We need your support now more than ever as The Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter is no longer receiving funding from the United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Additionally, donors are no longer are able to designate their donation to our local Red Cross chapter. This situational change requires your local Red Cross to look for new funding resources from corporations and individuals alike.
The need is constant in our community. As we continue to serve the people of 11 counties in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana, we ask that you please continue your support of the work of the Red Cross in the Cincinnati area by donating directly to the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter.
You can learn more about our urgent need here.
We help people in our community who have suffered single family or apartment fires providing financial assistance, sheltering, food, health and mental health aid, and case work..
We responded to nearly 500 disasters in the Tri-State in 2022, directly assisting 2,010 of our neighbors impacted by a disaster. This includes our response to a multi-family fire in Batavia. That fire, which broke out late on a Friday night in February, displaced 60 residents living in the 48 units. Red Cross volunteer Bob West was one of our volunteers who was there to help. He was part of the Disaster Action Team that responded to assist people impacted by the fire. “It was rewarding for me to stand in the parking lot of that apartment complex at 11 o’clock on a Friday night helping the residents make order out of chaos,” Bob said. “They stood there watching the firefighters, and what was happening around them, not knowing what to do next.” Bob and the other Red Cross volunteers were able to let them know “what to do next.” The volunteers stayed on scene until 4 a.m. Saturday, making sure that every resident—a total of 69 people--who needed Red Cross assistance received it. The Red Cross worked with them through the weekend opening cases and meeting their emergency needs.
We help our local communities impacted by tornados, flooding or other larger scale disasters.
The Greater Cincinnati Tri-State chapter was there when the people of Goshen needed help following an EF2 tornado that hit the area in July of 2022, leaving behind significant damage. Working with community partners and over 60 of our volunteers, we set up a shelter at Goshen High School where we were able to provide Red Cross services to those impacted.
We install free smoke alarms in local homes, create fire escape plans and provide home fire safety information.
We install hundreds of free smoke alarms in homes across the Tri-State each year, including in the home of Army Vet Dan Kelley of Alexandria, Kentucky. Mr. Kelley had working smoke alarms in the rest of his house, but he knew the importance of having smoke alarms on every level of his home--that's why he asked Red Cross volunteer Nick Stenger to install a smoke alarm in his basement where his grandchildren play when they come to visit. In addition to installing free smoke alarms in local homes, our volunteers also provide home fire safety instruction and help residents create their personalized home fire escape plan. If you, or someone you know, would like to have FREE smoke alarms installed, call our hotline at 844-207-4509.
We help members of the military, veterans and their families prepare for, cope with, and respond to, the challenges of military service.
From the first day of enlistment, service members and their families are eligible for Red Cross assistance. Here in the Greater Cincinnati Tri-State chapter, our Service to the Armed Forces Volunteers provide assistance at the Blue Ash Air National Guard Station, the Defense Supply Center, and the Cincinnati Veterans’ Administration Hospital. You can learn more about our Service to the Armed Forces program here.
90¢ of every dollar we spend delivers care
20 out of 20 standards for charitable accountability met
90% of our workforce is volunteer
2020's volunteer organization of the year
2.26x more brand lift than other charities