Red Cross Stories
Red Cross personnel supporting Australia bushfires response
- Extreme temperatures, dry conditions and winds have combined to cause or escalate hundreds of bushfires across five Australian states, in an unprecedented fire season.
Top 20 in 2020
- It’s countdown time, as we get closer to kicking off a New Year AND a new decade! We always have the best intentions with new years’ resolutions, but more often than not, they’re tough to keep.
Albania Earthquake: Red Cross teams providing urgent medical assistance, food and water to survivors
- Red Cross and Red Crescent teams from across Europe are in Albania to help the local Red Cross with rescue and relief efforts following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake near the capital Tirana.
This holiday, vulnerable people need your help – send a Red Cross Survival Kit
- Deliver a Canadian Red Cross Survival Kit to vulnerable people who need help in Canada and abroad. Check out the Holiday Gift Shop to learn more about the full kit and its impact.
Giving Back as a Volunteer / Giving Back with Co-op Give Cards
- For Ross Pratt it was an easy decision to leave Regina and volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross as the organization supports evacuees from the B.C. wildfires.
Earn Aeroplan Miles and SCENE points with every donation to the Red Cross this September
- It feels good to make a difference in the lives of those in need. For the month of September, we want to make it feel even better by offering you 100 Aeroplan® Miles or 100 SCENE® points for every $5 you donate.
Bahamas suffers extensive damage, Red Cross helps
- Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, has caused extensive and devastating damage across the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas, according to initial assessments from authorities and Red Cross officials on the ground.
Red Cross emergency field hospital put to new use after measles outbreak in the Philippines
- Following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, the Canadian Red Cross donated its emergency field hospital to the Philippine Red Cross. The hospital is still being used, most recently during a measles outbreak.
A community rallies together at an Ontario Walmart store
- Bill has been a volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross for over 10 years. He spearheaded the logistics team in Ontario and has been the boots on the ground problem solver for several disasters. However, on Sunday, April 14th in the small town of Kapuskasing in Northern Ontario, something out of the ordinary took place at the local Walmart store.
Red Cross launches emergency flood appeals in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario
- Winter thaw and steady rains have put provinces including Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick on heightened alert for flooding, putting several communities at risk.
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