During 2020, your local Red Cross:

• Created new local disaster response protocols & procedures to ensure safety of volunteers and clients while delivering immediate assistance.
• Responded to over 125 local disasters providing immediate assistance, comfort, and care to over 600 clients, including 3 large multi-family fires in the Lehigh Valley since May.
• Provided immediate assistance, clean up kits, and support to local families affected by Tropical Storm Isaias last August.
• Expanded our mission to provide weekly volunteer support to Second Harvest Food Bank to help meet the increased need for food caused by the pandemic.
• Developed and implemented virtual presentation methods for our Pillowcase Project, which provides disaster preparedness and family fire safety training to 3rd to 5th grade age children.
• Provided training and support for over 50 local Chapter volunteers who deployed in person or virtually in response to multiple hurricanes and wildfires across the country.
• The Red Cross provided over 1.3 million shelter stays in 2020 and many local volunteers supported this effort.
• Expanded local blood collection with twice-monthly blood drives at our local Chapter, providing COVID-19 antibody screening to all donors. Locally and nationally, the Red Cross is supporting collection and distribution of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients.