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The smoke was overwhelming. Flames singed her clothes and her hair. She felt frightened for her safety. None of that stopped Brooklyn resident Felicia Mitchell from trying to save the Christmas presents sitting in her bedroom on Dec. 19, a week before the holiday. She’d awoken at 4 am. Unable to get back to sleep, she decided to wrap presents. First, she got a glass of water from the

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By Anita Salzberg, Editorial Manager/Staff Writer I’ve watched Red Cross responders help people after a house fire or a vacate order numerous times since joining the organization back in 2005. I’ve heard them talk with those affected by these emergencies with kindness and compassion. I’ve seen them offer clients a cold drink to quench their thirst and a warm shoulder to lean on. And I’ve

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by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Screen Capture from NY1 Report Having a fire in your home is (in some ways) like having a birthday: Even though it’s a big deal for you, most of the world is oblivious. The fire in our building was so violent, so destructive, and so long-lived (it took hours for the firefighters to get it under control), we were certain it would be the leading news story on

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Volunteers come from many walks of life. For some, it is a chance to give back to their communities. For Francklin Morose, a volunteer with the American Red Cross on Long Island, it's much deeper than that— as his journey began with the world literally crumbling at his feet. Morose was at his accounting job in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2010—the day of the worst earthquake in the

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 by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Corduroy, the teddy bear Aabye had since birth, survived the fire.  The days immediately following the fire were full of challenges. First we had to answer the questions of our most basic needs: Where would we live? What would we wear? How would we eat? Thankfully, with the help of the Red Cross and our community of family and friends, we found our answers

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 Brendan (left) and Eric Hodges  As trained volunteer firefighters, brothers Eric and Brendan Hodges were very familiar with putting out fires, but they had never been the victims of one. Early one Saturday morning in November, Eric was working at his computer. Around 4 am, he started to smell smoke in their third floor apartment. His first instinct was to make sure nothing had

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by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla This is what became of the apartment directly above ours.  Isn’t it amazing how a flame that starts off small enough to fit on the wick of a candle, can become large enough to destroy a house? I distinctly remember standing in the snow with my husband watching the fire grow—first consuming this apartment, then the next, and ultimately the roof. I remember

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By Aabye-Gayle Francis-Favilla Back in December of 2010, my husband and I were displaced from our home due to a fire. There have been many ups and downs and sharp left turns since that fateful day when we stood shivering in the cold watching helplessly as a five-alarm fire destroyed our home (and the homes of our neighbors). The months since then have been a frenzy of mixed emotions, and have

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With Thanksgiving behind us and the holidays not too far into the future I start to feel the pressure. From the beginning of last week we have been bombarded with "incentives" to get to the stores ASAP, or else the deals would pass us by. According to this morning's online news sites Black Friday sales this year have broken records, with 226 million shoppers spending an average of $398.62 versus

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I have been a Red Cross employee for about sixteen years, serving primarily as a community affairs agent for the Atlanta Chapter. From 1994 until 2003 I was a Red Cross Community CPR instructor, teaching others how to manage choking, breathing and cardiac emergencies. In short, I wasn’t one of those people who needed to be convinced that CPR training was effective; I lived it for a good part of

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Six member of Team Red Cross on Staten Island before the race.  The ING New York City Marathon took place yesterday on a perfect autumn day. I was lucky enough to witness first-hand the enthusiasm of these athletes. I volunteered to take pictures for the Red Cross and woke up at five in the morning. My husband was kind enough to drop me off a block before Fort Wadsworth, in Staten Island, at

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It's Halloween, a day that thousands of kids look forward to all year long. It’s also the day after a weekend of record-breaking snow fall—in October. Imagine the look on kids’ faces when mom wakes them up and says it's a Snow Day. Imagine the jubilation, the joy, the bouncing on beds, the squeals of delight as they ponder their luck. Once the holidays have passed, a Snow Day is the only

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The following story was submitted by James Kelly, a deckhand on tugboat when a medical emergency unexpectedly struck. No matter how careful or well trained one may be, it is impossible to fully prepare for the unexpected; however, it is imperative that we all try. Recently I was working as one of two deckhands on a tugboat contracted to move oil barges along the East Coast when tragedy struck.

