American Red Cross

The American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five areas: domestic disaster relief services; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs. The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors?across the street, across the country, and across the world?in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new?the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. Through nearly 700 locally supported chapters, more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their homes, communities and world.

The American Red Cross aims to alleviate human suffereing in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.