In the wake of Hurricane Irene….

…The American Red Cross is helping thousands of people all across the Eastern Seaboard. This past week-end, we operated more than 500 shelters and as of Sunday evening sheltered more than 48,000 individuals. More than 250 feeding vehicles have been prepared to distribute an approximate 1.3 million hot meals in the following days. The cost [...]

Double the Lives Saved, Double the Fun

This morning was like any other morning for a college student. My alarm went off and I refused to get out of bed. I was rummaging through my clothes, debating what to wear when I saw a Red Cross t-shirt and thought, “sure.” As I walked to class, I was surprised to see the Red [...]

Amazing Global Youth Service Day!

When someone says “mission related projects” to you, what does it mean?  To the Southern California Youth Consortium (SCYC) it means running a project in all 5 lines of service in one day! (Disaster, Health and Safety, Service to Armed Forces, Biomedical and International Services)

Governor signs bill allowing 16-year-olds to give blood

The other day, I went to the blood drive at my high school to give double red blood cell units. To me, it was nothing new since I had been donating whole blood since I was 16 and double red units since 17. However, I was taking this privilege for granted. California is lucky in [...]

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Call to give blood

Over the weekend, the Red Cross issued a call for blood donation. The donor base is down, but on any given day, an average of 39,000 units of red blood cells are needed for patients in the United States. Blood helps cancer patients, surgical and trauma patients, burn victims, people with blood disorders, and many [...]