The American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids has been helping to keep our community safe since 1917, and serves Barry, Ionia, Kent, and Montcalm counties.
(The sound is really quiet, so you have to crank your volume up when you watch this.)
Want to help with the ongoing relief efforts in American Samoa? Donations are still welcomed and needed.
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Two weeks ago, I was so ready.
I had made my to-do list, I had skimmed all the necessary demographic information, I had made arrangements at work and at home.
I was ready to go to American Samoa.
So were most of the other AmeriCorps in the office. We checked the news and Disaster Services Human Resource website [...]
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This weekend, many people were out and about, perhaps enjoying the excitement of ArtPrize or the paper airplane drop downtown, or simply soaking up the last warm weather we’re likely to see this autumn.
But for a local Sparta family, it was not a weekend to celebrate or enjoy. It was a time to mourn a [...]
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Items as simple as toothpase, bottled water, and a first aid kit can be an enormous help to a family whose home is damaged or destroyed by disaster, such as a fire or flood. Help us help others as your local Red Cross is collecting items for disaster kits that will then be distributed at [...]
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With the bone-shaking thunderstorms that have rocked the Greater Grand Rapids area this weekend, it’s no surprise that an estimated 100,000 people are without power. We thought we’d pop in and help out!
Try using these safety tips for when your power goes out.
Also, DID YOU KNOW: Our awesome volunteers stepped in and assisted 23 people [...]
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A great video shot on-the-scene by the Grand Rapids Press from the Birthday Bash shelter in Ionia this past weekend:
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THE SHELTER IS CLOSING BY 1:30 PM ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21, DUE TO MOST SHELTER RESIDENTS HEADING HOME.
(Thanks to WOOD TV 8 for the photo.)
We had 130 people stay overnight at the shelter our amazing team of volunteers set up at Ionia Middle School. Most people have headed home by now (thanks to the sad [...]
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Thanks to a hefty amount of rain, and hence, flooding, over approximately 1,000 concert goers at the B-93 Birthday Bash are being evacuated from the Ionia County Fairgrounds.
Your local Red Cross is setting up a shelter at the Ionia Middle School, located at 438 Union St. in Ionia. Any stranded Birthday Bashers may head [...]
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Our neighbors to the (Mid)west are seeing quite a flurry (pun intended) of tornado action the past few weeks!
A few tornado safety tips wouldn’t go amiss here in the Mitten — we don’t see a LOT of tornadoes, but part of preparedness is being ready for the unexpected!
Prepare a Home Tornado [...]
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