Presidential Documents

12515 

Federal Register 

Vol. 86, No. 41 

Thursday, March 4, 2021 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10150 of March 1, 2021 

American Red Cross Month, 2021 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

Throughout our country’s history, the humanitarian spirit of the American 

people has shined as a beacon of hope in times of crisis. It is written 

in our DNA that when hardship strikes, we come together to ensure that 

no one faces it alone. It is in that spirit that we celebrate American Red 

Cross Month, a chance to honor all those selfless Americans who step 

up and lend a hand whenever and wherever people are in need. 

For 140 years, the American Red Cross has been synonymous with the 

prevention and alleviation of human suffering across the globe. Founded 

by Clara Barton in 1881, the organization’s mission lives on in the dedication 

of Red Cross workers—more than 90 percent of whom are volunteers— 

and the generosity of the American people in moments of crisis. 

We saw unmistakable evidence of that spirit through the challenges of 

this past year. In 2020, more than 70,000 people became new Red Cross 

volunteers and stepped up on behalf of those in need—as disaster shelter 

workers, health workers, blood donor ambassadors, and transportation specialists. And when our country faced a severe blood shortage, the American 

people rolled up their sleeves, with more than a half-million of our friends 

and neighbors donating blood with the Red Cross for the first time. 

In a year like no other, people made a lifesaving difference. As months 

of relentless hurricanes, wildfires, and other extreme weather events battered 

communities, families spent more nights in emergency lodging than in any 

other year over the past decade—thanks to the hard work and generosity 

of Red Cross volunteers and partners who provided more than 1.3 million 

people with overnight stays last year. When the pandemic strained emergency 

services, Red Cross workers adapted to help fulfill urgent needs. They responded to increased emergency calls from military families, aided hundreds 

of thousands of home fire survivors, supported international health and 

hygiene services, and safely provided health and safety courses to essential 

workers and others to help them manage the COVID–19 threat. In recent 

days, as harsh winter storms left many Americans without power and water 

across the South and Midwest, the Red Cross and its partners have worked 

to help people recover and restore access to safe water. 

This month, we renew our commitment to Clara Barton’s remarkable vision 

and join together, as one Nation, to recommit ourselves to a foundational 

American principle: the duty of care we owe to one another when times 

get tough. I urge all Americans to take part in that tradition through our 

own everyday acts of compassion—helping a neighbor, a stranger, or a 

community in need. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America and Honorary Chairman of the American Red Cross, by virtue 

of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 

United States, do hereby proclaim March 2021 as American Red Cross 

Month. I encourage all Americans to observe this month with appropriate 

programs, ceremonies and activities, and by supporting the work of service 

and relief organizations. 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of 

March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04639 

Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

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