LOS ANGELES, December 29, 2022 — The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region needs your help in 2023 and asks that you to consider making a New Year’s resolution to become a volunteer.
Locally, more than 6,800 Angelenos volunteer with the Red Cross. These local volunteers are part of the almost 300,000 people across the country whose support enables the Red Cross to respond to an average of more than 60,000 disasters every year and deliver more than 6.4 million blood products to hospital patients in need. Volunteers also help train more than 4.6 million people in Red Cross lifesaving skills; help provide nearly 550,000 services to military members, veterans and their families; and to reconnect almost 9,000 families separated by war or disaster around the world.
“Our Red Cross volunteers step up to help our neighbors here in Los Angeles each and every day,” said Joanne Nowlin, CEO of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region. “In the last year, volunteers responded to 410 disasters and assisted more than 2,100 clients in Los Angeles Region. Just imagine the impact you could make in 2023 by joining us as a volunteer.”
Volunteering is good for you and our community. The top five benefits of resolving to volunteer in 2023 include: