March is RED CROSS MONTH

3/10/2017 (Permalink)

The American Red Cross is part of the Red Cross worldwide network.

       The American Red Cross, a charitable organization that relies on donations and volunteers to carry out their mission was founded in 1881. Whether it is a disaster relief, blood donations, military family support, lifeguarding, training and certification in CPR, first aid and more, the Red Cross is part committed to helping those who need it the most. The American Red Cross is part of the Global Red Cross Network, the world's largest volunteer network founded in 187 countries, according to redcross.com

        Every year, the President of the United States declares March as Red Cross Month. They celebrate by honoring the "everyday heroes" who carry out and support the mission of the Red Cross by donating, giving blood, taking a class or volunteering.

   SERVPRO began a partnership with American Red Cross in 2013 and we became an official Disaster Responder partner in 2016. The Disaster Responder program provides families and individuals support, comfort and assistance when a disaster strikes such as a house fire, happens to them. 

BY THE NUMBERS

Volunteers constitute about 90% of the American Red Cross workforce, making it possible to respond to nearly 70,000 disasters every year, most of them home and apartment fires.

Around 3.1 million people donate blood through the American Red Cross.

The American Red Cross collects and processes about 40% of the nation's blood supply to approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide.  

Source: The American Red Cross