Through our secure online donation page. Yes, as long as you specify the service area you would like to help, your donation will be used in that area. If you do not wish to designate to a specific service area, it will automatically be placed in the general fund and used where the need is greatest. When you give money to the Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross, you will be helping people in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. You may, however, designate your donation to another Red Cross chapter that serves the area you wish to help.
Many times there are disasters around the country designated as national disasters.
When this happens, the American Red Cross establishes a fund to provide relief to those families that have been devastated. Any donations put into this fund will be used to pay for the relief efforts of that specific disaster. For instance, in 1999, Hurricane Floyd brushed the coasts of Florida, the Carolinas, and New Jersey. It uprooted many residents and left some homeless or with flooded homes. The national American Red Cross established a fund to help people rebuild their lives.