American Red Cross

The Red Cross has been busy across the nation and locally in 2024. We will meet several folks from the Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross to discuss the rise in the number of large-scale responses, the role of volunteers and the rising costs of assistance and shelters.

Cleanup efforts are under way after heavy rains caused damaging floods in large parts of the Northeast on Sunday.

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, the American Red Cross is seeing an increased need for blood donations. WAMC's Jim Levulis spoke with Susan Sommer, an…

The American Red Cross is celebrating its 140th anniversary today. Officials marked the occasion in Albany and across New York. The Red Cross was founded…

The American Red Cross is operating a virtual Family Assistance Center in New York to help those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. WAMC’s Hudson…

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities;…

The Institute for Disaster Mental Health at the State University of New York at New Paltz is holding its 15th annual conference Friday. The theme is…

After Hurricane Harvey's devastation in Texas and Hurricane Irma en route to Florida after tearing up parts of the Caribbean, the American Red Cross has…

This past Wednesday, WAMC held a one-day fund drive, with listeners coming together to raise more than $320,000 for the American Red Cross to support the…

Following a spate of fires in the area, the mayors of Albany, Schenectady and Troy are joining a nationwide effort to reduce deaths and injuries from home…