Your Gift At Work

The Red Cross is a symbol of hope, compassion and safety throughout the world. As part of this humanitarian organization, the American Red Cross - Dallas Area Chapter provides relief to victims of single family emergencies and community, national and international disasters. In addition, we are in the community everyday teaching life-saving skills such as First Aid, CPR, and Aquatics as well as preparing our community for disasters through Be Red Cross Ready classes.

Consider giving a gift to the American Red Cross - Dallas Area Chapter. Your generousity will ensure our organization will continue to fulfill its life-saving mission of helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies whenever and wherever they may occur.

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Between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, the American Red Cross-Dallas Area Chapter. . .

Prepared and trained more than 63,800 adults and youth through courses such as First Aid, CPR, AED, Aquatics, Babysitting and other lifesaving courses.

Engaged more than 4,800 volunteers to help the American Red Cross prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters in North Texas.
Supported nearly 9,000 military families by providing communication messages, outreach through the “Get to Know Us” program and services at the military entrance processing station.
Provided emergency financial assistance to more than 3,000 people affected by more than 700 local disasters.
Performed 20 international services, including delivery of 12 messages to families who were separated or lost contact with family members due to war, natural disasters or other factors changing world conditions.
Produced more than 11,200 comfort items such as blankets, dolls, slippers, layettes for Parkland Hospital, Children’s Medical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center (VA), Fisher House at the VA, the Military Entrance Processing Station and Ronald McDonald House.

Everyday, the Dallas Area Chapter:

Serves more than 4.2 million people throughout its 12-county service area including Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Rains, Rockwall and Van Zandt counties.
Helps an average of 3 families a day affected by local emergencies.

Your generous contributions help victims of more than 700 local disasters across North Texas communities each year by providing:

Food
Clothing
Shelter
Counseling

How You Touch Lives!

Fire Victim Dexter watched his family’s home go up in flames in January.

“You don’t know how to prepare for a fire,” he said. “You don’t know what you’ll do. So it was good to know someone like the Red Cross was there to help. The hard thing is that I don’t have the resources I had a few years ago. It was very humbling; I couldn’t carry myself at that moment.”

As he saw the fire engulf the first and second floors of his townhome, he thought about how he had recently canceled his homeowner’s insurance.

“We unfortunately couldn’t afford it,” he said. “We were already cutting off little pieces to try to get by. I was looking at our computers and trying to figure out how we’d replace everything.”

Dexter’s wife was laid off a few years ago, and the family has been managing the household budget where they can. Dexter and his wife have a 12-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter.

The fire started in a neighbor’s townhouse.

“By the time we called the fire department the house was on fire from the first floor to the second floor right up to the ceiling,” Dexter said.

Fifteen fire trucks arrived at the scene; six town homes caught fire. That means six families were displaced.

“The Red Cross came out that day,” Dexter said, noting how he appreciated the Red Cross volunteer that introduced herself.

The Red Cross helped the family find and pay for a hotel for three days. They also helped with some money to get started.

“They helped us out a lot,” he said.

While the insurance companies sort through the details of the fire and the costs to rebuild, the family has relocated to a furnished townhome in Dallas.

“We’re in Dallas in a rental until further notice,” he said, saying they have boxes and stuff packed up awaiting a new home. “The Red Cross provided us what we needed at the moment.”

And Dexter plans to return the favor.

“I plan to give money when I get back on my feet,” he said. “So I can help other families.”

The American Red Cross is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible.