getting to know your local red cross
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Our reach is global. Our focus is local.
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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
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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.
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Triangle Chapter Service Area
Wake, Johnston, Franklin, Lee, Chatham & Warren Counties
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Every fire, flood, hurricane or tornado.Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
Disaster Relief
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The Triangle Area Chapter of the American Red
Cross helped more than 357 families recover from
local disasters in 2010.
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We provided more than 10,836 nights of shelter locally to those whose homes or apartments
were made unlivable due to fires in 2010.
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Education ProgramsEveryone who needs life-saving skills.
Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
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Every year, nearly 60,000Triangle residents gain the
skills to respond to life threatening emergencies
such as heart attacks.
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Blood ServicesEvery time someone needs life saving blood.
Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
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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.
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Service to MilitaryEvery service member in need.
Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross
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Each year the Red Cross assists nearly 3,000
Triangle military families financially and
emotionally.
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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.
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International Disaster ReliefEvery international disaster.
P. Yazdi/ICRC
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Your local Red Cross is part of a global network, providing disaster relief
around the world, through
192 national societies.
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Every international conflict.P. Yazdi/ICRC
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The American Red Cross provides international
relief locally and globally to families affected by
international conflict and disasters.
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Our volunteers are there
to help 24 / 7
whoever you are.
wherever you are.
Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross
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How can you help?
Time
Blood
Money
by donating your . . .
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TriangleRedCross.org919.231.1602