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Posted April 25, 2013 by Global Administrator
Posted April 24, 2013 by Global Administrator
Not many people can say they’ve been a part of the Red Cross for nearly half a century. Marian Holt can. As a dedicated volunteer for over 46 years, Marian’s association with the Red Cross stems back to grade school. At that time, you could be...
This week marks National Volunteer Week and the Canadian Red Cross in Atlantic Canada marked the occasion by honouring more than 650 of their own volunteers with milestone and merit awards, service and distinguished service awards, and the Order ...
Posted April 23, 2013 by Global Administrator
Canadian Red Cross Volunteer, Susan MacKenzie, has responded to disasters across North America. From the Northern Alberta wildfires to Hurricane Sandy, she is always putting others before herself. Without volunteers like Sandy the Canadian Re...
Since retiring from his job as a papermaker, Rick Allen has been a devoted Red Cross volunteer with the Senior Transportation Program in Dryden, Ontario, driving anywhere and anytime he was asked. In fact, since 2010, Rick has driven more than 31...
Posted April 22, 2013 by Global Administrator
Introducing the newest member of the Canadian Red Cross Social Media Team, Judi Samuels! The Social Media Team is made up of social media users who use their social networks to help spread the word about the work of the Red Cross. In a disaster, the ...
April 21-27 is National Volunteer Week. We’re sharing stories from our volunteers across the country. For the past 14 years, Édouard Viau has been known and much appreciated around the Red Cross as a dedicated volunteer and a bit of a jack of ...
Posted April 17, 2013 by Global Administrator
[slideshow]On Friday morning, most of southern Ontario woke up to an ice storm that rolled in overnight and continued to blast the province with icy weather much into the weekend. The freezing rain and high winds combined knocked down power lines cau...
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