As a young girl, fire raced through her home and the Red Cross came to help. Today, she dedicates her life's work to the organization as the CEO of the Cascades Region. Meet Priscilla Fuentes.

Why do blood donors give? Just ask the grandmother of Noelle. Noelle almost died on the operating table when she was a baby. Now her grandma gives blood every chance she can. You must see this moving video of her story.

For the past 11 years, volunteers and staff have gathered at Willamette University for three days of training, practicing, and mingling on campus. We stay in the dorms, eat dorm food, and have a great time. It's the training highlight of the year.

Fire erupted in an apartment in downtown Portland, forcing residents, like Barbett, to climb down a fire escape with only the clothes on their backs. She finds comfort in a Red Cross shelter and shares her harrowing story with us.

The Cascades Region is proud to have more than 200 youth volunteers. We celebrate those who graduated this year and learn what they plan to do next. Let's hear it for our youth volunteers!

The Red Cross sponsored its first ever veterans' wheelchair team for this great competition in Portland. "When you are competing in the games, you are free, you are a competitive person once again."

The Red Cross participated in the 4th of July parade in Hillsboro with "Buddy the Blooddrop" to promote blood donation and volunteerism.

The Cascades Region answered the call when catastrophic wildfires devastated the town of Lahaina in Maui. In all, 33 responders (and counting) made the trip. Meet Julia Bishop who went to the island. She's deployed over 50 times with the Red Cross.