American Red Cross

The American Red Cross Boston is accepting nominations for their 2023 Heroes breakfast. Do you have someone in mind? The deadline to enter is November 7, 2022.

Nominate a hero today for the 2023 American Red Cross Boston Heroes Breakfast.

Florida’s Gulf Coast was bracing for Hurricane Ian as it churned toward the state and was expected to become a dangerous Category 4 hurricane after making landfall Tuesday morning in western Cuba.

If you want to help people who will likely be impacted by the storm, one option is to support the Salvation Army by either sending donations to its disaster relief fund, or signing up to be a volunteer. You can also help by contributing to the American Red Cross.

If you want to help people who will likely be impacted by the storm, one option is to support the Salvation Army by either sending donations to its disaster relief fund, or signing up to be a volunteer. You can also help by contributing to the American Red Cross.

As Hurricane Ian, now a Category 3 storm, makes landfall over western Cuba, resources all the way in Massachusetts are on standby ahead of potentially severe impacts to the Tampa Bay area of Florida. Ian could potentially morph into a Category 4 storm as it inches towards the Sunshine State. Florida has declared a statewide emergency and evacuations along the…

The American Red Cross of Massachusetts is recognizing ordinary people who’ve done extraordinary things in services of others at a Heroes Breakfast.

A California wildfire called ‘The Colorado Fire’ in the Big Sur area is forcing evacuations and authorities have closed a portion of Highway 1 in both directions

The American Red Cross has declared its first-ever national blood crisis, and it’s making a desperate plea for blood donations. As of Tuesday, the Red Cross had less than a one-day supply of the most needed blood types. “Since December, the Red Cross has had to restrict the amount of blood that’s going to area hospitals,” said Kelly Isenor...

The American Red Cross is making an urgent plea for blood donations.

The American Red Cross on Tuesday said it declared its first-ever “blood crisis” as it faces the worst national blood shortage in about a decade.

Thousands of people are without heat and water after tornadoes blew through parts of the South and Midwest over the weekend, killing dozens. At least 64 were killed in Kentucky alone. There were at least 14 other deaths in Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. And many more were left homeless. Many areas have no water or are under boil-water advisories….

Vermont’s largest annual blood drive, the Gift of Life Marathon in Rutland County, kicked off Tuesday — with a visit from a special guest who knows how vital blood donations are. “Anyone at any time can need it,” Stefanie Schaffer, 25, said of blood used for transfusions. “And it’s constantly needed.” Schaffer lost her legs in an accidental explosion on…

A woman who survived an explosion that made international headlines is now issuing an impassioned plea to people everywhere to donate blood — a gift she said saved her life. “All that I could do was desperately fight to stay alive,” Stefanie Schaffer said of the moments following an explosion that nearly killed her. Schaffer is the Vermont dancer who…

Volunteers from Massachusetts are traveling to central New Jersey, where they will be assisting people after flooding in the area.

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29 as a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s ruinous strike on the Gulf Coast. The storm’s remnants then continued to the northeast, where it is responsible for dozens of deaths. In the wake of the flooding, collapsed buildings and power outages caused by the storm, you…

Alyssa Milano is sharing new details about a car accident she was involved in on Tuesday.