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By Sam Kille  “Reveille, reveille, reveille. All hands heave out and trice up. Give the ship a good sweep down, forward and aft. Now reveille.” That was the rude awakening I’d endure for six months while deployed as a Marine aboard the USS Newport, in the Mediterranean Sea, from 1991-92. But one morning I didn’t mind, as it was Christmas and we were docked in Barcelona, Spain. Despite being

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By Anita Salzberg Are you out of your minds? You’re going to burn the house down! (Or, at the very least, the movie set.) Long before I joined the Red Cross, this was my typical reaction to any scene in a movie or a TV show that featured a bubble bath, three dozen candles and a romantic liaison amid said bubble bath. Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham? Yes, that was a hot scene (

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We are all extremely busy, and multitasking has become second nature. I can't remember the last time I cooked dinner without actually doing something else; talking on the phone, or opening bills, or checking email, and yes, that did include leaving the kitchen for a minute or two. According to the Red Cross, unattended cooking is the cause of 90% of all kitchen fires, and cooking fires are the

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It's already October. I love the change of seasons. I love the crisp, fall air in New York, and even the fall fashions. But October is bittersweet for me. It's the month when my family and I remember loved ones passed. I remember my father and my mother-in-law. We commemorate his death and her birthday in October. Both of them were ailing; my father with heart disease, my mother-in-law with

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I am a mother of three, two girls and one boy. My girls are both in college, and my son is a sophomore in high school. Like many moms who chose to stay at home with their kids, I found myself left in their dust, as they charged out of the house as fast as they possibly could, thinking “What next?” My daughters wouldn't even consider colleges within a 75-mile radius of home. Was living at home

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By Andrea Garner When I started my internship in the Communications Department at the Red Cross in June, I was not quite sure what to expect. On my very first day, I was introduced to the blog that I am posting on now, a blog that highlight’s how the Red Cross changes people’s lives. As I read through each story, I felt a sense of pride knowing that I would be working with an organization that

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Most will recognize that New York City is one of most unique places in the world; but what few know is the special distinction the city has within the Red Cross community. The Big Apple is one of only a handful of cities on earth where all three arms of the Global Red Cross Network have a permanent presence. The Greater New York Red Cross, based here on West 49th Street, represents the American

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Last week I went to see the movie “Contagion,” directed by Steven Soderburgh. It’s a thriller about an airborne virus which causes a pandemic, killing almost everyone who comes into contact with it. In the movie, Kate Winslet, who plays a doctor investigating the virus for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), mentions that we touch our hands to our face two or three thousand times per day. Yes

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It’s September 12, 2011. Yesterday’s 9/11 memorials are still on my mind as I ride the 8:15 Staten Island ferry, which is standing room only this morning. I wonder if this is due to the heightened security in the terminals.I decide to stand outside on the rear deck and enjoy the warm and unusually sunny morning. Since Hurricane Irene, it seems that we’ve had rain almost every day.I spot a coast

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By Jeff Taylor, American Red Cross FONDA, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2011—Brenda Ell and her three foster children know the Fonda-Fultonville Central School in Fonda, N.Y., better than they’d care to. For the second time in a week, the family has sought refuge in the American Red Cross shelter located at the school. "The American Red Cross and all the volunteers have given us a safe place to go for

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ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 4, 2011-Saturday, with an escort from the Middleburgh Fire Department, an American Red Cross mobile feeding truck arrived in the tiny hamlet of Breakabeen, N.Y. Located about fifty miles southwest of Albany, it had been isolated due to flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. Driven by the husband and wife team of Tom and Cheryl Fleet, volunteers from Mercer, Pa., the food truck

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In the midst of the American Red Cross's Hurricane Irene relief operation, the fires, vacates and other responses continue. 

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Photo: Stephen Johnson When Lillian R. from Staten Island and her eight-year-old son returned home from an appointment one summer day, they saw two Red Cross vans and about 15 fire trucks in front of her building, where a fire was still smoldering. Lillian said, “When I saw the fire, I felt overwhelmed; I’d only been living there since November. I’m a single parent, and it was frightening.”

