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164 relations: A Touch of Home: The Vietnam War's Red Cross Girls, AABB, Alabama, Allegheny College, Allotransplantation, Amateur Radio Emergency Service, American Airlines Flight 587, American Red Cross Motor Corps, American Red Cross Nursing Service, American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps, AmeriCorps, Automated external defibrillator, Basil O'Connor, Baxter International, BBC News Online, Bell UH-1 Iroquois, Bernadine Healy, Blood donation, Blood plasma, Body politic, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, British Red Cross, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Call centre, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cary T. Grayson, Cell therapy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Charity Navigator, CharityWatch, Charles R. Drew, Cheney, Washington, Clara Barton, Comair Flight 5191, Congressional charter, Dangerous goods, Dansville, Livingston County, New York, David T. McLaughlin, Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, Disaster Action Team, Doublemint, Dwight D. Eisenhower, E. Roland Harriman, Elizabeth Dole, Emergency shelter, English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dansville, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, First aid, Food and Drug Administration, ..., Franco-Prussian War, Frank Stanton (executive), Frederick Douglass, Gail J. McGovern, Genetics, Genevieve H. Sanford, George Marshall, George Whitefield Davis, Georgia (U.S. state), Gertrude B. Wilder, Haiti, Henry L. Stimson, Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, Humanitarian aid, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, I-35W Mississippi River bridge, Inez Mee Boren, Inglis Fletcher, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jane Delano, Jerome H. Holland, John Barton Payne, John D. Rockefeller, Johnson & Johnson, Johnstown Flood, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Korean War, Language bank, Laura Adrienne MacDonald, Laura E. Frenger, Lauri Kovalainen, Lexington, Kentucky, LGBT, Lifeguard, List of counties in Minnesota, Livingston Farrand, Louisiana, M. Elizabeth Shellabarger, Mabel Thorp Boardman, Malaria, Managerialism, Mark Everson, Measles, Measles & Rubella Initiative, Men who have sex with men, Mental health, Michigan, Moment magnitude scale, Nancy Ellicott Tomlinson, Naomi Deutsch, National Response Framework, Nellie A. Goodhue, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Norman Davis (diplomat), Norman R. Augustine, NPR, Nucleic acid test, Ohio, Omar D. Conger, Organ transplantation, Pet first aid, Platelet, Pomona, California, Port-au-Prince, Prisoner of war, Progressive Era, ProPublica, Psychological first aid, Punitive damages, Red blood cell, Republican Party (United States), Restoring Family Links, Robert Maitland O'Reilly, Rockville, Maryland, Sally S. Emory, Sharlot Hall, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Holocaust, The New York Times, The Salvation Army, Third Geneva Convention, Thora B. Gardiner, Thumb Fire, Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007, UNICEF, United Nations Foundation, United States, United States Army, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Vietnam War, Violet Richardson Ward, Virginia Keating Orton, Vitamin A, Vladivostok, Washington, D.C., White blood cell, White House, Wilhelmina Harper, William Howard Taft, William Lawrence (Ohio Republican), World Digital Library, World Health Organization, World War II, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Expand index (114 more) »
A Touch of Home: The Vietnam War's Red Cross Girls
A Touch of Home: The Vietnam War's Red Cross Girls is an American documentary film produced and directed by Patrick and Cheryl Fries.
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AABB
AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) is an international, not-for-profit association representing individuals and institutions involved in the fields of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies.
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Alabama
Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Allegheny College
Allegheny College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville, approximately 35 miles (56 km) south of Erie.
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Allotransplantation
Allotransplant (allo- meaning "other" in Greek) is the transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs, to a recipient from a genetically non-identical donor of the same species.
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Amateur Radio Emergency Service
In the United States and Canada, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications.
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American Airlines Flight 587
American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.
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American Red Cross Motor Corps
American Red Cross Motor Corps (also known as American Red Cross motor service) was founded in 1917 by the American Red Cross (ARC).
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American Red Cross Nursing Service
The American Red Cross Nursing Service was organized in 1909 by Jane Arminda Delano (1862-1919).
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American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps
The American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps (ARCVLSC) is a non-profit organization made up of volunteer lifeguards.
