In their stores, they also accept donations (in most stores not all.) on a section of their website you can check where the nearest “Donation Point” is to you if you wish to know.
Every day in the United States hurricanes, floods, fires, accidents and other disasters happen. Once the organization is contacted, they are more than likely the first organization to respond. During hard times, the American Red Cross has a giving site where volunteers can go online and buy items to help support the victims of the disaster. For 18 dollars a volunteer can donate three blankets. For 20 dollars a volunteer can give hot meals to two people. For 2,000 dollars, a volunteer can supply a food truck that will be rushed to the victims of a disaster. 91 percent of its funds on programs support around 200 disasters in the United States daily.
selected clothing to individuals at the local homeless shelters. The remaining clothing is sold at TCD’s retail
Since I first delved into community service two years ago, I have not only found a passion for helping others, but also a sense of belonging. After my freshman year of highschool, I was lacking direction. I had no idea what I wanted to involve myself in, but I knew I wanted to start something to help people. Therefore, my friends and I created our own charity, The Pink Bowz. Since 2015, I have worked in my community to expand this organization which helps women battling breast cancer. The Pink Bowz has since completed approximately 200 hours of community service and donated over $5000 to five women in the Hampstead - Wilmington area. Through this experience I found a passion for the fundraising process. I campaigned at my school to start a
Celebrities and athletes from all over are helping the victims of Hurricane Harvey, and one of those celebrities is Kevin Hart. He donated $25,000 dollars to the American Red Cross to help with the hurricane victims. Kevin also challenged some of his famous friends to donate and help out. It is a tragic time for Houston even though Americans have come together once again. America is a volunteering and generous nation that helps everyone out in times of catastrophe and misfortune.
All funds raised at this event will go towards providing financial assistance for essential mobility equipment
Known as the Jimmy Fallon challenge, celebrities such as Madonna, The Game, Big Sean, and Seth Meyers have all donated over $10,000 to the relief. Aretha Franklin has also let 25-50 residents occupy rooms each night and have given them food at her hotel. She’s also holding health screenings at her father’s church, New Bethel Baptist Church, in Detroit. In this time of crisis, it’s amazing to see many entertainers support and help the residents in their time of need. America needs to unify and work together to ensure that every citizen has access to quality water and
As a nonprofit fundraiser, it is difficult to truly see the mission that your team raises money for every single day. Fundraisers at the American Red Cross are trained as “sales people,” and before this volunteer experience I had never even been on a Red Cross disaster response call. Throughout the duration of the semester, I was able to gain true insight into the core of the organization and mission. This opportunity allowed me to not only enhance my career at the American Red Cross, but gave me a 360-degree view of the entire organization and the fundamentals of the Red Cross mission.
Purpose: The key aspect of serving others from the effects of Hurricane Matthew will allow families who have no home to be provided with food and water. According to authorities flooding in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew has caused $1.5 billion in damage to 100,000 homes, businesses and government buildings, authorities estimate. To elaborate more many people are seeking to help North Carolina recover, so I would like to make a website for donations and get WECT news to present it on commercials. Also, people who donate we will ask for their email and we will send each one a personal thank you letter. This service of serving others will allow people like the Red Cross to focus on more
In the past, the Red Cross Association has dealt with controversy from its corrupt leadership to its reputation surrounding possible fraud. O.C. Ferrell, John Fraedrich and Linda Ferrell (2015) defines the American Red Cross (ARC) as an independent organization who’s mission is to “provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies” (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2015). In recent news, Hurricane Matthew made its way to the United States in October 2016. The category 4 storm was expected to damage the Southeast coast of the United States including Florida and South Carolina (Bacon, 2016). While many residents took precautions and acknowledged the state of emergencies that were put into place,
Since 2010, the American Red Cross (ARC) annual expenditures on domestic relief services have been between $250 million and $400 million with majority of the donations coming from private donors. Additionally as of 2015, approximately 90% of the Red Cross workforce during disasters were comprised of volunteers. 2014 the Red Cross saw an enormous influx of expenditures as a result of Hurricane Sandy. This national disasters tested the overall efficiency of the Red Cross Operations since the Hurricane Katrina debacle. One of the significant issues raised by the society was the lagged response time of the ARC. One the reasons for this delay was due to the uncertain of the responsibilities between the ARC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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“This initiative will enable the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina as well as the thousands of other disasters that the Red Cross responds to each year.” (“Morgan Freeman's Red Cross Auction for Katrina Victims at Charity Folks.”). 96.5%-100% of the auction’s funds did go out directly to the Relief Fund to help out all of the people in need. Freeman even auctioned off a screening to his used to be new movie An Unfinished Life with a multitude of other items that he has donated in. Morgan Freeman used his time and money to help and donate for people to get encouraged, stronger, and get the supplies they
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Hurricane Harvey left thousands of people and families in devastation with winds up to 130 mph. Many people like contributed to help raise money for the disaster fund. Famous comedian, Kevin Hart, donated $25,000 to a fund and challenged other celebrities to do the same. He explains to ExtraTv, “It's simply nudging your friends to make an effort to do the same thing that you are doing... We have a platform to use our voices, and I felt that I could raise some money — and it worked.” Kevin incoraged multiple amount of celebrities to donate to the same fund, and the total amount raised was about 1.5million dollars.