, Red Cross Volunteer Makes a Difference"