Alabama Tornadoes: Red Cross Response
Charley Shimanski, Senior Vice President of Disaster Services for the American Red Cross, talks about the relief response for the tornadoes in Alabama. The Red Cross is providing shelter, emotional...
View ArticleTornado Relief: Click, Text, Call
Hundreds of tornados have struck throughout the country. Thousands of homes have been destroyed, and tens of thousands of familities are in need. You can help. Visit redcross.org to donate to the...
View ArticleRed Cross Tornado Update April 29
Charley Shimanski, Senior VP of Disaster services at the American Red Cross, gives a quick update on the Red Cross relief activities going on in response to devastating tornadoes. For more information...
View ArticleRed Cross Delivers Meals to AL Tornado Areas
The American Red Cross has begun delivering hot meals and cold water directly to the Alabama neighborhoods hit hardest by last week’s tornadoes. Here, Red Cross worker Colin Downey explains the...
View ArticleGetting to Know Red Cross ERV Drivers
Among the over 7000 Red Cross workers responding to the recent tornadoes in the south are dozens of emergency response vehicle drivers, or “ERV” drivers. Here, several ERV drivers introduce themselves...
View ArticleRed Cross Volunteer: From Katrina to Alabama
A Red Cross volunteer recounts the reason he joined the American Red Cross and what it’s like to need our assistanace.
View ArticleMeet Danny: I like chaos
Meet Red Cross volunteer Danny Torres. He is currently deployed in Tuscaloosa, AL as shelter supervisor to help with tornado relief. Video by: Danelle Schlegelmilch and Kristiana Kocis/American Red Cross
View ArticleHelp the Red Cross Provide Relief for the Spring Tornadoes
Daphne Hart, an American Red Cross worker, talks about what she has seen in Alabama in the wake of many devestating tornadoes that hit the state in April 2011. More states have also been affected by...
View ArticleRed Cross Spring Storms Response 6.8.2011
Charley Shimanski, Senior Vice President of Disaster Services for the American Red Cross, talks about all the work that the Red Cross continues to do in response to severe weather events across the US...
View ArticleAlabama Tornadoes: How You Can Help
Red Crosser Dave Schrader highlights one of the many services the Red Cross provides while standing outside the Red Cross shelter in Center Point, Alabama.
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