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Photo: Richardo Nelson Jorge Suarez, a resident who lived on the top floor of the building the was engulfed in a 3-alarm fire last Friday, posted this comment on the Gothamist about what it was like to survive that fire and how the Red Cross was able to provide him with some comfort: I lived there until last night (I'm the guy in the blue Barcelona shirt in picture number 8). Not a single

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24 hours per day, seven days a week, the American Red Cross is there proving comfort, support and humanitarian assistance to those that need it the most. With your generous support, you help mobilize direct relief and comfort year round, across the country and around the world. You're also a foundation for our readiness work – helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to life's

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The following story was submitted by volunteer disaster responder, Norma Marcos: June 30 was definitely different then most days. I am a Greater NY Red Cross volunteer disaster responder, and had had a longer-than-usual shift; instead of 9 am–5 pm, we were in the field until about 9 pm. It had been a long day, but I was glad to be able to help people who had suffered a disaster such as a fire

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The Minisink Valley Lions Club (formerly the Greenville/Wawayanda Lions Club) of Orange County, NY, has a long history of community service—from cooking meals for the Orange County Mental Health Association’s annual autism fundraiser, to hand-delivering baskets of food to families in need during the holidays, to providing community members hard hit by the recession with financial assistance for

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It started as a regular Tuesday for Alexis Geraldino. He attended classes at Technical Career Institutes New York where he is finishing up a program in accounting. But when he returned to his Bronx apartment that evening, he learned that a fire had roared through the building during the afternoon. The fire was out, but the damage was done. The roof and most of the two floors above his were almost

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L to R, bottom row: Mania Kichell’s daughter, Ruth Langroth and Holocaust survivor Mania Kichell. Top row: two of Mania’s granddaughters, Simone Vogel and Stacey Langroth; and daughter Anna Zvi. On www.nyredcross.org, we published a Holocaust tracing story on how we helped Queens resident, Anna Zvi, recover a piece of her mother's family history: Since as long as she can remember, Hollis Hills,

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After a May 29 fire destroyed his Brooklyn apartment, Michael Memeh discovered an unanticipated source of caring and kindness in his community. “Both the fire department and the Red Cross showed a marvelous kind of compassion that I have never experienced in New York,” Memeh said. “They were there to say, ‘This is not the end of the world. There is still hope….’” Memeh said he stepped out for a

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Tom Sanchez and his girlfriend had just finished dinner in their Astoria, Queens, apartment and were sitting down to watch TV when they smelled smoke. Upon finding it pouring out of their kitchen cabinets and sink, Tom’s girlfriend grabbed their pet cat and Chihuahua and ran down six flights of stairs to the street. Tom, seeing people standing in front of the apartment immediately below theirs

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Immediately after a deadly tornado hit the city of Joplin, Missouri on May 22, destroying thousands of homes, killing more than 150 people, and throwing thousands of lives into disarray, the Red Cross in Missouri rushed to help. It housed, fed and provided comfort and caring to hundreds of residents, gave out tarps, gloves, rakes and dust masks, and distributed comfort kits containing essentials

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Long-time Red Cross volunteer Damaris Rundle Every day, dedicated Metro NY Red Cross volunteers bring help, hope and healing to residents affected by fires, floods, building collapses and other emergencies and disasters. Many volunteers say helping others makes them feel that they’re doing their small part to change the world for the better. Damaris Rundle, the Metro NY Assistant Director of

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Jack Breiman (left) and his family By Aabye-Gayle Favilla For over a year, Jack Breiman had been making bracelets out of bottle tops and elastic, selling them, and donating part of the proceeds to various charities. He got the idea from a similar bracelet his cousin showed him. Jack was inspired to take the bracelet apart to figure out how it was made, and then came up with his own unique

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By Amanda Grzymala Back in February, I went on my first ride-along, accompanying Metro NY Red Cross responders to the scene of a disaster. Now, during my last week working as an intern in the Marketing & PR department, I was going out on a response for a second time. Once again, I borrowed a friend’s work boots (so that I could safely walk through a fire scene), and prepared myself to

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Sam Kille, our region’s Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, discusses his deployment to New England as part of the American Red Cross' Advanced Public Affairs Team, in response to a series of tornadoes that hit several Massachusetts’ communities on the evening of June 1. Twenty-four hours without sleep tends to make me a bit cranky and feeling less than talkative, especially when

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Photos: Lisa Weatherbee On the morning of May 4, 2011, a fire struck a house in the Bronx. The Red Cross was dispatched to the scene to provide help and hope to residents who were affected. Click here to read full captions of each photo.

