getting to know your local red cross

Our reach is global. Our focus is local.

Getting to know yourLocal Red Cross Chapter

• Who we are• What we do - our 4 Core Services

1. Disaster Relief2. Safety & First Aid Training3. Provide Blood4. Service to Military

• How you can help

Mission

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by

its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement. It provides relief to

victims of disaster and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

Triangle Chapter Service Area

Wake, Johnston, Franklin, Lee, Chatham & Warren Counties

Every fire, flood, hurricane or tornado.Daniel Cima/American Red Cross

Disaster Relief

The Triangle Area Chapter of the American Red

Cross helped more than 357 families recover from

local disasters in 2010.

Hurricane Earl – ERV Deployment (August 2010)

High Point Tornado (March 2010)

We provided more than 10,836 nights of shelter locally to those whose homes or apartments

were made unlivable due to fires in 2010.

NC State Fair –First Aid Station (October 2010)

Red Cross Emergency Shelter – Setup

Education ProgramsEveryone who needs life-saving skills.

Daniel Cima/American Red Cross

Training & Preparedness Programs

Every year, nearly 60,000Triangle residents gain the

skills to respond to life threatening emergencies

such as heart attacks.

Readiness Exercise – RDU (March 2010)

Blood ServicesEvery time someone needs life saving blood.

Daniel Cima/American Red Cross

The local Red Cross chapter provides most of the blood

supply for our area.

We recruited more than 45,000 blood donors last year to provide life saving blood

for area hospitals.

NCSU Blood Drive

Service to MilitaryEvery service member in need.

Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross

Each year the Red Cross assists nearly 3,000

Triangle military families financially and

emotionally.

Veteran’s Day Parade (November 2010)

Local military families turned to us more than 1,200 times

last year for support.

We provide emergency communication, financial

assistance, and counseling services for military families.

Triangle Flight of Honor (November 2010)

International Disaster ReliefEvery international disaster.

P. Yazdi/ICRC

Your local Red Cross is part of a global network, providing disaster relief

around the world, through

192 national societies.

Every international conflict.P. Yazdi/ICRC

The American Red Cross provides international

relief locally and globally to families affected by

international conflict and disasters.

Our volunteers are there

to help 24 / 7

whoever you are.

wherever you are.

Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross

How can you help?

Time

Blood

Money

by donating your . . .

TriangleRedCross.org919.231.1602