Red Cross Stories (Page 33)

Kim (or @gingermommy as she's known online) knows firsthand what it's like to experience an emergency in her community. Having lived on Vancouver Island, Kim was once without power and running water for 10 days, and has witnessed how few families are...

Most teenage boys are busy playing video games, trading baseball cards or are out playing street hockey with their friends; but after speaking with Victor and Ward, it is easy to see that they are not your typical 14-year-olds. These two boys ...

[slideshow]The Canadian Red Cross recently attended the NorthWest Response Forum for first responders in Dryden, Ontario. The three day event boasted Terry Grant, "The Real Mantracker", as a keynote speaker. Grant's show, Mantracker, is a Canadian re...

*Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell This weekend Canadian Red Cross volunteers are going door-to-door to hundreds of homes in Kawartha Lakes and Ramara affected by recent flooding to ensure families affected are safe and well, and have supplies t...

Red Crosser Colin Parry is a lead volunteer with both the Health Equipment Loan Program and the Emergency Response Team in Terrace, B.C. Volunteering in the Health Equipment Loan field is incredibly rewarding according to Colin. He remembers o...

Originally from Saskatchewan, Jamie Dzikowski moved to Ontario to attend university and never left. It was when Jamie was completing her Masters degree at Carleton over three years ago that her fellow classmate had asked about someone taking over...