Train now as a Mass Care Shelter Associate with the American Red Cross! This 1/2 day Shelter Academy will cover ALL you need to know to serve as a Red Cross shelter worker - locally and across the Nation!
Responded to 420 disaster operations
Installed 1,354 free smoke alarms
437 Homes made safer
Delivered 2,856 services for military members, veterans and their families
Trained 13,822 people in lifesaving skills like CPR, First Aid and AED
Instructed 3,510 students in aquatics and water safety
Held 533 blood drives
The Red Cross is here for you. Please call us 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) - 24 hours a day.
Information on blood drives, blood donation appointments as well as your personal blood donor account can be found on our Red Cross Blood website (click the link below). You may also call us 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
We provide help for members of the military, veterans and their families to prepare for, cope with and respond to the challenges of military service. Call 1-877-272-7337 (24 hours a day) or click below to learn more.
The Red Cross offers classes in: CPR, first aid, lifeguarding, learn to swim, water safety and more. Click below to learn more.
For questions about classes or certification cards you may also call: 1-800-RED-CROSS.
Adolph Aguirre is based in Fort Worth, where he engages community stakeholders and oversees Red Cross programs and services for more than 3.3 million people in Cooke, Denton, Erath, Johnson, Hood, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell and Tarrant counties.
Aguirre joined the Red Cross after serving as the commanding officer and executive director of The Salvation Army in McAllen, Texas from 2019 to 2022. In that role he oversaw various operational procedures, grew strategic community partnerships and helped raise more than $2 million to fund Salvation Army programs.
Prior to that, he held the same position with the Salvation Army in Laredo, Texas from 2016 to 2019. In 2018, he received the Jefferson Award from the Laredo Area Community Foundation and represented Laredo-Webb County at the National Jefferson Awards Ceremony in Indianapolis, Indiana.
A Dallas-native, Aguirre is a graduate of Dallas Christian College and received a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary with a focus in leadership, anthropology, theology and philosophy. He is also working to complete a Master of Business Administration in Leadership and Management from Trevecca Nazarene University.
