The Independence Day Holiday is just around the corner and many people will visit the beach, enjoy fireworks, or fire up the grill for a backyard barbecue.
On Thursday, January 26th, a local volunteer from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross, Jean Lanier of Bossier City, will head to Birmingham, Alabama to work as a Client Casework Supervisor in the aftermath of Monday’s storms...
In the second multi-million-dollar penalty levied against the American Red Cross in the past two years, the Food and Drug Administration has fined the agency nearly $9.6 million for “sloppy and unsafe blood management practices.”
For the third time in a week, volunteers from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross are deploying to help with Hurricane Irene recovery efforts. This morning, Rob Blackmon of Shreveport and Rick van Loon of Ruston flew out of Monroe, headed to Tinton Falls, New Jersey...
Two more volunteers from the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross are headed to Richmond, Virginia, to work as Client Casework Supervisors. Jean Lanier and Lisa Marie Griffin, both of Bossier City, left late yesterday afternoon to join three other volunteers from our area who deployed from Shreveport and Monroe last week...
As kids prepare for the start of another school year, many of them are also preparing for activities like football and marching band. And Michelle Davison with the Local Red Cross Chapter says that means they'll be spending time outdoors in this extreme heat...
With severe flooding anticipated in south Louisiana from the Mississippi River, the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross is mobilizing volunteers to assist with potential relief efforts.