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Sam Kille, an American Red Cross spokesman, tells how you can help victims of disasters like the tornadoes that destroyed homes and businesses in places like Springfield, MA. June 2, 2011.

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This Memorial Day weekend, during the Fleetweek festivities by the Intrepid, the Services to the Armed Forces (SAF) of the Metro NY Red Cross invited to New Yorkers to show their appreciation for those who serve in the military. Learn more about SAF.

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By Aabye-Gayle Favilla The American Red Cross receives numerous calls from people who want to say “thank you” for the services they’ve received. One such recent call came from a man who wanted express his gratitude for assistance dating back 65 years. During World War II, Lawrence Hoffman was recovering from injuries in Bournemouth, England. As a result of repeatedly being moved from hospital to

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Video Editor: Nicholas Martinez On March 9, 2011, the Metro NY Red Cross responded to a 4-alarm fire in the Bronx and opened a reception center/shelter for the displaced residents. This video gives viewers a glance at how everyday disasters like fires affects the lives of many local residents and how the Red Cross provides help and hope to them.

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "The Metro New York Red Cross is a fabulous place to be an AmeriCorps member—you are more than just a member of the AmeriCorps State program; you are also a valued part of the Red Cross team. AmeriCorps enables you to give your time to a great cause while living in NYC. My

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "My role at the American Red Cross is in the Mass Care department, where I identify new locations for shelters and new vendors for emergency feeding. My most memorable AmeriCorps experience so far has been running a family assistance center for the relatives of the victims of

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them. "I am the Red Cross Community Outreach Coordinator for the Bronx. This means I work directly with other nonprofits and government organizations to provide emergency preparedness events for adults, as well as Health & Safety programming for children. Since my position involves

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "A major part of the commitment to AmeriCorps is being prepared to get involved in any challenges presented and keeping in line with the AmeriCorps motto “Getting things done.” Sometimes this means getting familiar with concepts very quickly. Most of my experience prior to

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  My experience as an AmeriCorps VISTA member has been really great! I started at the Metro NY Red Cross in August, and I have already learned and accomplished so much. My main function at the Red Cross is recruitment. I review volunteer applications, interview volunteers, and

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Sam Kille, our region’s Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, was down south last week as part of the Red Cross’s Advanced Public Affairs Team, reporting on the response to flooding along the Mississippi River. Below is a candid look at his week-long deployment. It was on I-20 East, midway between Vicksburg and Jackson when a tear ran down my face. Now, besides my four-plus years

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "As an AmeriCorps member at the Metro NY Red Cross I have had the opportunity to do many things. One of the most memorable occasions was being in Times Square for New Year’s Eve. I have dreamed of spending December 31st in Times Square from the day I first learned about the

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "When you join AmeriCorps you are told that this will be the one of the most difficult, but also one of the most rewarding years of your life. Since starting my year as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in the Metro NY Red Cross’s Youth Services Department, I’ve worked on more than

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In honor of AmeriCorps Week 2011 we asked our own AmeriCorps members what their Red Cross experience has meant to them.  "As an AmeriCorps member working with Disaster Response I help develop manuals, assist with volunteer management and help the department further develop some of the systems already in place. In order to complete these tasks I have had the opportunity to train as a responder

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Sam Kille, our region’s Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations has been down south all week as part of the Red Cross’ Advanced Public Affairs Team reporting on the our response to flooding along the Mississippi River.

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 As the country’s attention turned to tornado-ravaged Alabama and preparations for flooding relief efforts along the Mississippi River, five NY Red Cross volunteers were concluding their deployment to Red Cross tornado relief efforts in North Carolina. One of them, AmeriCorps member Martha van Gelder, left for Smithfield, NC about a week after a violent band of storms tore through parts of that

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For years, Jessica Powers, better known as Jess, has been feeding people. She has worked as a chef, an event caterer and managed an emergency feeding program. Until last year, she was a Red Cross employee; now she is a volunteer. She currently works for WhyHunger, a non-profit organization committed to ending hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. At WhyHunger, she is

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Do you ever see the Red Cross mentioned in the news and wonder how it is associated with the Red Cross here in New York? Do you ever hear about the Federation or the ICRC and wonder exactly what they are? Do you ever wonder what the different emblems are and what they represent? Read below for a basic explanation of the different components of the Global Red Cross Network. The International Red