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AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a voluntary civil society program supported by the U.S. federal government, foundations, corporations, and other donors engaging adults in public service work with a goal of "helping others and meeting critical needs in the community." Members commit to full-time or part-time positions offered by a network of nonprofit community organizations and public agencies, to fulfill assignments in the fields of education, public safety, health care, and environmental protection.
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Automated external defibrillator
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
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Basil O'Connor
Basil O'Connor (January 8, 1892 – March 9, 1972) was an American lawyer.
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Baxter International
Baxter International Inc. is a Fortune 500 American health care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter powered by a single turboshaft engine, with two-blade main and tail rotors.
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Bernadine Healy
Bernadine Patricia Healy (August 4, 1944 – August 6, 2011) was an American physician, cardiologist, academic, and first female National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director.
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Blood donation
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole-blood components).
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Blood plasma
Blood plasma is a yellowish coloured liquid component of blood that normally holds the blood cells in whole blood in suspension; this makes plasma the extracellular matrix of blood cells.
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Body politic
The body politic is a medieval metaphor that likens a nation to a corporation which had serious historical repercussions throughout recent history and therefore giving the Crown: "As a legal entity today the Crown as executive is regarded as a corporation sole or aggregate", a corporate entity.
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Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Mary Bonneau "Bonnie" McElveen-Hunter (born June 29, 1950) is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and diplomat who is the first female Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross.
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British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom body of the worldwide neutral and impartial humanitarian network the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP, Cal Poly Pomona, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo; however, locals in southern California may also use the term to refer to the Pomona campus. See the name section of this article for more information.) is a public polytechnic university located in Pomona, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
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Call centre
A call centre or call center is a centralised office used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.
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Cary T. Grayson
Rear Admiral Cary Travers Grayson (October 11, 1878 – February 15, 1938) was a surgeon in the United States Navy who served a variety of roles from personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson to chairman of the American Red Cross.
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Cell therapy
Cell therapy (also called cellular therapy or cytotherapy) is therapy in which cellular material is injected into a patient; this generally means intact, living cells.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.
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Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator is an American independent charity watchdog organization that evaluates charitable organizations in the United States.
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CharityWatch
CharityWatch, formerly known as the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Chicago, created in the United States by Daniel Borochoff in 1992, to provide information about charities' financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising.
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Charles R. Drew
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher.
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Cheney, Washington
Cheney is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States.
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Clara Barton
Clarissa "Clara" Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
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Comair Flight 5191
Comair Flight 5191, marketed as Delta Connection Flight 5191, was a scheduled United States (US) domestic passenger flight from Lexington, Kentucky, to Atlanta, Georgia, operated on behalf of Delta Connection by Comair.
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Congressional charter
A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group.
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Dangerous goods
Dangerous goods or hazardous goods are solids, liquids, or gases that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment.
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Dansville, Livingston County, New York
Dansville is a village in the town of North Dansville, with a small northern part in the town of Sparta in the eastern part of Livingston County, New York, United States.
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David T. McLaughlin
David Thomas McLaughlin (March 16, 1932 – August 25, 2004) was the 14th President of Dartmouth College, 1981–1987.
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Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS
HIV tests are used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), in serum, saliva, or urine.
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Disaster Action Team
A Disaster Action Team is the local disaster response unit in chapters of the American Red Cross.
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Doublemint
Doublemint is a variety of chewing gum made by the Wrigley Company; according to early advertisements, it is "double strength" peppermint flavored.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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E. Roland Harriman
Edward Roland Noel "Bunny" Harriman (December 24, 1895 – February 16, 1978) was an American financier and philanthropist.
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Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936)Mary Ella Cathey Hanford, "Asbury and Hanford Families: Newly Discovered Genealogical Information" The Historical Trail 33 (1996), pp.
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Emergency shelter
An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters.
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English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dansville
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dansville, also known as Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church located at Dansville in Livingston County, New York.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No.
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First aid
First aid is the assistance given to any person suffering a sudden illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery.
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Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments.
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Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Frank Stanton (executive)
Frank Nicholas Stanton (March 20, 1908 – December 24, 2006) was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973.
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.
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Gail J. McGovern
Gail J. McGovern (born 1952) is an American business person, who became president and CEO of the American Red Cross on June 23, 2008.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
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Genevieve H. Sanford
Genevieve Hillen Sanford (May 26, 1883 - August 15, 1966) was a clubwoman active in civic affairs.
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George Marshall
George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American statesman and soldier.
