Red Cross Helping American Samoa Tsunami Victims

Many of you have heard about the devastation from Tuesdays undersea earthquake that created a tsunami and swept over American Samoa.  Currently a significant portion of the island is without power or water amid widespread damage. “We will get there as quickly as we can with what we can,” said Joe Becker, senior vice president for [...]

Texting for Flood Relief: Text2HELP

Thousands of people have been affected by recent flooding in the south, and the Red Cross is there, providing shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance. You can help people affected by disasters, like the floods, by donating $5 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund using Text 2HELP. Subscribers of participating wireless carriers [...]

Text2Help campaign

The American Red Cross has announced that during this weekend’s games, September 14-15, the National Football League will encourage donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. The Disaster Relief Fund supports the victims of thousands of disasters across the country each year, disasters like the hurricanes of 2008, and enables the Red Cross [...]