Saver The American Red Cross Senior Nutrition Program is more than just a meal. During the 1970's, it became evident that a service was needed in Sangamon Valley to assist elderly and disabled people living alone who were unable to prepare hot, nutritious meals for themselves. The Senior Citizens Commission turned to the American Red Cross to initiate this service. The Lower Bucks County Chapter of the American Red Cross Homeless Shelter program provides three meals a day, a cot, pillow, linens, shower facilities, personal hygiene supplies and intensive case management services free of charge to single men and single women as well as homeless parents and their children.
All residents are at or below the federal poverty guidelines.
Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma Add a Special Touch to a Local Hospital Before the arrival of volunteers from the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma 10 years ago, patients and visitors to the Veterans Administration Hospital were left to find information on their own. Today, approximately 16 dedicated Red Cross volunteers help patients and visitors by greeting and assisting them with questions that may include directions to appointments or patients' rooms, answering phone calls and connecting callers to the room of a family member or friend who has been admitted as a patient. American Red Cross of the St. Paul Area Provides Transportation Services Being blind, using artificial legs, and going to dialysis three times a week doesn't keep Blanche Meek from being active thanks to the American Red Cross of the St. Paul Area. For 16 years, Blanche has counted on volunteer drivers from the St. Paul, Minnesota chapter to get her to and from dialysis treatments as well as her volunteer work as a peer counselor for the blind. According to the National Institutes of Health, depression in late life occurs because of numerous social and physical problems.