Red Cross Stories (Page 102)

Guest blog by Sherifa Hadi
When Brent Baxter finished high school, he was looking for a way to give back to his community. He started volunteering with the Durham Region Red Cross and the branch’s bingo program. In 2000-2001 he began volunteering w...

Meet Red Cross volunteer Gloria Francis. For the last year she has been volunteering several days out of every week at the Scarborough Drop-In Centre. The Drop-in Centre is a Red Cross program that helps people in need of shelter, food, clothing and ...

Guest blog by Meaghan WilliamsCourses are in session, phone calls are answered and individuals walk in and out constantly: these are the characteristics of a typical day. The Canadian Red Cross Ottawa branch is constantly a flurry of activity. Tuesd...

For Canadian Red Cross Sault Ste. Marie branch volunteer Paul Hennessey, volunteering brings a new challenge every day. One day he is providing support to a family who has lost their home to a fire. The next, he is driving seniors to medical appoi...

Congratulations to Red Cross youth volunteer, Arnav Agarwal of Mississauga, for being recognized with an Ontario Medal For Young Volunteers. Arnav was recognized as a leader and role model who has contributed 2,700 volunteer hours with 25 organizatio...

Across Ontario and the rest of Canada, groups of volunteer knitters have been coming together for decades to volunteer their services to the Canadian Red Cross. Today’s knitting circles are making mittens and other garments for communities in need...

[slideshow] It’s a Wednesday afternoon at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Toronto. In the kitchen, a group of Red Cross volunteers are preparing dinner for about 130. There is a line up out the door of people waiting for their food.  The Red Cros...