The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers. We provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
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- The American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids was founded on February 18, 1917.
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Nothing like a little civil action first thing in the morning! In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, the Red Cross is circulating an online petition via Facebook to support teaching international humanitarian law...


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The new national service initiative, United We Serve, kicks off today. Take a listen to First Lady Michelle Obama’s call to action for this historic program...


A great video shot on-the-scene by the Grand Rapids Press from the Birthday Bash shelter in Ionia this past weekend: Tagged: American Red Cross, american red cross of greater grand rapids, B-93, B-93 Birthday Bash, Birthday Bash, flooding, grand rapids, Ionia, red cross, shelter, the Grand Rapids...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids One of our cutest, four-legged and furry "instructors," Zeus, appeared in the Grand Rapids Press today! See if you can spot his cute little mug on the front page...http://tinyurl.com/mga55w


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We're wrapping up everything with the Birthday Bash shelter. Feeling generous? Donate to the local Disaster Relief Fund help us shoulder the cost -- http://tinyurl.com/m8gxeu


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We had 130 people stay at our "Birthday Bash" shelter last night, and most of them are heading home. Shelter will be closed by 1:30 pm. Thanks to the 35 volunteers who stepped in and helped out with the shelter!


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We're setting up a shelter at the Ionia Middle School for all the stranded concert-goers at the Birthday Bash. If you have friends there, let them know that the Red Cross can help!


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...


The year 2009 marks the 150 year anniversary of Henry Dunant’s experience at the battle of Solferino. Dunant was a Swiss businessman looking to receive some important documents from French Emperor Napoleon III...


“Our world is in a mess. It’s time to make your move.” The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launchedanew campaign:Our World. Your Move...


Greetings and Salutations, friends of the American Red Cross! My name is Cassidhe Hart, and I’m a new AmeriCorps member working as the Community Visibility Coordinator...


Apparently Mr. Bean is not Red Cross Ready. Make sure to one-up him and get trained. But while you’re registering for a CPR class, please enjoy this goofy little clip where he attempts to do CPR on a man collapsed at a bus stop...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids Just posted pictures of the volunteer picnic, with even more to come! Thanks to Ingrid and Linda who passed along their wonderful photos! If you have any, make sure to post them!


Let’s face it…we have some pretty incredible volunteers. (That’s right, YOU…you are incredible.) Our chapter’s volunteer to paid staff member ratio is about 47 to 1, so that tells you that in all reality, our chapter could not possibly do what we do without our volunteers...


For the first time in 41 years, a global flu epidemic has been declared by the World Health Organization. According to WHO, increasing the alert to Phase 6 signifies that swine flu has spread to more countries but does not necessarily mean the virus is causing more severe illness...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids Welcome to our 10 new AmeriCorps who start in the office officially TODAY! Stop by and say hey!


OPPORTUNITY #1: Are you a Red Cross volunteer for our chapter? If so, you know what day it is! It is Volunteer Recognition Picnic day! We look forward to seeing all our volunteers at this fun event at Little Pine Island — events start at 2pm and the potluck/awards commence at 6pm...


To celebrate World Blood Donor Day this Sunday, June 14, we thought we’d play a raucous game of DONOR TAG! Thanks to all blood donors everywhere who give life to save a life. Go to www.givelife.org to find a blood drive near you...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids If you're a volunteer, don't forget about our volunteer recognition picnic at Little Pine Island tomorrow, starting at 2pm! Come celebrate and have fun!


Attention all who are still fanagling around with rabbit ears to get TV reception! When disaster hits or emergency strikes, the last thing you want to do is think, “Oh shoot! My emergency portable TV doesn’t work because I forgot about the digital TV transition!” Well, fear not...


Let’s face it — if you’re a parent, you know the dread of leaving your kids at home alone during the summers. It welcomes in a whole host of panic attacks, wildly inventive daydreams of all sorts of mischief and catastrophe, and more. But it doesn’t have to be that way...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We have a Lifesavers Tour coming up this Wednesday at noon! Only two more before they wrap up for the summer -- come get a free lunch and have fun! http://tinyurl.com/r93nc6


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids Busy day today! We're remodeling our offices to accommodate our 10 NEW AmeriCorps -- thanks to Eric and all our volunteers who are helping!
American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids at 7:19am June 10
We do tend to run on all cylinders pretty much all the time. :)


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We just posted up photos from our AmeriCorps' service project in Iowa a few weeks ago. ENJOY! :)


Hope your CPR/AED Awareness Week is going just swell! This is just too great not to share: While this particular dinosaur advocates using Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” others enjoy using “Stayin’ Alive” by the BeeGees...


It’s CPR/AED Awareness Week! From today through June 7th, there are many ways to celebrate! Ways to Get Down and Save Lives! 1. Enjoy this FREE online tutorial to be “Red Cross Ready”! (Note: This is NOT a substitution for taking an actual CPR/AED course.) 2. Take a course yourself...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids Welcome to our 10 brand-new AmeriCorps members! If you see them around the office, make sure to say howdy!


Namy Flay Hi ARC GGR - when are we welcoming the new americorp members? ~ NN
American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids at 6:36am June 1
Hi Namy! We welcomed them this morning, as a matter of fact! Make sure to swing by sometime and say hi! They will be in training for the next two weeks, but after that, they will be settling into the office.


Thanks to all of you, the Red Cross received over 75,000 votes during Target’s “Bullseye Gives” campaign on Facebook! We came in a (very close) second place, with 26% of the votes, and raising over $793,000...


Our three area Olga’s Kitchens are tackling WEEK 2 of the month-long series of Friday Fundraisers for your local Red Cross! It’s very simple. 1. Bring in this flyer. 2...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids We have a question for you -- what do YOU want? http://twtpoll.com/ybq8zm


Well, we’re no Jack Handey, but we have Henry Dunant, who founded the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement...


American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids This poll counts for Facebook too -- what do YOU want to see more of? http://twtpoll.com/ybq8zm
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We care about what you want! What would you like to see more of on our Tweets? By @redcrossggr | Twtpoll created less than 1 minute ago | This poll closes on Jun 30, 2009










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