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George Whitefield Davis
George Whitefield Davis (July 26, 1839 – July 12, 1918) was an engineer and Major General in the United States Army.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.
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Gertrude B. Wilder
Gertrude Bent Wilder (March 19, 1874 - April 12, 1955) was the president of the San Bernardino County Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Haiti
Haiti (Haïti; Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti and formerly called Hayti, is a sovereign state located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea.
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Henry L. Stimson
Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican Party politician.
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Hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue.
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Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver.
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HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help.
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.
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Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hurricane Wilma
Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, and the second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the Western Hemisphere, after Hurricane Patricia in 2015.
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I-35W Mississippi River bridge
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge (officially known as Bridge 9340) was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Saint Anthony Falls of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
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Inez Mee Boren
Inez Mee Boren (born November 2, 1880) was the director of the Woman's City Club of Oakland.
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Inglis Fletcher
Inglis Fletcher (October 20, 1879 - May 30, 1969) was an American writer.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate.
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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 17 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
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Jane Delano
Jane Arminda Delano, born March 13, 1862 in Montour Falls, New York – died April 15, 1919 in Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, France, was a nurse and founder of the American Red Cross Nursing Service.
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Jerome H. Holland
Jerome Heartwell "Brud" Holland (January 9, 1916 – January 13, 1985), one of 13 children, was an American university president and diplomat.
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John Barton Payne
John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855January 24, 1935) was an American politician, lawyer and judge.
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John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American oil industry business magnate, industrialist, and philanthropist.
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Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company founded in 1886.
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Johnstown Flood
The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona and east of Pittsburgh.
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.
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Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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Language bank
A language bank is an organization that helps people who need translation or interpretation services fulfill those needs through the assistance of qualified translators or interpreters.
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Laura Adrienne MacDonald
Laura Adrienne Townsend MacDonald (April 16, 1887 - April 1982) was a pianist and a business pioneer woman.
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Laura E. Frenger
Laura Eppelsheimer Frenger (1873-1961) was active in club affairs, the first woman in New Mexico to be listed in Who's Who.
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Lauri Kovalainen
Lars Kovala (originally Lauri Kovalainen) (b. 25 May 1818 in Oulu, Finland − 12 November 1894) acquired his schooling in Suomussalmi, Finland was a Finnish-American business tycoon, merchant, fur trader, and investor coming from one of the most powerful families in Finland in the 19th century seeking Finnish Independence.
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Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, consolidated with Fayette County and often denoted as Lexington-Fayette, is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 60th-largest city in the United States.
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LGBT
LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
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Lifeguard
A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, beach or river.
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List of counties in Minnesota
This is a list of counties in Minnesota.
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Livingston Farrand
Livingston Farrand (June 14, 1867 – November 8, 1939) was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and academic administrator.
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Louisiana
Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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M. Elizabeth Shellabarger
Mary Elizabeth "Bess" Shellabarger (October 16, 1879 - June 25, 1967) was a Registered Nurse, army nurse overseas during World War I and director of American Red Cross Nursing Service in Albania and Montenegro.
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Mabel Thorp Boardman
Mabel Thorp Boardman (October 12, 1860 – March 17, 1946) was an American philanthropist involved with the American Red Cross.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.
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Managerialism
Managerialism is a belief in the value of professional managers and of the concepts and methods they use.
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Mark Everson
Mark Whitty Everson (born September 10, 1954) is an American politician who is currently the Vice Chairman of alliantgroup and served as the 46th Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2003 until 2007.
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Measles
Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus.
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Measles & Rubella Initiative
Measles & Rubella Initiative (MRI), launched in 2001, is a long-term commitment and partnership among leaders in public health and supports the goal of reducing measles deaths globally by 90% by 2010 compared to 2000 estimates.
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Men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM), also known as males who have sex with males, are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many such men do not sexually identify as gay, homosexual or bisexual.
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Mental health
Mental health is a level of psychological well-being or an absence of mental illness.
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Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.
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Moment magnitude scale
The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted as Mw or M) is one of many seismic magnitude scales used to measure the size of earthquakes.
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Nancy Ellicott Tomlinson
Nancy Ellicott Tomlinson (April 3, 1884 - November 14, 1958) was a psychiatric social worker.
