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Haiti: Two Years Later

Two years after the Haiti earthquake, the American Red Cross is helping people rebuild their homes and their lives and improving communities with health, water and sanitation projects. In a two-year update, the American Red Cross highlighted its emergency work after the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, as well as its recovery efforts over the past year.

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Be Red Cross Ready

The American Red Cross is urging everyone to help save lives by making sure they build a kit, get trained and stay alert.

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Poll Finds Americans Want to Give Meaningful Gifts

12.06.2011

"No matter their personal financial hardships, Americans still want to give,” said Angela Broome, local American Red Cross CEO. “Rather than giving a gift someone won’t use, people want to give meaningfully and know their gift is making a difference.”

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Need help now?

If you need emergency help, call (704) 378-4620.

The Red Cross is ready to respond to disasters such as flooding and home fires 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

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Come volunteer with us!

Red Cross volunteers work directly with people, serve on boards of directors, serve as managers and provide behind the scenes support.

Helping others feels good and helps you feel good about yourself. Your local Red Cross can work with you to provide rewarding experiences, opportunities to utilize your talents or provide training to help you serve your community.

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Take a class

The American Red Cross offers a wide variety of training courses in first aid, CPR, AED, life guarding, swimming, babysitting, care giving, and other areas for both individuals and organizations. We are the most trusted training provider of health and safety training that meets OSHA guidelines and many other professional and regulatory standards. Many self-study classes are available online and you can also register for classroom courses.

To search for and register for a class online, click here.

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You can save lives.

To schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 1-800-RED CROSS. To schedule a platelet donation, call 704.969.8552.

The lifesaving blood you donate helps patients in our local and regional hospitals every day, making it possible for people to have surgeries, cancer treatments and other medical therapies they need to survive.

Click here to learn more about the Carolina Blood Services Region.