American Red Cross - Massachusetts

Over 500 disaster responders in Florida and Georgia are standing by, ready to respond as communities brace for Hurricane Helene’s impact tonight. 💪🏽 Ahead of the storm making landfall, our disaster teams helped set up shelters and prepositioned trailers with relief items. They also prepared nearly 45,000 snacks and ready-to-eat meals to distribute in affected areas once it is safe to do so.

Durante los grandes desastres, la Cruz Roja sigue reforzando su presencia y sus relaciones en las comunidades predominantemente latinas, con equipos especializados que hablan español y tienen experiencia en el trabajo con comunidades diversas e históricamente marginadas. Estos equipos ayudan a conectar e interactuar con las comunidades latinas, garantizando que nuestros servicios humanitarios sean accesibles y recibidos equitativamente por esas comunidades durante los desastres.

Safe travels to Red Cross Massachusetts CEO Holly and all the trained disaster volunteers heading south to help in advance of Hurricane Helene.

For the third time in just over a year, the American Red Cross is rapidly mobilizing volunteers and relief supplies to respond as another major hurricane bears down on communities in the Florida Panhandle. As Helene moves closer to the U.S., the Red Cross has assigned some 360 trained disaster workers (almost a dozen from Massachusetts), stocked truckloads of supplies and is ready to open dozens of shelters to help people in need. Right now, Florida communities are preparing for potentially life-threatening impacts. The Red Cross urgently needs the support of the public to plan for and respond to disasters. You can help by making a financial donation or an appointment to give blood or platelets by visiting redcross.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767). We can't do this alone.

Únase a la Cruz Roja como voluntario y descubra cómo sus conocimientos, habilidades, destrezas y entusiasmo pueden proporcionar una experiencia enriquecedora.

"I grew up in a border community so a lot of the humanitarian crises that the Red Cross was responding to was a local crisis for me. I saw the Red Cross in the front lines helping immigrants and asylum seekers. I was interested in helping out, so I reached out to my local chapter and was taken on as a youth volunteer.” Rodrigo Estrada first joined the Red Cross when he was a sophomore in high school. He says he gets his heart of service from his grandmother, who never turned away a neighbor in need. "What we do at the Red Cross is provide life-saving services and look out for people in our community so for me, being a Red Cross volunteer was a natural extension of my grandmother’s legacy.”

ICYM our table at Saturday's Veteran Expo in Brockton - volunteers Craig Wolfe and Ying Tang joined Services to the Armed Forces staffer Hannah to serve meals and snacks to more than 100 veterans and their families.

Para planificar emergencias, la Cruz Roja les brinda a las comunidades latinas de todo el país información de preparación culturalmente relevante y respuestas que satisfacen mejor sus necesidades específicas y sus preferencias lingüísticas.

Casi el 60 % de los latinos tienen sangre tipo O, un tipo de sangre crítico que los hospitales buscan primero en situaciones de emergencia.

La Cruz Roja está dedicada a fortalecer nuestro compromiso con las comunidades latinas e hispanas para ayudar a garantizar que nadie enfrente una emergencia solo.