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Imagine receiving a phone call informing you that all the possessions you once had were gone, literally thrown out the windows during an apartment fire. For Keisha C., this situation was far from fantasy. With an unknown spark, a fire broke out in Keisha’s brownstone apartment in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn while she was not home. It was only when her landlord called her that she received the tragic

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Jim Shevlin has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross since 2003, mainly providing support to our Services to the Armed Forces program. We recently chatted with Jim about his work with the Red Cross. I understand that your son is in the military. What branch of the service is he in? He is a Marine. His name is James E. Shevlin, and he is currently in Afghanistan. He will be there for 7

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Queens residents Jordan Humphrey and Melissa Magnotta are a husband and wife volunteer team who work together, not only as Red Cross Disaster Responders, but also as Public Affairs volunteers.  Last week, we chatted with them about the Red Cross, their Disaster Response work and what it's like volunteering with your spouse. How did you first get involved with the Red Cross? Jordan: We were

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In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 10-16, 2011), I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for working tirelessly to fulfill the American Red Cross mission. This year’s theme, Celebrating People in Action, aptly describes the Metro New York Region’s volunteers. Red Cross volunteers are doers. Red Cross volunteers are people in action. Our region has more than 11,000 volunteers from

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Story and photos by Amanda Grzymala On the blustery night of Thursday, Feb. 10, I scoured my Manhattan College campus for a friend with work boots, size 9, that I could borrow. When packing for college this year (I’m a junior), I did not figure work boots into the equation, but I guess I should have. The following day, I was getting the chance to go on a “ride along” with the Metro New York Red

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Jim Dowling works in the corporate offices of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), an international medical technology company. Although his job and family life keep him rather busy, Jim still finds the time to volunteer for the American Red Cross in Greater New York. Jim, an Orange County Red Cross Disaster Action Team member, is very active in Mass Care as a Shelter Supervisor and as a

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D’André Sibblies (second from left) may never eat chicken nuggets again. D’André, who is 14,and his brother Bryan, 16, (far left), were home alone in Brooklyn early one Tuesday evening. Their mother, Taunya, was returning from her job as a bank teller; their dad, Albert, a freelance computer tech, and older brother Ryan, were out. D’André was hungry and decided to cook up some chicken nuggets.

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One morning, Farren Allen Jr. was asleep in the basement apartment in Brooklyn where he lived with his father, when he woke to knocking. Not expecting anyone, he went back to sleep then heard a man shout, “Break down the door!” Within minutes Farren Jr. was confronted by representatives of the city. They told him that the apartment, where he and his dad had lived for seven months had been rented

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On a cold night in December, Dennis Ryan, a resident on Elmhurst, New York, awoke to the buzzing of his apartment bell. When he opened his door, whoever had buzzed was gone. To Dennis’s surprise, “In came black and grey smoke like you wouldn’t believe.” Dennis started to choke. He rushed to the window and drew a breath of fresh air, then ran out into the hallway and down six flights of stairs

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SoYeon Lee came to the U.S. in 2004 from her home in India to attend college in Ohio. After receiving her degree, she took a job with a financial research firm in New York and an apartment in upper Manhattan with her younger sister, SaRang. With a job in a down economy, SaRang in graduate school at Teachers College and an apartment they liked, SoYeon felt that she and her sister “Really had it

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Jesus Figueroa Jesus Figueroa, who is from Boston by way of Puerto Rico, has spent the past two years in New York with his wife and 10-year-old son during his son’s treatment for cancer at a NY hospital. Until nine months ago, when they moved to a basement apartment on McKinley Avenue in Brooklyn, the Figueroas had struggled to find affordable housing that would allow them to remain in New York

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Heather Curley, her two daughters and her boyfriend were sound asleep when they awoke to their dog barking and whining loudly at the door of her third floor Bronx apartment. When she went to quiet the dog, Heather saw flames on the other side of the door and smoke starting to pour into the apartment. The next thing she knew, she and her family were climbing down the fire escape to the first floor

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In the most recent installment of the American Red Cross' podcast, Across the Globe, President and CEO Gail McGovern candidly discusses her experiences in Haiti over the past year; how relief and recovery is progressing on the ground; and what plans the Red Cross has to address challenges in Haiti.  Click here to listen.

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American Red Cross in Greater New York AmeriCorps member Alissa Silverstein shares her thoughts on why she serves and how she helps.

