1. Our reach is global. Our focus is local.

2. Getting to know your
Local Red Cross Chapter
• Who we are
• What we do - our 4 Core Services
1. Disaster Relief
2. Safety & First Aid Training
3. Provide Blood
4. Service to Military
• How you can help

3. Mission
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian
organization led by volunteers and guided by
its Congressional Charter and the
Fundamental Principles of the International
Red Cross Movement. It provides relief to
victims of disaster and helps people prevent,
prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

4. Triangle Chapter Service Area
Wake, Johnston, Franklin, Lee, Chatham & Warren Counties

5. Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
Every fire, flood, hurricane or tornado.
Disaster Relief

6. The Triangle Area Chapter
of the American Red
Cross helped more than
357 families recover from
local disasters in 2010.

7. Hurricane Earl – ERV Deployment (August 2010)

8. High Point Tornado (March 2010)

9. We provided more than
10,836 nights of shelter
locally to those whose
homes or apartments
were made unlivable due
to fires in 2010.

10. NC State Fair –First Aid Station (October 2010)

11. Red Cross Emergency Shelter – Setup

12. Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
Everyone who needs life-saving skills.
Education Programs

13. Training & Preparedness Programs

14. Every year, nearly 60,000
Triangle residents gain the
skills to respond to life
threatening emergencies
such as heart attacks.

15. Readiness Exercise – RDU (March 2010)

16. Daniel Cima/American Red Cross
Every time someone needs life saving blood.
Blood Services

17. The local Red Cross chapter
provides most of the blood
supply for our area.
We recruited more than
45,000 blood donors last year
to provide life saving blood
for area hospitals.

18. NCSU Blood Drive

19. Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross
Every service member in need.
Service to Military

20. Each year the Red Cross
assists nearly 3,000
Triangle military families
financially and
emotionally.

21. Veteran’s Day Parade (November 2010)

22. Local military families turned
to us more than 1,200 times
last year for support.
We provide emergency
communication, financial
assistance, and counseling
services for military families.

23. Triangle Flight of Honor (November 2010)

24. P. Yazdi/ICRC
Every international disaster.
International Disaster Relief

25. Your local Red Cross is
part of a global network,
providing disaster relief
around the world,
through
192 national societies.

26. P. Yazdi/ICRC
Every international conflict.

27. The American Red Cross
provides international
relief locally and globally
to families affected by
international conflict and
disasters.

28. Our volunteers
are there
to help 24 / 7
whoever you are.
wherever you are.
Hector Emanuel/American Red Cross

29. How can you help?
by donating your . . .
Time
Blood
Money

30. TriangleRedCross.org
919.231.1602