Prince Edward Island News and Stories
National Volunteer Week Spotlight: Health Equipment Loan Program
April 15, 2024 - National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate and recognize the thousands of volunteers that make up 70 per cent of the workforce at the Canadian Red Cross. The Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) is one of many volunteer-supported, community-based services made possible by the efforts of thousands of volunteers across Canada.
Friendly Calls Program provides needed connections during historic Atlantic storm
March 11, 2024 - Friendly Calls is a Canadian Red Cross program that matches people over the age of 18 with trained Red Cross personnel. Through regular phone check-ins, our program offers emotional support, healthy coping strategies, and well-being resources and services.
While the Friendly Calls Program provides emotional support to people experiencing loneliness and isolation in their everyday lives, what some may not know is that the program can also help participants during sudden and challenging events.
Gender equality and social inclusion at the core of gender-based violence prevention in Haiti
November 28, 2022 - In honour of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Canadian Red Cross is highlighting our efforts to prevent and fight gender-based violence in our communities and around the world.
In good hands: A PEI family shares their gratitude for the help they received from Red Cross
October 19, 2022 - Shah, his wife, his two young children and his elderly parents lived without electricity as temperatures dropped on the island after Hurricane Fiona. Luckily, Shah soon found out about the support Red Cross was offering to people impacted by the hurricane and was introduced to “Mister René,” as he likes to call René Omalosanga, the accommodation lead for the response to Hurricane Fiona in Prince Edward Island.
How Red Cross is helping those impacted by Fiona in Canada
October 14, 2022 - The Canadian Red Cross continues to support those significantly impacted by post tropical storm Fiona that hit parts of the Atlantic provinces and Quebec. To date, the Red Cross has registered more than 79,000 households in all provinces impacted by the hurricane, and already distributed more than $11 million in financial assistance to over 32,000 eligible households.
HELP: How the Red Cross Health Equipment Loan Program supports my mobility and independence
September 08, 2022 - Disability doesn’t discriminate, it can appear in our lives, whether from birth, through illness and injury, or simply by the natural process of aging. Chances are, you or someone you know, lives with some form of temporary or permanent disability. Would you know where to turn to if you needed health equipment to maintain your quality of life?
Canadian Red Cross transitions its iconic PEI summer day camps
March 25, 2022 - A program started in Prince Edward Island more than 75 years ago offering summer camps to teach swimming and other water safety skills to Island children and youth will soon have a new look, as the program transitions from the Canadian Red Cross to the Lifesaving Society Prince Edward Island.
Curbing loneliness through Friendly Calls
December 11, 2021 - Over the past 22 months, Canadians have come together to support and uplift one another despite remaining physically distanced by following public health recommendations.
In 10 minutes, your life can turn upside down.
November 09, 2021 - When lightning strikes, disaster can follow in mere minutes. Elizabeth, her husband, four children and family dog escaped a sudden home fire, and were grateful for the support of the Red Cross Personal Disaster Assistance Team in Prince Albert, SK.
The story of Muggins just keeps getting better
October 19, 2021 - Stories about Muggins the fundraising dog always delight, and the stories that continue to unfold over the years just keep getting better. His fame as a four-legged fundraising mascot is now the subject of a recently published book.
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