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Prepare the Town: Brownsville (Photo: Brett Whysel) |
Last Week in Review
- VIDEO: Disaster teams from our region are activating for Hurricane Beryl’s landfall in Texas, including Bruce and Bob, who drove an Emergency Response Vehicle to Texas from Long Island.
- The Red Cross and partners, including NYCHA, CAMBA, NYCEM, FDNY, NYPD, and others taught preparedness to the community at the Van Dyke Community Center in Brownsville last Saturday as part of the “Prepare the Town” program.
- Our YouTube channel crossed 1k subs!
- Meet Joanne Saunders, who began volunteering with the Red Cross and donating blood to honor her late husband after he passed away from leukemia.
- While we encouraged everyone in GNY to be safe during July 4th weekend celebrations, some Red Crossers like Viv were deployed to help during recent wildfires and flooding in New Mexico.
- Last Thursday, the Norwood News reported the Red Cross is assisting four families after a fire on East 226th Street in the Bronx.
- We posted this video reel featuring news coverage of Red Crossers helping residents after an e-bike fire in Brooklyn at the end of June.
- Throughout the summer, #LIRedCross volunteer Celia Vollmer visits libraries throughout Suffolk County to teach American Red Cross safety programs to children.
- Last Monday, the Norwood News also reported the Red Cross is assisting four families after a fire on Bainbridge Ave in the Bronx.
- Take the driver’s seat this summer! The Red Cross needs you to volunteer! Get started today as an Emergency Response Vehicle driver on our Mass Care team. #SummertimeWellSpent
- In celebration of the theatrical release of Universal Pictures’ summer blockbuster TWISTERS, be a force of nature for patients in need by giving blood. Come to give July 1-14 for a one-of-a-kind TWISTERS and Red Cross umbrella, while they last! Book now
- July 18: The Young Professionals Committee of the Metro NY North Red Cross is holding a Drinks and Discussions event at the office of Fairfield Integrated Systems in Riverside, CT. RSVP with vanessa.broskie@redcross.org.
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