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The night after the Blizzard of 2010, Frank Favilla and his wife Aabye-Gayle heard a commotion outside their apartment and realized their building on Judge Street in Queens was on fire. They fled, wearing just sneakers, pajamas and overcoats, then watched for almost an hour in the frigid cold as a 5-alarm blaze ripped through the building. Although their unit was not burnt, it suffered enormous

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L to R: Ana Arrendel, Rances Gantier and Carmen Morales The moment Carmen Morales smelled smoke the afternoon of December 21, she and her 18-year-old son José raced out of their ninth floor Bronx apartment. But because the smoke was billowing through their stairwell, firefighters met them a few floors below and sent the pair back to their apartment, to wait, very scared, for half an hour, until

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L to R: Paula McCullough, granddaughter Lauren, and daughter Contina Paula McCullough never imagined that she would need the services of the Red Cross, until she and her family—three daughters and five grandchildren—found themselves outside their Staten Island apartment at 4:30 a.m. on a Thursday morning, watching their building burn. Their third floor apartment was deemed uninhabitable due to

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Jackie Cruz and some of her students from PS1. (Photo: John Cruz) As his children outgrew their books, John Cruz, Greater NY Red Cross Senior Supervisor, Response, realized that other children might greatly benefit from them—kids he saw each day at the Chapter’s Client Services Department who had lost everything in a home fire. So John donated those books to the Chapter. Soon, he noticed that

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Photo by Syncere Zakee Chris Busbee, unofficial coach of Team Red Cross, talks about his ING NYC Marathon experience this past November. How many marathons have you participated in? Thirty-seven; this was my 14th NYC Marathon. Why do you run marathons? Marathons are one of the few things that you get more out of it then you put in. They are the ultimate test of courage, character,

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Walter and Diane Gomez and daughter Laura As they were preparing for bed one Sunday night, Walter Gomez and his wife Diana smelled something burning. Ducking onto the balcony of their second floor Queens apartment, Walter was chilled to see smoke pouring from the apartment above. He quickly called 911, and told Diana to grab their daughter Laura and get out of the apartment. As his family raced

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On Thanksgiving Day, Deborah Stevens of Manhattan was visiting her older daughter in Ohio. She had come down with an upper respiratory infection and was asleep when she heard phones begin to ring. Her younger daughter, who was also out of town, in Atlanta, and her neighbors in Manhattan were calling to tell her that her apartment was on fire. “My apartment?” she said to her friends. “But nobody’s

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Denise Wilson (left), Sarah Greenidge (middle) & Mark Greenidge (right) Denise Wilson lit the stove as she was preparing dinner for her family in their West Harlem apartment, and “it just blew,” setting fire to her hair. After patting out the flames burning her hair, she grabbed her grandson and 9-year-old daughter and ran out. She called the fire department, ran back in and banged on her

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American Red Cross CEO & President Gail McGovern discusses how new technologies are changing not only how but who is making charitable contributions around the world. See below for the full version of the program "Executive Vision: Leadership in Action."

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Anita Cruz and her son Adrian Anita Cruz and her 22-year-old son, Adrian, were about to sit down to dinner in their Bronx apartment when some of the lights went out. Then, they noticed a strange smell. After checking the electrical outlets and finding nothing, they saw smoke above a skylight in the hallway, alerted the neighbors and called 911. Firefighters soon arrived, but also had

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As a recent psychology graduate looking for something fulfilling to do before embarking on graduate school adventures, I found the idea of working in the Disaster Response department of the NY Red Cross through the AmeriCorps program uniquely exciting. Although from the job description, interviews, trainings and such, I had some idea of what I was in for, no words or textbook descriptions can

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Phyllis Ebanks (Photo: Anita Salzberg) As Phyllis Ebanks and Sherry Dowling, who lived on different floors of the same apartment building on Quincy Street in Brooklyn, made their way home on the evening of September 16th, they had no idea that their building had just been hit by a tornado. They each arrived home sometime after 7 pm, only to be greeted by the chaotic sight of blown-out

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New York Giants Wide Receiver Ramses Barden understands the importance of knowing CPR and how it can save lives. Get trained in CPR and First Aid today.

