Give Something that Means Something - Dec. 2019

Support Red Cross to Help Someone Affected by Disaster Every Eight Minutes

Following a year of disasters affecting thousands of people in the Tennessee region and across the country, the American Red Cross of Tennessee asks everyone to help provide relief and comfort this holiday season by donating at redcross.org/gift. 

Every eight minutes, someone affected by a disaster in our country turns to the Red Cross for support. When people’s lives are upended by home fires, floods and other crises, your support through our Holiday Campaign can provide necessities like emergency shelter, hot meals and blankets.

HOW TO HELP People can #GiveWithMeaning throughout the holiday season by donating at redcross.org/gift:

• Help disaster victims: A gift of $50 can deliver hot meals for five people or provide blankets for 10 people after a disaster, or a larger donation of $100 can provide a family of two with a full day’s worth of emergency shelter, including meals, snacks, blankets, cots and hygiene supplies.
• Help military members and veterans: Meanwhile, a donation of $50 can help connect veterans and their families to critical community services, such as food, housing, mental health support and rehabilitation. A larger gift of $145 can provide hospital kits, filled with toiletries and other essentials, for 20 service members.
• Help save lives internationally: People can also help save lives through our work with the Measles & Rubella Initiative, which provides vaccinations for children and educates families about the dangers of measles and rubella. A gift of $100 can help provide lifesaving vaccinations for 100 children facing an increased risk of measles and rubella around the world.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE The holidays are a difficult time to collect blood because of busy schedules and inclement weather. Still, the need for blood is constant to help accident victims, cancer patients and others who rely on lifesaving blood products every day. Make an appointment to donate blood or platelets by visiting redcrossblood.org.