American Red Cross North Florida Region

U.S. Mail carrier Katie Doyle delivered some hot meals along with the mail after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Doyle knows of several households along her route that have residents who are elderly and shut in after Hurricane Idalia downed trees and damaged infrastructure in the area. When she saw that the Red Cross was giving … Continue reading Delivering meals along her route

Mental health is important at every stage of your life. From childhood and adolescence through adulthood, our experiences heavily impact our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. American Red Cross disaster mental health volunteers use their professional skills as licensed healthcare providers to deliver hands-on care and education to people who have experienced disasters and emergencies such as Hurricane Idalia, which … Continue reading Recovering Emotionally

Ricky Christmas evacuated to an American Red Cross shelter after Hurricane Idalia knocked the power out and damaged the air conditioner at his Tallahassee home. Christmas lives with medical issues that require him to live in air conditioning and use a walker to help with mobility. Without a working air conditioner, it wouldn’t have been … Continue reading “This is why we are here”

A Taylor County resident was staying at Red Cross shelter in Perry, Florida after Hurricane Idalia made landfall Aug. 30, damaging homes, infrastructure and the power grid. She wasn’t sleeping well for the first few nights she was there, so she asked the shelter staff if she could move her cot next to where her … Continue reading Sheltering the whole family