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Volunteers Honor Memory of Martin Luther King by Sharing Fire Safety Information in at-risk Neighborhoods. January-12-2012

To honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter and HOPE Worldwide will bring together local volunteers for a day of fire preparedness.

Volunteers from The Red Cross, Hope Worldwide, The Louisiana Society for the Preve

Donations to American Red Cross Helping Haiti Recover and Rebuild at Two-Year Anniversary of Earthquake. January-7-2012

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

Resolve To Help Someone With Tax Deductible Donation To American Red Cross. December-28-2011

The new year is a time for making resolutions, and the American Red Cross is urging people to resolve to help someone by making a tax-deductible donation to the Red Cross before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. Many people make charitable contributions at the

Holiday Week is Busy One for the Red Cross. 18 Fires Displace 65 People During Christmas Week. December-27-2011

The Christmas Holiday week proved a busy one for the American Red Cross Southeast Louisiana Chapter as it responded to fires in the New Orleans area and on the Northshore. The Red Cross volunteers also responded to a fire fatality in Tangipahoa Parish on Monday. The Red Cross is helpi

Community Outreach

Most people know us for our work with disaster relief, but don’t know what we do when there isn’t a disaster. If you are interested in helping your community learn more about the Red Cross or to help make your community a disaster-resistant community then you have come to the right page. For more information or to inquire about our current volunteer opportunities, please contact your local Red Cross office.

Check out the NPRC blog which is updated frequently with examples of what we are doing in our community.

The Client Recovery Coordinators in our Community Outreach Department have compiled a Holiday Resource Pamphlet for 2010. You can download that resource here.

Some of our Community Outreach staff is also still working to find resources in the community and through our partners to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina to rebuild their homes. The video below talks about one such case.