Kentucky, Fiscal Year 2022 — The American Red Cross Kentucky Region provides critical aid every day—from responding to disasters big and small to teaching first aid and CPR to collecting vital blood and blood products. These services are made possible by an outstanding corps of nearly 1,000 local volunteers and the generous support of donors like you.
From July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, the Kentucky Red Cross helped more than 7,800 people following emergencies in Kentucky, southern Illinois and southern Indiana, including after devastating tornadoes impacted Western Kentucky in December 2021. In addition to disaster response, we work year-round to prepare community members for other everyday emergencies by offering community disaster education and preparedness programs, and teaching lifesaving classes like first aid, CPR and water safety. The Red Cross Kentucky Region enrolled more than 31,700 adults and children in lifesaving classes like first aid, CPR, water safety and other preparedness programs.
The Red Cross also provides critical services to serve military members and their families at home and around the world. We help military families communicate with their loved ones, provide free, professional volunteer services to our recovering wounded warriors and their families, and support caregivers with peer support, knowledge and skills. The Red Cross Kentucky Region provided 5,948 case services to military community members.
Blood collection became even more vital with rigorous safety protocols carefully followed at collection locations. At sites across the region, the Red Cross collected 86,306 blood donations.
During fiscal year 2022, the Red Cross Kentucky Region also continued to support our community by:
WITH APPRECIATION The generosity of community partners enables the Red Cross to prepare and respond when disasters strike. With tremendous gratitude, we acknowledge our 2022 community partners for their support.
We also acknowledge the support of our chapter board members:
South Central Kentucky Chapter
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or cruzrojaamericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.