31 Tweets for Red Cross Month

1. Today (March 1) in 1999, Red Cross Initiates Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) which provides early detection of HIV & Hepatitis C in blood.
2. Each year, the American Red Cross responds immediately to over 70,000 disasters, the majority are house or apartment fires.
3. The American Red Cross has been providing assistance to victims of disasters in the U.S . since Clara Barton founded it on May 21, 1881.
4. Did you know that the American Red Cross directly touches the lives of 1 out of 5 Americans?
5. About 200 times a day, American Red Cross volunteers help a family who lost everything in a house fire or other disaster.
6. The American Red Cross supplies nearly half the nation’s blood supply.
7. Today (March 7) in 1932, Red Cross begins distribution of government surplus wheat and cotton products to victims of drought in the Dust Bowl.
8. Did you know that the American Red Cross is part of a global network of 186 national societies?
9. 475 times a day, the American Red Cross connects deployed service members with their families.
10. Did you know that the American Red Cross locates family members abroad affected by war, famine, or strife?
11. Most American Red Cross workers are volunteers…about 600,000 vs. 35,000.
12. The American Red Cross trains about 10,000,000 people in CPR and 1^st Aid per year!
13. Clara Barton, known as the Angel of the Battlefield, was not a trained nurse.
14. Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have no religious, cultural or political connotations attached to them.
15. Dr. Louis Appia and Henry Dunant were the founders of the International Red Cross.
16. Today (March 16) in 1882, U.S. Senate ratified the first Geneva Convention.
17. In December 2005, a red crystal emblem was endorsed and recognized as a distinctive sign of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, along with the red cross and red crescent.
18. The Red Cross is one of the world’s most recognized symbols.
19. On today (March 19) in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named 1^st honorary president of American Red Cross, establishing a precedent for all Chief executives who have followed.
20. Today (March 20) in 1945 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s last radio talk to nation was in support of the Red Cross War Fund.
21. The Movement’s 186 National Societies represent 97 million of volunteers. About half are youth volunteers.
22. The Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize FOUR times 1917, 1944, and 1963 as well as in the award to Henry Dunant (1901).
23. The American Red Cross puts special emphasis on disaster relief, services to the armed forces and veterans, and public health and safety programs.
24. The American Red Cross was organized (1881) by Clara Barton and received its first federal charter in 1900.
25. Today (March 25) in 1911, Red Cross helps families of mostly young female victims of tragic Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in NYC.
26. Did you know the American Red Cross sheltered over 450,000 evacuees during Hurricane Katrina?
27. Today (March 27) in 1964, Red Cross helped victims of massive earthquake that hit Anchorage, Alaska.
28. The American Red Cross is the only congressionally mandated organization to provide aid to victims of disaster.
29. Every 60 seconds, the lifesaving mission of the American Red Cross benefits 250 people.
30. The American Red Cross is responsible for fulfilling the mandates of the Geneva Convention within the United States.
31. In April 1912, American Red Cross provided food and shelter as well as financial assistance to those who survived the sinking of the Titanic.