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Community Connections Aids Recovery for Wildfire Survivors

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Cynthia Shaw

By Patricia Kemp, Red Cross Volunteer

Connie Sager didn’t hesitate when her phone started buzzing Aug. 3 with evacuation alerts. She scooped up her tiny dog, Taz, and headed for safe shelter. It was the third time this year Connie fled wildfires. But this time she had no home to return to in Spring Valley. The Mendocino Complex Fire swallowed the place she lived for 35 years. What remained were melted bedframes, a charred refrigerator, and clothes smoldered to gray ash.

“My house is a total loss, red-tagged. I’m not processing it yet,” she said. Read more

Red Cross to install free smoke alarms, provide fire-prevention information to homes in Watsonville on August 25

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jim Burns

CARMEL, CA (August 16, 2018) — On average, home fires kill 7 people and injure another 36 — every single day in the United States. That’s why the American Red Cross launched its nationwide Home Fire Campaign in 2014 with the goal of reducing the number of home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent.

A key component of the campaign is a series of “Sound the Alarm – Save a Life” events in which Red Cross volunteers, working with local fire departments and other partners, visit high-risk neighborhoods to offer to install free smoke alarms, replace batteries in existing alarms, and help families create escape plans. It is believed that the “Sound the Alarm” neighborhood visits have already saved more than 450 lives throughout the United States since the Home Fire Campaign began.

On Saturday, August 25, a Sound the Alarm event will take place in the city of Watsonville. Read more

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Local Leaders Join Red Cross California Northwest Chapter Board of Directors

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Kathryn Hecht

Santa Rosa, CA – August 16, 2018 — The Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of the California Northwest Chapter held its annual meeting in June and elected six new members to the board. Read more

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American Red Cross of the Silicon Valley welcomes new board members for 2018-19 year

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Jim Burns

SAN JOSE, CA – August 15, 2018 — The Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of the Silicon Valley began the new fiscal year on July 1 with five new members. Read more

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Thank you to Our Partners

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Cynthia Shaw

As communities across Lake County transition from response to recovery for the Mendocino Complex Fire, the American Red Cross would like to share its gratitude to all our partners that have worked so hard to care for the thousands of people impacted by this disaster over the past two weeks. Read more

Managing the Generous Donation of Goods

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Cynthia Shaw

By Kathleen Maclay, Red Cross volunteer

Every disaster seems to generate an avalanche of goods donations from the public, thanks to heart-wrenching appeals and visuals of people fleeing their homes with next to nothing. But can there be too much of a good thing? Read more

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