Ontario News and Stories
Away for the Holidays; Why One Humanitarian Traded a Winter Coat for the Red Vest
- This holiday season will be far from ordinary for many of us due to COVID-19...
How One Red Cross Found Hope While Supporting Long-Term Care
- Christelle was a site manager with the Canadian Red Cross in the Prescott and Russell Residence in Hawkesbury, Ontario.
How One Red Cross Found Hope While Supporting Long-Term Care
- Christelle was a site manager with the Canadian Red Cross in the Prescott and Russell Residence in Hawkesbury, Ontario. It was the first long-term care home in the province to receive assistance from Red Cross, upon request by the Ontario government and funded by the Government of Canada
International Volunteer Day 2020
- Meet some of the many Ontario Red Cross volunteers below, who are supporting families and communities across the province.
Friendly Calls Program creates meaningful connections between volunteers and isolated seniors
- Katherine Barrer has been volunteering with the Red Cross for seven years, helping various programs...
Words of Appreciation: Migrant worker support in Windsor-Essex
- The Canadian Red Cross worked in support of federal, provincial and local public health officials by operating isolation sites.
How years of Red Cross training helped save a neighbour’s life.
- Over the many years of working as a lifeguard and first aid responder, Johnathan has used his training...
Remembering Red Cross Volunteer Clare Lewis
- Clare Lewis lived her life full of passion for helping people. She dedicated her career, personal time...
Community grant aids support to Arabic immigrants and refugees during COVID-19
- Using funds provided by the Canadian Red Cross to help non-profits provide frontline services during COVID-19, ICS has organized food box distributions in cities across Ontario. The organization will reach 2,000 people, including the Kharfan family who received a food box during the first distribution in London. Hear their story:
Supporting Community Health: Seniors Helping Seniors
- As COVID-19 spread across the country this year it quickly became common knowledge that older Canadians have a far higher risk...
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