Check Out This Great Article!

The Grand Rapids Press just did a fantastic article on our AmeriCorps and Red Cross volunteers out in North Dakota, working hard to provide relief for victims of flooding!

Check it out!

Local Red Cross Volunteer Manages Shelter in Fargo during North Dakota Flooding

Local Red Cross volunteers from the American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids are making a name for themselves during the flooding relief efforts in Fargo, North Dakota.
Our four local AmeriCorps volunteers are working overnight shifts in a shelter for staff and first responders, which is seeing upwards of 60 people a day. Local Red [...]

Local AmeriCorps Volunteers Lend a Hand in North Dakota Flooding!

In response to the flooding in North Dakota, four of our AmeriCorps volunteers, along with one local disaster volunteer, have headed out to Fargo to help. They are currently assisting in a shelter for staff and responders, and one of our AmeriCorps volunteers, Megan Ghysels, was chosen as shelter manager! Even with working overnight shifts, our volunteers [...]

Red Cross Still Cleaning Up Ike’s Aftermath

Though the media attention surrounding Hurricane Ike, which ripped through Texas and Louisana two weeks ago, has calmed down, the American Red Cross remains on site, helping thousands of victims.

We are still operating 38 shelters with over 3,000 residents in Louisiana and Texas. We are also serving over 500,000 meals and snacks a day, many [...]

NEW Videos of Red Cross Hurricane Relief 2008

A Special Request from Your Red Cross CEO, Lisa Marks

This is a special request!

Red Cross estimates it will spend between $40-$70 million on our Gulf Coast relief effort alone. We need your support to help people impacted by the Hurricanes and Tropical Storms of 2008.
Today, the Red Cross is:

Feeding and sheltering those who are returning home, including providing more than 400,000 meals [...]

Local Volunteers Sent to Respond to Gustav

Over the past week, your local Red Cross has sent 29 disaster response volunteers to the Gulf Coast, to help assist in the response to Hurricane Gustav. Make sure to check out our videos (see the righthand side of this blog) and see the news coverage of our volunteers being deployed!
Even though it was a [...]

Your Red Cross Prepares For Hurricane Gustav!

In anticipation of Hurricane Gustav hitting the Gulf Coast, two local disaster relief volunteers from your American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids were deployed this morning to drive our National Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) to Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Hurricane Gustav is expected to affect Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In preparation to respond quickly [...]

Your American Red Cross Needs YOU!

As many of you are aware, tornados and flooding have ravaged several states in the central US.
The Red Cross is mobilizing as many disaster-trained volunteers as it can to help meet the needs of all the people affected by these terrible circumstances. Your local Red Cross is sending volunteers to Indiana, [...]

Your Local Red Cross is providing disaster relief around the Midwest!

Throughout the severe storms in the Midwest, your local Red Cross is there!

We’ve been busy helping out all around West Michigan and are now sending volunteers to other states in the Midwest who need extra hands [...]