Forty teens interned with our Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) program this summer at AT Augusta Military Medical Center on Fort Belvoir in Virginia, learning about all the roles and skills it takes to run a hospital.

Red Crossers from around the region joined Sickle Cell Warriors and supporters for a stunning photo as the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington D.C. was lit red for World Sickle Cell Day in June.

June 28 was the 5th anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis. More than 2,000 pints of blood have been donated in memory of victim Wendi Winters, a journalist, Navy Mom and Red Cross volunteer.

The Red Cross opened its first-ever fixed blood donation site in the state of Delaware this year! A special ribbon cutting was held to open the Wilmington, DE location on March 1.

The Red Cross held a celebration and ribbon cutting for the renovated Red Cross building on Fort Belvoir in Virginia on Jan. 26, renaming it in honor of Major General Carl H. McNair, a great supporter and friend of the Red Cross and Fort Belvoir.

In February, an early morning fire at a Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment building displaced more than 400 residents. Red Cross volunteers were on the scene to help those affected and support a shelter that was set up for evacuees.

Several local people were honored with Red Cross Lifesaving Awards this spring, including a trio of Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex employees who used CPR on a patron who collapsed while using a treadmill.

Eric Lee, a board member of the Red Cross of Central Maryland, lost both his parents to cancer. He donated blood in their memory in February for World Cancer Day.

Two members of our Service to the Armed Forces team, Christiana Ilufoye and Donna Gordon Green, deployed overseas this year to support troops on U.S. military bases.

We highlighted some important water safety tips this summer with a fun video featuring Owen and Eleanor.

A group of brothers from the Mu Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc donated blood together in April in Rockville, Maryland to honor Dr. Charles Drew, the father of modern blood banking.

Red Cross volunteers installed thousands of free, lifesaving smoke alarms in neighborhoods throughout our region this year, making homes and families safer.