Responded to more than 1,700 disasters assisting nearly 5,000 people
during local disasters.
Provided more than 10,300 case services to military, veterans, and their families.
Trained more than 42,000 people in South Carolina in skills such as first aid, CPR, AED & water safety.
Collected nearly 70,000 units of lifesaving blood.
American Red Cross disaster volunteer teams work around the clock in our neighborhoods when disasters strike. Whether it's a house fire or tornado, the Red Cross is there to make sure your community begins recovering. From counseling to clean-up kits and from shelters to shoulders, our Palmetto South Carolina Region Disaster Action Teams embodies the heart of the Red Cross mission. They train year-round to stand beside our neighbors in order to alleviate the suffering caused by disasters.
Our mission succeeds because of our volunteers. They constitute about 95 percent of the American Red Cross workforce and because of their dedication, skills and training, we can respond at the critical moment, teach the lifesaving courses, deliver urgent military family messages, help reconnect family members separated by war and disaster around the world and communicate the Red Cross mission to our friends and neighbors in our community.
The American Red Cross is the nation’s largest blood collection organization, supplying more than 40 percent of the blood and blood products used in our country.
Each year, the volunteers and employees of American Red Cross Blood Services collect approximately 6.5 million units of blood, from roughly 4 million generous volunteer blood donors. From these donations, the Red Cross is able to distribute around 9.5 million blood products each year, including 6 million units of red blood cells, to patients at approximately 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country.
If you already donate blood, thank you! You are making a lifesaving contribution that benefits accident victims, cancer patients, surgical candidates, children with blood disorders and many others. If you have never donated blood, please consider doing so. Your donations are always in high demand.
Want to know what to do if you are faced with an emergency? The American Red Cross offers training courses throughout the state of South Carolina in first aid, CPR, AED, water safety, babysitting and other areas for both individuals and organizations. Many courses offer online self-study classes, or you can register for a classroom course. We train to prevent emergencies and prepare you to handle one, if ever needed.
If you have a family member serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and you experience a crisis, the American Red Cross is here for you. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, the Red Cross sends emergency communications to service members, in training or deployed, in order to keep them connected to their homes. American Red Cross Palmetto South Carolina Region is here to serve your family while your family serves our country.
The American Red Cross is launching a nationwide campaign to reduce the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25% over the next five years through the Home Fire Preparedness Safety Campaign.
Families from across the world lose communication when separated due to war, natural disaster or vulnerabilities due to ill health or age, but there is hope. Reconnections made through the partnership between the American Red Cross Palmetto South Carolina Region and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement restore communication and give hope to those displaced from their loved ones.