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Naomi Deutsch
Naomi Deutsch (November 5, 1890 - November 26, 1983) was a professional Registered nurse, the organizer and director of the Public Health Unit of the Federal Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor of Washington, D.C.
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National Response Framework
The United States National Response Framework (NRF) is part of the National Strategy for Homeland Security that presents the guiding principles enabling all levels of domestic response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies.
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Nellie A. Goodhue
Nellie A. Goodhue (September 20, 1869 – July 19, 1957) made pioneering contributions to the education of handicapped and exceptional children.
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York.
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Norman Davis (diplomat)
Norman H. Davis (9 August 1878 - 2 July 1944), was a U.S. diplomat.
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Norman R. Augustine
Norman Ralph Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977.
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NPR
National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
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Nucleic acid test
A nucleic acid test (NAT) or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) is a technique utilized to detect a particular nucleic acid, virus, or bacteria which acts as a pathogen in blood, tissue, urine, etc.
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Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
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Omar D. Conger
Omar Dwight Conger (April 1, 1818July 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Organ transplantation
Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ.
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Pet first aid
First aid is typically described as "Emergency treatment administered to an injured or sick person before professional medical care is available.
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Platelet
Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek θρόμβος, "clot" and κύτος, "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.
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Pomona, California
Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince (Pòtoprens) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s.
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ProPublica
ProPublica is an American nonprofit organization based in New York City.
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Psychological first aid
Psychological first aid (PFA) is a technique designed to reduce the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Punitive damages
Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages intended to reform or deter the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the lawsuit.
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Red blood cell
Red blood cells-- also known as RBCs, red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "hollow vessel", with -cyte translated as "cell" in modern usage), are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.
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Restoring Family Links
Restoring Family Links (RFL) is a program of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, more specifically the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies involving activities that aim to prevent separation and disappearance, look for missing persons, restore and maintain contact between family members and clarify the fate of persons reported missing.
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Robert Maitland O'Reilly
Robert Maitland O'Reilly (January 14, 1845 – November 3, 1912) was the 20th Surgeon General of the United States Army, serving from September 7, 1902 to January 14, 1909.
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Rockville, Maryland
Rockville is a city and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
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Sally S. Emory
Sally Starks Emory (September 23, 1864 - May 21, 1959) was the president of Girls' Friendly Society and vice-chairman of the board of the American Red Cross.
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Sharlot Hall
Sharlot Mabridth Hall (October 27, 1870 – April 9, 1943) was an American journalist, poet and historian.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy is a magazine that covers the nonprofit world.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion.
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Third Geneva Convention
The Third Geneva Convention, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, is one of the four treaties of the Geneva Conventions.
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Thora B. Gardiner
Thora B. Gardiner (March 17, 1884 - November 13, 1953) was an America club woman.
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Thumb Fire
The Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States.
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Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007
The tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 was a major and damaging tornado outbreak that significantly affected portions of the Central United States.
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UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations (UN) program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
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United Nations Foundation
The United Nations Foundation was launched in 1998 with a $1 billion gift from Ted Turner to support the United Nations causes.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.
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United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Violet Richardson Ward
Violet Richardson Ward (August 27, 1888 - 1978), B. A., M. A., was the founder of the Berkeley Women's Gymnasium and introduced physical education into Berkeley schools.
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Virginia Keating Orton
Virginia Carter Keating MacCraig Orton (November 1, 1882 - December 25, 1960), A.B., was the vice-president of Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most notably beta-carotene).
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Vladivostok
Vladivostok (p, literally ruler of the east) is a city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located around the Golden Horn Bay, not far from Russia's borders with China and North Korea.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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White blood cell
White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes or leucocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States.
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Wilhelmina Harper
Wilhelmina Harper (April 21, 1884 – December 23, 1973) was a children's librarian, and a children's author She was a supervisor of children's work for the Kern County Free Library.
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices.
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William Lawrence (Ohio Republican)
William Lawrence (June 26, 1819 – May 8, 1899) was a Republican politician from Ohio.
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World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO; French: Organisation mondiale de la santé) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak
The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007.
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2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake (Séisme de 2010 à Haïti; Tranblemanntè 12 janvye 2010 nan peyi Ayiti) was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest), approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.
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Redirects here:
American National Red Cross, American red cross, Clara Barton Award, Kush Patel, The American Red Cross, US Red Cross, USA Red Cross, United States Red Cross.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Red_Cross
