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Our thoughts are with all of the families affected by yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood...
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago Our thoughts are with everyone affected at Fort Hood. For more information, visit http://blog.redcross.org.
Megan McCarthy is an AmeriCorps Safe Families member and is a regular volunteer for the Team Firestopper program! She is part of the team that is working to stop fires before they spark! Our Firestopper programs work to educate adults and children. Sometimes we even get both at once...
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
Join a young, professional philanthropic crowd at this year's winter Flirting for Disaster. The exclusive Red Cross reception includes complimentary champagne for the first two hours of the event, $3 domestic bottles of beer and $5 vodka cocktails.
There will also be Passed Gratis Hors D’oeuvres, music by DJ Swizz, enti...cing raffle prizes,jewelry and accessories by Stella and Dot, and many other attractions!
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Advance ticket sales will end at noon on December 2nd
Go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid
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There will also be Passed Gratis Hors D’oeuvres, music by DJ Swizz, enti...cing raffle prizes,jewelry and accessories by Stella and Dot, and many other attractions!
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Advance ticket sales will end at noon on December 2nd
Go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid
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It's that time! November is National Youth Involvement Month...
Saturday, October 24th a group of Loyola University students became part of our Red Cross Reserve Corps...
In the midst of chilly autumn weather, kindergarten through sixth grade students, teachers and staff from Clissold Elementary and La Salle Academy found a way to stay warm and fuzzy on Wednesday.Between the two schools, a total of about 700 teddy bears were collected for the Teddy Bear Drive for...
Last week the Team Firestopper program held a fire safety fair in Aurora. We worked with Oak Park Elementary School and the 21st Century after-school program to educate both kids and parents on how to keep their home safe from fires...
Pet owners, you love your furry friends, but are you ready to protect them...
What’s it like to volunteer for Team Firestopper? Michael Lopez is an intern at the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, and a volunteer for the Team Firestopper program. We thought we’d let him share his story! "O...
I have been working with two AmeriCorps members at our chapter so I decided to learn a little bit more about what they do.Here is my interview with Caitlin Gould and Carolyn Kraker.Q: How would you describe what you do?Caitlin: I say I’m a Client Caseworker which involves going to different d...
One might not think that staying connected is a difficult thing to do these days, with all of the online channels we have to stay in touch. We here at the Greater Chicago use many of these channels so our volunteers, donors and staff can stay connected with each other...
Just to share a little bit about Chicago’s epidemic history…In the nineteenth century, the city of Chicago underwent frightening epidemics of disease which also infected many American and European cities. One in specific was the influenza epidemic of 1918–19. In t...
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago We’ve got a job opening, please pass it around! Red Cross Chapter Executive for the Kankakee Community
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Mission statement of the American Red Cross.
4 out of 5 Americans are unaware that home fires are the most common disaster threat...
