 Your Metro Atlanta Red Cross
Serving Nearly 4 Million People in 15 Counties
Annual Report
With the support of caring people like you, your Red Cross is making a difference every day in metro Atlanta.
Here’s how we’re helping our community prevent, prepare for and cope with emergencies:
- Disaster response
Red Cross disaster relief is meeting the immediate, disaster-caused needs that families have for emergency shelter, food, and health and mental health services. We also feed emergency workers, handle inquiries from concerned family members outside the disaster area and help those affected by disaster to access other available resources.
- Emergency communications services for military members and their families
Using the latest in technology, the Red Cross allows military members stationed all over the world to send messages to loved ones back home during an emergency or other important event. These communications are delivered around-the-clock, 365 days a year.
- Lifesaving training
Red Cross first aid, CPR and AED programs give people the confidence to respond in an emergency with skills that can save a life. Red Cross is also a leader in lifeguard training. In addition, we teach families and our community how to prepare for emergencies and disasters.
- School and youth programs
Red Cross youth courses are part of local school curriculums and are also offered in the community. Training helps kindergarteners through high school seniors make safe and healthful choices, save lives and develop life and job skills.
- International services
As part of the world's largest humanitarian network, the Red Cross helps to alleviates the suffering of victims of war, disaster and other international crises, and works with other Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to improve chronic, life-threatening conditions in developing nations. We reconnect families separated by emergencies and educate the American public about international humanitarian law.
- Blood/Biomedical Services
The American Red Cross, Blood Services Southern Region collects blood donations each and every day to meet the needs of accident victims, cancer patients and children with blood disorders in our community.
Here’s how you can help:
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