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Manitoban Garry Enns supports entire Honduras emergency health clinic deployment

- Most Canadian Red Cross international emergency health clinic deployments last four weeks.  In fall 2020, however, Garry Enns of Manitoba was the first Canadian Red Cross humanitarian worker to support the clinic from start to finish.

Red Cross provides wellness supports for Manitobans evacuated due to wildfires

- Sharla Kojima is a safety and wellbeing responder on deployment with the Canadian Red Cross in Manitoba working with First Nation members evacuated to Winnipeg because of air quality concerns due to wildfires. Her help has been very appreciated by those impacted, as shown in this comment card.

Red Cross provides wellness supports for Manitobans evacuated due to wildfires

- Sharla Kojima is a safety and wellbeing responder on deployment with the Canadian Red Cross in Manitoba working with First Nation members evacuated to Winnipeg because of air quality concerns due to wildfires. Her help has been very appreciated by those impacted, as shown in this comment card.

COVID work in Manitoba

- In the 2020-21 fiscal year, the Canadian Red Cross provided a wide array of COVID-19 support to Manitobans, including several different projects in support of the provincial government.

Ensuring communities are prepared for disaster

- The five-year agreement between the Canadian Red Cross and Indigenous Services Canada, regarding support of First Nations impacted by disasters, includes an emergency planning component. For this component, the Red Cross was tasked with supporting all interested First Nations in the creation or development of new, or refinement of existing, emergency preparedness plans.

First Aid practice prepares six-year-old for life-threatening emergency

- Six-year-old Jaycee Berezowski received the Red Cross Rescuer Award recently; her life-saving actions show how crucial practice can be in a crisis.

Water Safety Tips for Safe Summer Swimming from the Canadian Red Cross

- June 5-12, 2021 is National Water Safety Week. Before taking the plunge at the lake or in your backyard pool, the Canadian Red Cross wants you to keep water safety at top of mind.

Keep Cool and Carry On: Manage summer heat waves

- With some scorchers on the horizon, now is a good time for a reminder on how to stay cool and what to watch for in case of overexposure to heat.
 

Finding purpose in service: Bobbi Montean, Red Cross Volunteer

- “Be open. Be willing to try something you’ve never ever done before.”
 
Looking back on over 30 years of volunteering with the Canadian Red Cross, Bobbi Montean speaks from a wealth of experience.

Finding purpose in service: Bobbi Montean, Red Cross Volunteer

- Looking back on over 30 years of volunteering with the Canadian Red Cross, Bobbi Montean speaks from a wealth of experience.