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When the first plane hit the World Trade Center on 9/11, Bob McGrath was working with a colleague at a small PR firm in downtown Manhattan. From one of their offices they could see the smoke, but not the buildings themselves. The TV in their offices was tuned to CNBC, and all too soon, they understood the gravity of the situation. Like many New Yorkers, Bob urgently wanted to be able to help in

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Niketut Koriastuti (left), Cliff Haryanto (right) and Baby Matthew (bottom) (Photo: Mary Beth Aberlin) It began around 5:30 a.m., in the garage of a difficult-to-reach three-story building abutting the Long Island Expressway in the Middle Village neighborhood of Queens. Niketut Koriastuti thought she’d been dreaming when she heard loud noises next door. Realizing that something was terribly

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Islamabad, Pakistan It is the fist day in country, but actually the second day of the deployment really. The first day of the mission actually started last week already, the moment we were told that an American ERU was going to join the relief operation and that we were on the list. From that moment on, we started to get briefed and educate and prepare ourselves on the disaster, on the country

Christophe Lobry-Boulangernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-32151662062003235492010-08-26T07:40:00.001-07:002010-08-26T07:40:52.148-07:00

For the people of New Orleans, learning to swim is more than just a recreation. Its a matter of survival.

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Kay Wilkins, the CEO of American Red Cross in Southeast Louisiana Chapter, talks about what it was like when Hurricane Katrina struck.

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Hear from those on the frontlines with the Red Cross 5 years ago about how their lives have been changed by Hurricane Katrina and how this event was a "game changer" for the Red Cross. Help the American Red Cross prepare for the nearly 70,000 disasters it responds to each year across the country, including almost 3,000 here in Greater New York by making a donation.

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-35059990763292502752010-08-09T08:52:00.000-07:002010-08-09T08:52:27.618-07:00

After a 3-alarm fire tore through a row of stores on White Plains Road around 11 p.m. on August 8, the NY Red Cross was on the scene to provide humanitarian assistance to the people living above the stores who were displaced by the blaze. NY Chapter relief workers registered 20 adults and 8 children for Red Cross services and provided 4 households (17 adults and 8 children) with emergency housing

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-999027537548509282010-08-05T09:10:00.000-07:002010-08-05T09:10:10.611-07:00

When she smelled smoke in her fourth-floor Brooklyn apartment on the afternoon of July 6, Robin Lott called the fire department. “They came and checked the circuit breakers and felt the walls. They said the walls were cold, and left,” said Robin, who then decided to run out to the store. When she returned twenty minutes later her daughter said, “The walls are crackling!” The smell of smoke was

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-34661164709660775922010-08-03T08:10:00.000-07:002010-08-03T08:10:38.360-07:00

It was four in the morning when a fire broke out in the four-family house on Staten Island where Shannon Barback rented an apartment with her three children. Shannon, the kids, and her boyfriend, Nick, were awakened by two teenage girls who saw smoke as they were passing by, banged on the door and yelled, “Fire! Get out, get out!” Nick opened the bathroom door, saw flames, slammed the door shut

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-35974055670209719442010-07-30T13:18:00.000-07:002010-07-30T13:18:42.668-07:00

Craig Stout and 14 of his co-workers from a Manhattan branding company attended a NY Red Cross CPR/ First Aid class on July 28, 2010. Craig became interested in learning lifesaving skills after his two-year-old son nearly choked on a piece of food. Being prepared for the worst makes Craig feel empowered; he’s also glad that his company values disaster readiness. Craig Stout from Maplewood, NJ

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-36435532878455765922010-07-27T09:25:00.000-07:002010-07-27T12:43:26.497-07:00

Few NY Red Cross staff members cut a more dashing figure when arriving at work than Charlie Wells on the days when he glides into the Chapter’s parking lot astride his dark purple Harley Davidson. A motorcycle rider since he was 16, Charlie has had this particular bike for the last five years. “It’s kind of like a tribute to the brothers—the firefighters and paramedics who were killed on 9/11,”

nyredcrosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16543582711138748527noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2545160726918113008.post-56331343306094079822010-07-22T13:34:00.000-07:002010-07-27T09:20:48.353-07:00

Fourth of July 2010 turned out to be no holiday for John Peters and his family. The morning of Independence Day, a fire broke out in the church below their apartment located in the Saint Albans section of Queens. As smoke from the fire engulfed their home, John, his wife and their nine-year-old son used the fire escape to evacuate the building. While his wife and son were taken to the hospital

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