American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region

Don Patterson has led a life in the service of others. Now at 85 years old, he lives with his wife of 55 years, Janice, in Pearland, Texas and has two children. Every Monday and Tuesday, Don drives to Downtown Houston to volunteer with The American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region in the military […]

It was his last year of highs school and Steven Wheeler had decided that he did not want to end his education there but wanted to continue studying and obtain a degree. Steven looked at his dad at the dinner table and asked the hard question that he dare not ask, do they have enough […]

“I heard a loud roaring noise and in a blink of an eye everything went black, and my roof was gone.” That is how military veteran Abelardo Camacho remembers his Saturday morning when an EF-1 tornado struck down in the city of Laguna Heights. Abelardo says that he had never experienced anything like the tornado […]

American Red Cross recovery team members, Karina and JJ, help Elisa Celis and her family start their road to recovery after their home in Laguna Heights was destroyed when a EF-1 tornado ripped through their neighborhood Saturday morning. “When I see the Red Cross it gives me hope, hope that we can start again and […]

The American Red Cross is stressing the importance of constant, active adult supervision, along with ensuring that everyone learns to swim, as critical layers of protection to help prevent drowning. Unfortunately, tragic events where children and adults lose their lives to drowning occur all too often. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]