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Red Cross Volunteers Receive Help After Fire Threatens Home
By Janet Flanagan It was a warm spring afternoon when the day took a different turn for longtime American Red Cross volunteers Vern and Linda Brice, who live on a farm in Lawton, Iowa, just 13 miles from Sioux City. After years of helping others affected by disaster, Linda and Vern Brice found themselves among those impacted by a disaster. “Our son came by and borrowed our pickup, and at about 4 p.m. I looked out the window and saw smoke,” Linda said. “We got in the car and i
NEIA Red Cross
5 hours ago3 min read
A Full-Circle Gift: How Blood Donation Saved a Mother and Daughter
By Ashley Peterson-DeLuca When Peachis Amadou thinks about the day her daughter was born, overwhelming gratitude comes to mind—gratitude for the strangers whose blood donations gave both of them a second chance at life. The Grand Island mother and outreach coordinator for a local nonprofit was 26 weeks pregnant in April when she experienced a medical emergency. In severe pain, she went to the closest hospital, where doctors quickly realized she needed to be airlifted to Omaha
NEIA Red Cross
5 days ago2 min read
Patients Can't Wait: The Blood Supply Needs Help Right Now
The American Red Cross has declared a national blood crisis for only the second time in its history, as summer blood donations have dropped to their lowest level in four years, creating serious challenges for hospitals and the patients who depend on lifesaving transfusions. "Patients can't wait" is more than a slogan right now. Blood is needed every day for trauma victims, cancer patients, individuals undergoing surgery and people living with chronic medical conditions. Bec
NEIA Red Cross
Jul 272 min read
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