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Red Cross Motor Corps (1917) American Red Cross Motor Corps (also known as American Red Cross Motor Service) was founded in 1917 by the American Red Cross (ARC). [1] The service was composed of women and it was developed to render supplementary aid to the U.S. Army and Navy in transporting troops and supplies during World War I, and to assist other ARC workers in conducting their various ...
The American Red Cross in the Great War (The Macmillan Company, 1919). Dulles, Foster Rhea. The American Red Cross: A History. (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1950). Egan, Timothy B. and Thanousone Pravongviengkham. "American Red Cross: A History and Analysis" (Defense Technical Information Center, 2016) online; Fike, Claude E.
A Disaster Action Team is the local disaster response unit in chapters of the American Red Cross. American Red Cross chapters have Disaster Action Teams (commonly called "DATs"), which provide disaster relief services on an on-call basis. They may provide free emergency food, clothing and shelter assistance, [1] and assist disaster victims in ...
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The implementation of the American Junior Red Cross in schools served to educate the students about health: such as hygiene, eating well, and avoiding unhealthy habits like drugs and alcohol. [6] Their publication was titled Junior Red Cross News from September 1919 to January 1924. The word American was added to the issue of February 1924.
Some got out of floodwaters on a kayak. Some are still waiting for an airlift. Hurricane Helene’s NC victims have a long swim to recovery ahead. Here’s how to help.
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
Red Cross of Guinea-Bissau Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné-Bissau: Guyana Red Cross Society Haitian Red Cross French: Croix-Rouge haïtienne Haitian Creole: Kwa Wouj Ayisyen: 29 May 1932: Honduran Red Cross: Spanish: Cruz Roja Hondureña: 24 September 1937: Hong Kong Red Cross: Chinese: 香港紅十字會: 12 July 1950: Hungarian Red Cross