November
08, 2019
The American Red Cross Hero
Care Network enables us to provide critical services to military
members, veterans and their families all over the world. They can access these
Red Cross services by downloading the FREE Red Cross Hero Care App on
any Apple or Android device. The Hero Care Network offers confidential services
to all veterans and their families by connecting them with local, state and
national resources worldwide.
Red Cross chapters maintain
relationships with key partners in their region and can connect veterans and
their families to get the help they need. These vital services include
responding to emergency needs for food, clothing, and shelter, referrals to
counseling services, and information on veterans’ cemeteries and burial
benefits. Find out more about Red Cross
services for veterans here.
The Red Cross Military Veteran
Caregiver Network (MCVN) is also available for veterans and their caregivers to
offer support for the country’s approximately 5.5 million caregivers of
military and veteran wounded, ill or injured. See more about the MCVN here.
RECONNECTION WORKSHOPS Transitioning
to military and veteran service can be hard, and Red Cross Reconnection
Workshops aim to ease the stress that comes with these changes. In the last
year alone, the Red Cross provided our resiliency program to some 30,000 heroes
in the veteran and military family community across the country. This free,
confidential program offers effective ways to work through challenges, improve
wellbeing and build skills through small-group discussion and hands-on
activities. As well, Reconnection Workshops help improve connections at home,
at work and within communities.
WHAT YOU CAN DO Many Red
Cross volunteers are veterans who continue to support their communities after
their active duty service ends. Also, about 6% of Red Cross employees include
transitioning military or veterans – from nurses to logisticians, emergency
management experts, project managers and preparedness experts, as well as a
number of veterans in leadership roles at local Red Cross chapters across the
country.
Tens of thousands of Red Cross
volunteers also serve in Veterans Administration (VA) and military hospitals across
the nation and around the world. These volunteers support such areas as
rehabilitation, recreation, administration, and personal services to the men
and women who are now cared for each day in these facilities. To learn more
about how you can give back in your community this Veterans Day, visit redcross.org/volunteer.
Generous donations from Red Cross
Service to the Armed Forces Giving Program (SAFGP) members enable the American
Red Cross to maintain a global network of thousands of volunteers and employees
to support the military 365 days a year through emergency communications,
training, community resources and support to ill and injured service members
and veterans. Contributions from partners like the Anheuser-Busch Foundation,
Giant Food Stores, Leonard Wilf, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. and the USAA
Foundation ensure the Red Cross is there 24/7 to provide comfort and care to
members of the military, veterans and their families as they prepare for, cope
with and respond to the challenges of military service.
About the American Red Cross:
The
American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of
disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that
save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military
members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that
depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its
mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or cruzrojaamericana.org,
or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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